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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms

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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms

The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London,...
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    #1 - Prom 18: Sam Smith

    S78:E12

    For their only UK appearance of 2024, Sam Smith joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, released 10 years ago and featuring tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Lay Me Down’.

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    #2 - Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

    S78:E15

    The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its power and exuberance to an evening that celebrates a pivotal movement in late 20th-century club culture. Get ready for all the glitz, glamour and groove of disco at the Proms!

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    #3 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

    S78:E22

    Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season's glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.

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    #4 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

    S78:E21

    Katie Derham hosts classical music's biggest party of the year, with soloists Sir Stephen Hough and Angel Blue and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

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    #5 - Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks

    S78:E9

    Edith Bowman presents a night for film lovers, with music from blockbusters including Everything Everywhere All at Once, All Quiet on the Western Front and Tár.

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    #6 - New Music at the Proms 2024

    S78:E19

    A celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall this summer chosen by Tom Service, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show.

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    #7 - Last Night of the Fifty-Third Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

    S1:E1

    (Prom 49) Viewers are taken to the Royal Albert Hall for the first television visit to the 'Proms'. On this last night, the BBC Symphony Orchestra is conducted by each of the conductors taking part in this series. Sung by Trefor Jones Conductor, Stanford Robinson 8.0 The Prom Season reviewed by a Music Critic (From the Studio) Pianist, Natasha Litvin Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent

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    #8 - The Last Night of the Proms

    S2:E1

    (Prom 49) Viewers are taken to the Royal Albert Hall for the second part of the last Promenade Concert of the winter season. Margherita Grandi (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans) - Berlioz Aria: Vissi d'arte (Tosca) - Puccini Spanish Caprice - Rimsky-Korsakov

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    #9 - First Night of the Proms

    S7:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

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    #10 - Last Night of the Proms

    S7:E2

    (Prom 49) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the second half of the closing concert in the 1953 summer series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Constance Shacklock (contralto) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell. March: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1. in D - Elgar Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell - Benjamin Britten Rule, Britannia - Arne-Sargent Jerusalem - Parry (Constance Shacklock appears by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

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    #11 - First Night of the Proms

    S8:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for part of the opening concert in the Diamond Jubilee season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Eileen Joyce (piano) Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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    #12 - Diamond Jubilee Season: Anniversary Prom

    S8:E2

    (Prom 15) Television cameras are in the Royal Albert Hall for part of this Anniversary Concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, which were inaugurated on August 10, 1895. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Mark Hambourg (piano) Introduced by Alvar Lidell. An Impression on a Windy Day - Malcolm Sargent Hungarian Fantasia for piano and orchestra - Liszt

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    #13 - Last Night of the Proms

    S8:E3

    (Prom 49) The close of the Diamond Jubilee Season BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Paul Beard Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Constance Shacklock (contralto) March: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1, in D - Elgar Spanish Caprice - Rimsky-Korsakow Sea Songs - arr. Wood Rule, Britannia - Arne-Sargent Jerusalem - Parry Introduced by Alvar Lidell From the Royal Albert Hall, London

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    #14 - First Night of the Proms

    S9:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for part of the first of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts MOISEIWITSCH (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent Piano Concerto No. 5, in E flat (The Emperor)......Beethoven Introduced by ALVAR LIDELL Television presentation by ANTONY CRAXTON at 8.15

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    #15 - Saturday-Night Out

    S9:E2

    (Prom 49) Robert Beatty 'The Man with the Mike' invites you to join him at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the Last Night of the Proms. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Constance Shacklock (contralto) Introduced by Alvar Lidell. March: Pomp and Circumstance No. 1, in D - Elgar Minuet of the Will o' the Wisp; Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust) - Berlioz Sea Songs - arr. Henry Wood Rule, Britannia - Arne Jerusalem - Parry

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    #16 - First Night of the Proms

    S10:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON for part of the opening concert BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Denis Matthews (piano) Overture: Cockaigne by Elgar Piano Concerto No. 23 in A (K.488) by Mozart Introduced by Alvar Lidell Television presentation at 7.30 by Antony Craxton

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    #17 - Last Night of the Proms

    S10:E2

    (Prom 49) Constance Shacklock (contralto) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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    #18 - First Night of the Proms

    S11:E1

    (Prom 1) The second part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Soloist, Eileen Joyce Overture: The Mastersingers......... Wagner Piano Concerto No. 2, in G minor Saint-Saens Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) Benjamin Britten Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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    #19 - The Last Night of the Proms

    S11:E2

    (Prom 49) Constance Shacklock (mezzo-soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor; Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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    #20 - First Night of The Proms

    S12:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Soloists Gloria Lane (mezzo-soprano), Moiseiwitsch (piano) Overture: The Mastersingers...Wagner Aria: Softly Awakes my Heart (Samson and Delilah)...Saint-Saens Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra...Rachmaninov Introduced by Alvar Lidell

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    #21 - The Last Night of the Proms

    S12:E2

    (Prom 49) Monica Sinclair (contralto) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Alvar Lidell.

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    #22 - First Night of The Proms

    S13:E1

    (Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Introduced by Alvar Lidell BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Norma Procter (contralto) A London Overture - John Ireland In Haven: Sabbath Morning at Sea; Where Corals Lie (Sea Pictures) - Elgar Scherzo: L'Apprenti Sorcier - Dukas

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    #23 - Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

    S13:E2

    (Prom 25) From the Royal Albert Hall, London National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Conducted by Walter Susskind Kathleen Jones (piano) Mozart...Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (K.466)

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    #24 - Last Night of The Proms

    S13:E3

    (Prom 49) From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Constance Shacklock (mezzo-soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent March: Pomp and Circumstance No.1, in D...Elgar Symphonic Poem: From Bohemia's Woods and Fields...Smetana Sea Songs...arr. Henry Wood Rule, Britannia...Arne Jerusalem...Parry National Anthem Introduced by Alvar Lidell

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    #25 - First Night of the Proms

    S14:E1

    (Prom 1) Henry Wood Promenade Concerts First Night Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the first part of the opening concert of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts BBC Symphony Orchestra (Leader, Paul Beard) Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Soloists, Clifford Curzon (piano), Amy Shuard (soprano) Prelude: The Mastersingers...Wagner Aria: In questa reggia (Turandot)...Puccini Piano Concerto No.4, in G...Beethoven Introduced by Alvar Lidell (Amy Shuard appears by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)

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Best Episodes Summary

"Prom 18: Sam Smith" is the best rated episode of "BBC Proms". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/24/2024. This episode scored 3.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco".