1976
S30E7 22 août 1976

The Sunday Prom

BBC Proms - 1976

The third of this season's Sunday-night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts recorded at the Royal Albert Hall. Tonight the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by David Atherton Sibelius Symphony No 1, in E minor Introduced by RICHARD BAKER Director ROY TIPPING Part of the concert given on 31 July.

Watch
The Sunday Prom

The Sunday Prom

0:00 / --:--

Season 30

Episodes

Full season page
E1 16 juillet 1976

First Night of the Proms

Beethoven Mass in D major (Missa Solemnis) One of the crowning achievements of Beethoven's last years, relayed live with Radio 3 in stereo from the opening concert of the 1976 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall Ursula Koszut (soprano) Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Singers BBC Choral Society A section of the London Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BFIA I)EKANY conducted by Colin Davis Introduced by CORMAC RIGBY Sound GRAHAM HAINES GEOFFREY KLINTON-PARKER Lighting MIBERT CARTWRIGHT Director RODNEY CREENBERG ,

E2 23 juillet 1976

Live from the Proms

BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for a live relay of the first half of this evening's Prom from the Royal Albert Hall. Mozart Symphony No 39, in E flat (K 543) Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 Ida Haendel (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra guest leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by Hans Vonk Introduced by PETER BARKER Sound GRAHAM HAINES. GEOFFREY TIMS Lighting HUBERT CARTWRIGHT Director RON ISTED

E3 30 juillet 1976

Live from the Proms

BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for a live relay of the first half of this evening's Prom from the Royal Albert Hall. Haydn Symphony No 95 in c minor Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 in A major Roger Woodward (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BELA DEKANY conducted by John Pritchard Introduced by JON cuRLE Sound GRAHAM HAINES , TONY ASKEW Lighting ALAN ROBERTS Director RON ISTED

E4 8 août 1976

The Sunday Prom

The first of this season's Sunday-night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts is a recording of part of the Viennese Night with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra associate leader ASHLEY ARBUCKLE conductor Walter Susskind The programme consists of music by Suppe, Lehar and the Strauss family, including the waltz' Tales from the Vienna Woods', with zither solo by JOHN LEACH , and the Pizzicato Polka. Introduced by RICHARD BAKER Director DAVID BUCKTON Part of the concert given on 17 July.

E5 15 août 1976

Live from the Proms

Britten: War Requiem BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for tonight's Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall. The War Requiem is one of the major choral works of this century: a passionate denunciation of war, expressed through a setting of the Latin Mass for the Dead interspersed with the anti-war poems of Wilfred Owen. Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Peter Pears (tenor) Thomas Hemsley (baritone) BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society Wandsworth School Choir Organists MALCOLM HICKS , RALPH DOWNES London Philharmonic Orchestra leader DENNIS SIMONS London Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Ensemble leader RODNEY FRIEND conductor Bernard Haitink Lighting BERT OATEN Sound GRAHAM HAINES , JAMES HAMILTON .Director RODNEY GREENBERG

E6 15 août 1976

The Sunday Prom

The second of this season's Sunday-night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts is a recording of part of a concert of modern works from the Round House in London. The Fires of London director PETER MAXWELL DAVIES play works by two outstanding young British composers Dominic Muldowney Solo/Ensemble Peter Maxwell Davies Eight Songs for a Mad King with Donald Bell (baritone) Introduced by RICHARD BAKER Director BARRIE GAVIN Part of the concert given on 26 July

E7 22 août 1976

The Sunday Prom

The third of this season's Sunday-night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts recorded at the Royal Albert Hall. Tonight the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by David Atherton Sibelius Symphony No 1, in E minor Introduced by RICHARD BAKER Director ROY TIPPING Part of the concert given on 31 July.

