BBC Proms
Season 63 Episode 22 - Prom 53: Composers of the Year
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1947
Documentary
A prom celebrating the four major composers whose anniversaries are being marked throughout the year: Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, play Purcell's Abdelazar Suite which includes the theme used by Britten in his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Handel's ever popular Water Music; Haydn's dramatic concert aria Scena di Berenice with soloist Joyce DiDonato as the distraught lover; and Mendelssohn's evocation of Scotland in his Symphony No 3, 'Scottish'. Introduced by Clive Anderson at the Royal Albert Hall.
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
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
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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
100
Episode 100
101
