BBC Proms
Season 63 Episode 9 - Prom 30 - Knussen Conducts Knussen
One of the towering forces in British music today, Oliver Knussen, conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a colourful programme that includes Stravinsky's musical poker-game Jeu de Cartes, Respighi's Fountains of Rome, the Proms premiere of Virga by the young Scot Helen Grime, Balakirev's oriental fantasy Islamey and Knussen's own Horn Concerto, performed by Martin Owen. Presented by Suzy Klein.
Episodes in Season 63
First Night at the Proms
Prom 9: Elgar Anniversary
Prom 10: Orchestre National de Lyon
Prom 12: 1934
Prom 19 - Berlioz and Mendelssohn
Prom 20 - Stravinsky and Schumann
Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals
180 min
Prom 29: Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
Prom 30 - Knussen Conducts Knussen
Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra
Prom 38: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus
Prom 36: Handel Anniversary Highlights
Prom 47: Handel's Samson
Prom 48: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan
Prom 50: Beethoven's Fidelio
Prom 56: Lang Lang Plays Chopin
Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night
Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra
180 min