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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 61

Every episode of BBC Proms Season 61 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 61!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms
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    #1 - First Night of the Proms

    S61:E1

    Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, performing Walton's Overture 'Portsmouth Point', Elgar's Cello Concerto and Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

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  2. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 2 - Rameau and Campra - Prom 3
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    #2 - Rameau and Campra - Prom 3

    S61:E2

    Charles Hazlewood introduces a night of French Baroque music performed by the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir. Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts a sequence of dances from Rameau's stage works, which also features performers from the Buskaid Soweto String Project and the dancers of Compagnie Roussat-Lubek. The programme also includes a rare performance of Campra's neglected Requiem Mass.

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  3. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 3 - Rossini and Berio - Prom 4
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    #3 - Rossini and Berio - Prom 4

    S61:E3

    Suzy Klein introduces the Chorus and Orchestra of Santa Cecilia, Rome, and an international quartet of young singers as they perform Rossini's theatrical Stabat Mater, conducted by Antonio Pappano. The orchestra is joined by the Swingle Singers for Luciano Berio's modern masterpiece, Sinfonia.

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  4. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 4 - American Classics - Prom 5
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    #4 - American Classics - Prom 5

    S61:E4

    Charles Hazlewood introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra under David Robertston as they perform two 20th century American classics - Leonard Bernstein's Second Symphony, The Age of Anxiety, and Charles Ives' Fourth Symphony. The programme begins with the first BBC commission of the season, Substratum by British composer Sam Hayden.

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  5. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 5 - Beethoven and Brett Dean - Prom 13
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    #5 - Beethoven and Brett Dean - Prom 13

    S61:E5

    The BBC Symphony Chorus, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Gondwana Voices perform Brett Dean's Vexations and Devotions.

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  6. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 6 - Haydn's Seasons - Prom 14
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    #6 - Haydn's Seasons - Prom 14

    S61:E6

    Conductor Sir Roger Norrington and the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston are joined by singers Sally Matthews, Toby Spence and Jonathan Lemalu for a performance of Joseph Haydn's oratorio, The Seasons. Presented by Charles Hazlewood.

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  7. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 7 - Film Prom - Prom 2
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    #7 - Film Prom - Prom 2

    S61:E7

    From the Royal Albert Hall, Richard E Grant introduces a selection of film compositions to mark the BAFTA's 60th anniversary and the Summer of the British Film. John Wilson conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra as they perform music from classic films Genevieve, The Dam Busters and Bridge on the River Kwai, as well as modern hits such as Chicken Run, Shakespeare in Love and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

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  8. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 8 - French Classics - Prom 22
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    #8 - French Classics - Prom 22

    S61:E8

    Suzy Klein introduces les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble, under their founding conductor Marc Minkowski in an entirely French programme which includes Bizet's incidental music to L'Arlesienne and Berlioz's song-cycle Les nuits d'ete, sung by Anne-Sophie von Otter.

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  9. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 9 - Salonen Conducts Salonen - Prom 23
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    #9 - Salonen Conducts Salonen - Prom 23

    S61:E9

    Suzy Klein introduces the European premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Piano Concerto, performed by Yefim Bronfman and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by the composer. The programme also includes excerpts from Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet.

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  10. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 10 - Twentieth Century Classics - Prom 24
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    #10 - Twentieth Century Classics - Prom 24

    S61:E10

    Suzy Klein introduces four varied and colourful works from the twentieth century. Sibelius' Tapiola, Britten's Piano Concerto, Varese's Ecuatorial and Debussy's La Mer are performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov, with soloist Steven Osborne. 2 hours

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  11. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 11 - NYO - Prom 29
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    #11 - NYO - Prom 29

    S61:E11

    Mark Elder conducts as the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain performs works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Aaron Jay Kernis. Introduced by Howard Goodall.

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  12. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 12 - Elgar's Enigma - Prom 31
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    #12 - Elgar's Enigma - Prom 31

    S61:E12

    Suzy Klein introduces Daniele Gatti conducting the Royal Philharmonic in the Enigma Variations, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth.

