BBC Proms
Season 63 Episode 12 - Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus
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1947
Documentary
Charles Hazlewood presents as the Proms mark the 75th birthday of one of Britain's greatest living composers, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, with a rare performance of the central act of his monumental opera The Mask of Orpheus. It is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers and a cast that includes Alan Oke and Christine Rice, and conducted by Martyn Brabbins with Ryan Wigglesworth. Brabbins opens the concert with Popcorn Superhet Receiver by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, a piece which won the Radio 3 Listeners' Award at the 2006 British Composer Awards. Stravinsky's elegant ballet music Apollo contrasts these two contemporary works.
Episodes in Season 63
1
First Night at the Proms
2
Prom 9: Elgar Anniversary
3
Prom 10: Orchestre National de Lyon
4
Prom 12: 1934
5
Prom 19 - Berlioz and Mendelssohn
6
Prom 20 - Stravinsky and Schumann
7
Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
180 min
8
Prom 29: Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
9
Prom 30 - Knussen Conducts Knussen
10
Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra
11
Prom 38: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
12
Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus
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13
Prom 36: Handel Anniversary Highlights
14
Prom 47: Handel's Samson
15
Prom 48: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan
16
Prom 50: Beethoven's Fidelio
17
Prom 56: Lang Lang Plays Chopin
18
Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night
19
Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra
180 min
20
Prom 64: Jurowski & London Philharmonic
21
Prom 65: Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester
22
Prom 53: Composers of the Year
23
Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
24
Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
25
Last Night of the Proms - Part One
26
Last Night of the Proms - Part Two
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Episode 100
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