BBC Proms
Season 51 Episode 4 - BBC Proms 97: A Night in the Country
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Documentary
In the second of four Proms recorded for BBC television James Naughtie introduces Beethoven's Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral), recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 30 July, and David Attenborough talks about the enduring relationship between music and nature. Mark Wigglesworth conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Beethoven's sensitive portrait of the countryside, integrating birdsong, peasant dancing and storms into a highly sophisticated symphony that has become one the favourites of the concert repertoire.
Episodes in Season 51
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The First Night of the Proms
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BBC Proms 97
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BBC Proms 97: The Gondoliers
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BBC Proms 97: A Night in the Country
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BBC Proms 97: Tales of Love and Passion
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BBC Proms 97
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BBC Proms 97: North and South
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BBC Proms 97
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BBC Proms 97
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The Last Night of the Proms
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