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  13. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 13 - Renee Fleming Sings Berg - Prom 32
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    #13 - Renee Fleming Sings Berg - Prom 32

    S61:E13

    Suzy Klein introduces acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming as she returns to the Proms to perform songs by Alban Berg and Erich Korngold. She's accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic and conductor Gianandrea Noseda, who also perform Beethoven's 8th Symphony in F major and Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C major.

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  14. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 14 - Britten and Mahler - Prom 33
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    #14 - Britten and Mahler - Prom 33

    S61:E14

    Suzy Klein introduces Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem and Mahler's 10th Symphony. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the BBC Philharmonic.

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  15. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 15 - EUYO Prom
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    S61:E15

    A prom by the European Union Youth Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis. The theme of nature links two great symphonies - Sibelius's Fifth and Brahms's Third.

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  16. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 16 - Midseason Highlights
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    #16 - Midseason Highlights

    S61:E16

    Highlights of the 2007 Proms season so far, including Sir John Eliot Gardiner's collaboration with the young musicians of the Buskaid Soweto String Project.

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  17. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 17 - Mahler and Brahms - Prom 40
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    #17 - Mahler and Brahms - Prom 40

    S61:E17

    Verity Sharp introduces baritone Matthias Goerne singing a selection from Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony conducted by Paavo Jarvi. Also, Weber's Oberon Overture and Schoenberg's orchestration of Brahms's ambitious Piano Quartet.

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  18. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 18 - Stravinsky's Petrushka - Prom 41
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    #18 - Stravinsky's Petrushka - Prom 41

    S61:E18

    A reinterpretation with improvisation of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Stravinsky's Petrushka and three dance episodes from Bernstein's On the Town.

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  19. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 19 - Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
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    #19 - Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

    S61:E19

    The Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela play Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony and symphonic dances from West Side Story.

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  20. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 20 - Bluebeard's Castle - Prom 48
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    #20 - Bluebeard's Castle - Prom 48

    S61:E20

    Verity Sharp introduces Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra in a new orchestral suite from Thomas Ades' opera Powder Her Face, based on the life and disgrace of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll. This is followed by Bartok's darkly psychological opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle, sung by Charlotte Hellekant and Falk Struckmann.

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  21. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 21 - Elgar Compilation
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    #21 - Elgar Compilation

    S61:E21

    Aled Jones introduces a programme of much loved pieces by Elgar from the season's Proms. Daniele Gatti conducts as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform the Enigma Variations, soloist Paul Watkins performs the Cello Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Stephen Jackson conducts as the BBC Symphony Chorus sing There is Sweet Music.

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  22. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 22 - Haitink - Prom 55
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    #22 - Haitink - Prom 55

    S61:E22

    Nicholas Owen introduces a Prom by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink, featuring music by Wagner and Debussy.

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  23. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 23 - Britten and Prokofiev - Prom 56
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    #23 - Britten and Prokofiev - Prom 56

    S61:E23

    Petroc Trelawny introduces Britten's Four Sea Interludes and Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under their chief conductor, Jiri Belohlavek. They are joined by pianist Ivo Kahanek for a rare performance of Martinu's Fourth Piano Concerto.

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  24. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 24 - An Evening with Michael Ball - Prom 58
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    #24 - An Evening with Michael Ball - Prom 58

    S61:E24

    Petroc Trelawny introduces a bank holiday concert featuring star of the West End and Broadway, Michael Ball, as he comes to the Proms for the first time. With special guests and the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Callum McLeod.

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  25. BBC Proms Season 61 Episode 25 - Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev - Prom 59
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    #25 - Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev - Prom 59

    S61:E25

    Petroc Trelawny introduces Valery Gergiev conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in an all Russian programme of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.

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Season 61 Ratings Summary

"First Night of the Proms" is the best rated episode of "BBC Proms" season 61. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/13/2007. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Rameau and Campra - Prom 3".