BBC Proms
Season 66 Episode 2 - Strauss and Sibelius
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1947
Documentary
From the Royal Albert Hall, the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena open the Proms on BBC Four with two of Richard Strauss's best-loved works - Also Sprach Zarathustra, with its spectacular musical sunrise, followed by his serene Four Last Songs, sung by the German soprano Anne Schwanewilms. Also on the programme is Sibelius's majestic Symphony No 7 and the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Laterna Magica, her personal tribute to the films of Ingmar Bergman. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny.
Episodes in Season 66
1
First Night of the Proms
180 min
2
Strauss and Sibelius
180 min
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3
Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1 and 2
180 min
4
Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 3 and 4
180 min
5
Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 6
180 min
6
Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 7 and 8
180 min
7
Beethoven's 9th Symphony
180 min
8
Bach's Mass in B minor
180 min
9
Bruckner's 8th Symphony
180 min
10
Handel's Water Music
180 min
11
A Fantasia of English Music
180 min
12
Bruckner's 6th Symphony
180 min
13
An Evening with Ivor Novello
180 min
14
Vaughan Williams Night
180 min
15
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
180 min
16
From the New World
180 min
17
National Youth Jazz Orchestra
180 min
18
The Romantics
180 min
19
Gilbert and Sullivan
180 min
20
Wallace and Gromit at the Proms
180 min
21
Wagner and Strauss
180 min
22
Elgar's First Symphony
180 min
23
Bernstein's Mass
180 min
24
Haitink Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic
180 min
25
Last Night of the Proms - Part 1
180 min
26
Last Night of the Proms - Part 2
27
Last Night of the Proms in 3D
29
Episode 29
30
Episode 30
31
