The Last Night of the Proms

Season 16

Gilbert and Sullivan

(Prom 1) First Night of the Proms

Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, 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

Introduced by Alvar Lidell

Rossini Overture: The Journey to Rheims

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 102 - John Ogdon, Piano

First Night of the Proms

(Prom 19) From the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, excerpts from 'The Gondoliers'.

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, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895.  Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.

The Last Night of the Proms

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