BBC Proms
Season 65 Episode 10 - Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
Their first appearance at the Proms in 2007 set the Royal Albert Hall alight. Back then, they were called the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and famously are a product of the country's El Sistema programme which offers every child a free musical education. Led by their dynamic conductor Gustavo Dudamel, tonight they perform Mahler's second Symphony, Resurrection - a work for vast forces including offstage brass, two solo singers, and a large choir as well as the orchestra. Mahler takes listeners on a spectacular journey through the entire gamut of emotions and questions whether there is life after death. The symphony begins with a huge funeral march and across the work makes a progression from darkness to light - death to everlasting life. Presented by Katie Derham.
Episodes in Season 65
First Night of the Proms
Mark Elder Conducts The Halle
Spanish Night with the BBC Philharmonic
180 min
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
180 min
Mahler's Ninth Symphony
180 min
Hungarian Night with the London Philharmonic
180 min
Walton's Violin Concerto
180 min
Elgar's Violin Concerto
180 min
Human Planet
180 min
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
180 min
French Night with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
180 min
Film Music Night
180 min
The National Youth Orchestra
180 min
Benjamin Grosvenor at the First Night of the Proms
180 min
Kathryn Tickell and Friends
180 min
Brahms Night with Bernard Haintink and Emanuel Ax
180 min
Brahms' Symphony No 4
180 min
Verdi's Requiem
180 min
Spaghetti Western Orchestra
180 min
The Comedy Prom
180 min
Angela Hewitt Plays Brahms and Schumann
180 min
Hooray for Hollywood
180 min
Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
180 min
The Horrible Histories Big Prom Party
180 min
Nigel Kennedy Plays Bach
180 min