E8 29 août 1976

The Sunday Prom

The fourth of this season's visits to the Henry Wood Proms is a recording of part of the American Programme with Gerald Robbins as soloist in Gershwin's Variations on 'I Got Rhythm' for piano and orchestra. BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster The programme includes: Copland Four Dance Episodes (Rodeo) Ives The Fourth of July Sessions Symphony No 8

E9 5 septembre 1976

The Sunday Prom

In the last of this season's Sunday night programmes from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Riccardo Muti makes his debut on television and at the Proms. He is the principal conductor of the New Philharmonia Orchestra led by BERNARD PARTRIDGE The programme includes Mendelssohn Symphony No 4, in A (Italian) Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, for violin and viola (K 364) with soloists Carl Pini (violin) Csafea Erdelyi (viola) Introduced by RICHARD BAKER Director ssnis MORIARTY Part of last night's concert

E10 11 septembre 1976

Last Night of the Proms

BBC1 joins Radio 3 in stereo for the second half of tonight's closing concert of the 82nd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Sir Charles Groves conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader ELI GOREN Elgar March: Pomp and Circumstance No 1, in D major Williamson Suite: Our Man in Havana Henry Wood, arr Sargent Sea Songs Arne, arr Sargent Rule Britannia Parry , orch Elgar Jerusalem orch Elgar National Anthem with Anne ColOns (contralto) BBC Singers director JOHN POOLE BBC Choral Society Introduced by RICHARD BAKER Lighting ALAN ROBERTS Sound GRAHAM UAI!':ES Director IAN ENGELMANN

Catalog

Seasons

Specials

Specials

S0 11 ep 2013
1947

1947

S1 1 ep 1947
1948

1948

S2 1 ep 1948
1949

1949

S3
1950

1950

S4
1951

1951

S5
1952

1952

S6
1953

1953

S7 2 ep 1953
1954

1954

S8 3 ep 1954
1955

1955

S9 2 ep 1955
1956

1956

S10 2 ep 1956
1957

1957

S11 2 ep 1957
1958

1958

S12 2 ep 1958
1959

1959

S13 3 ep 1959
1960

1960

S14 2 ep 1960
1961

1961

S15 3 ep 1961
1962

1962

S16 2 ep 1962
1963

1963

S17 3 ep 1963
1964

1964

S18 10 ep 1964
1965

1965

S19 12 ep 1965
1966

1966

S20 10 ep 1966
1967

1967

S21 9 ep 1967
1968

1968

S22 7 ep 1968
1969

1969

S23 8 ep
1970

1970

S24 8 ep 1970
1971

1971

S25 9 ep 1971
1972

1972

S26 8 ep 1972
1973

1973

S27 8 ep 1973
1974

1974

S28 9 ep 1974
1975

1975

S29 10 ep 1975
1976

1976

S30 10 ep 1976
1977

1977

S31 11 ep 1977
1978

1978

S32 13 ep 1978
1979

1979

S33 9 ep 1979
1980

1980

S34 8 ep 1980
1981

1981

S35 12 ep 1981
1982

1982

S36 9 ep 1982
1983

1983

S37 9 ep 1983
1984

1984

S38 11 ep 1984
1985

1985

S39 11 ep 1985
1986

1986

S40 10 ep 1986
1987

1987

S41 14 ep 1987
1988

1988

S42 14 ep 1988
1989

1989

S43 11 ep 1989
1990

1990

S44 11 ep 1990
1991

1991

S45 10 ep 1991
1992

1992

S46 12 ep 1992
1993

1993

S47 11 ep 1993
1994

1994

S48 11 ep 1994
1995

1995

S49 12 ep 1995
1996

1996

S50 11 ep 1996
1997

1997

S51 11 ep 1997
1998

1998

S52 12 ep 1998
1999

1999

S53 12 ep 1999
2000

2000

S54 13 ep 2000
2001

2001

S55 27 ep 2001
2002

2002

S56 27 ep 2002
2003

2003

S57 25 ep 2003
2004

2004

S58 33 ep 2004
2005

2005

S59 29 ep 2005
2006

2006

S60 31 ep 2006
2007

2007

S61 31 ep 2007
2008

2008

S62 29 ep 2008
2009

2009

S63 28 ep 2009
2010

2010

S64 33 ep 2010
2011

2011

S65 31 ep 2011
2012

2012

S66 30 ep 2012
2013

2013

S67 32 ep 2013
2014

2014

S68 75 ep 2014
2015

2015

S69 27 ep 2015
2016

2016

S70 18 ep 2016
2017

2017

S71 48 ep 2017
2018

2018

S72 30 ep 2018
2019

2019

S73 29 ep 2019
2020

2020

S74 15 ep 2020
2021

2021

S75 22 ep 2021
2022

2022

S76 24 ep 2022
2023

2023

S77 22 ep 2023
2024

2024

S78 25 ep 2024 4,3
2025

2025

S79 26 ep 2025 6,7
2026

2026

S80 14 ep 2026