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BBC Proms•Season 44•Episode 8

Live from the Proms

Sep 2, 1990

Libor Pesek conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the Glagolitic Mass by his Czech compatriot JanaCek. Written in 1926, it uses a text in Old Slavonic to emphasise Czech nationalist identity after centuries of allegiance to Austria. Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, which shares this theme of liberation,

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Season 44 Episodes11

First Night of the Proms: Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (No 2 in C minor)

Omnibus at the Proms: Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2 and Cesar Franck's Symphony in D Minor

Omnibus at the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms: Brahms's First Symphony

Omnibus at the Proms: Sibelius's Violin Concerto and James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie

Live from the Proms

Live from the Proms

Last Night of the Proms

Last Night of the Proms

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Episode Summary

"Live from the Proms" is episode 8 of BBC Proms season 44. It aired on September 2, 1990.

Next: E9 · Live from the Proms Best of Season 44