The Sunday Prom
BBC Proms - 1982
Introduced by Richard Baker Tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert features early works from two of Russia's foremost composers, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. 'Coincidentally, both works are Opus 10. Michel B6roff is the soloist in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat, which is followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No 1, in f minor.
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Tonight BBC Television makes its first visit to the 1982 Henry Wood Promenade concerts. The BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Giinther Herbig in a performance of Schubert's Ninth Symphony known as the ' Great' C major Introduced by RICHARD BAKER
The Sunday Prom
Introduced by Richard Baker In the first of this season's recordings from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, Joaquin Achucarro is the soloist in Brahms' Piano Concerto No 2 James Loughran conducts the Hall6 Orchestra leader MARTIN MILNER The programme opens with Haydn's Overture to an English Opera.
The Sunday Prom
Introduced by Richard Baker In the second of this season's recordings from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, The Nash Ensemble is conducted by Lionel Friend Katia and Marielle Labeque are the soloists in Saint-Saens' The Carnival of the Animals. This delightful, witty and satirical series of portraits of animals was written for a private party. Saint-Saens would not allow a public performance until after his death. The programme also includes Milhaud's La creation du monde, a work strongly influenced by jazz.
The Sunday Prom
Introduced by Richard Baker In the third of this season's recordings from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, the BBC Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Sir Charles Groves in a performance of the ever-popular Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64, with Iona Brown as soloist, and the Suite from Hindemith's serene ballet score Nobilissima visione, about the life of St Francis of Assisi.
The Sunday Prom
Introduced by Richard Baker In the fourth of this season's recordings from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Giinther Herbig Radu Lupu is the soloist in a performance of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, a revolutionary work of great popularity.
The Sunday Prom
Introduced by Richard Baker In the fifth of this season's Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers are conducted by Nicholas Cleobury in a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera Trial by Jury.
The Sunday Prom
Introduced by Richard Baker Tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert features early works from two of Russia's foremost composers, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. 'Coincidentally, both works are Opus 10. Michel B6roff is the soloist in Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat, which is followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No 1, in f minor.
Live from the Proms
Sir Georg Solti conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra, leader David Nolan, in Beethoven's Mass in D (Missa solemnis). Traditionally the last night before the Last Night of the Proms is Beethoven's Choral Symphony. Tonight, exceptionally, the Proms offer his other great choral work. On the top of the score, Beethoven wrote 'from the heart - may it go to the heart.' Helen Donath (soprano), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass), with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, chorus-master John Curry Introduced by Cormac Rigby
Last Night of the Proms
Introduced by Richard Baker As the 88th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts draws to an end, BBC1 joins with Radios 2 and 3 to relay, live in stereo, all the traditional festivities of this world-famous occasion direct from the Royal Albert Hall.
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