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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 69

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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 69

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 - First Night of the Proms

    S69:E1

    Sakari Oramo conducts this year’s opening concert, in a programme that includes Walton’s pithy choral masterpiece 'Belshazzar’s Feast' and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Lars Vogt.

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    #2 - Ten Pieces Prom

    S69:E2

    Join CBBC presenters Barney Harwood and Dick and Dom for an introduction to some of the greatest pieces of classical music and a celebration of children’s creative responses to them.

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    #3 - Ten Pieces Prom

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    Barney Harwood and Dick and Dom join the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to celebrate some of the best pieces to introduce children to classical music – and to inspire a life-long love of it.

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    #4 - Beethoven - Symphony No.9

    S69:E4

    Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony returns to the Proms in the hands of Andris Nelsons and the massed forces of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the CBSO Chorus.

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    #5 - Haydn, HK Gruber & Stravinsky

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    The BBC Philharmonic’s programme spans more than two centuries, opening with Haydn’s ‘La reine’ Symphony and closing with Stravinsky’s fairy-tale ballet 'Petrushka'.

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    #6 - Poulenc, Stravinsky, Haydn & Mozart

    S69:E6

    Poulenc’s Organ Concerto raises the curtain on this BBC National Orchestra of Wales Prom which also includes Stravinsky’s 'Symphony of Psalms' and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41.

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    #7 - Delius, Nielsen, Hugh Wood & Ravel

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    Mark Simpson performs the Clarinet Concerto by Carl Nielsen, whose 150th anniversary falls this year, in a programme which also includes an alluring suite from Ravel’s 'Daphnis and Chloe'.

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    #8 - Beethoven Piano Concertos

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    Leif Ove Andsnes continues his survey of Beethoven’s works for piano and orchestra with the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the ‘Choral Fantasy’.

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    #9 - Holst - The Planets

    S69:E13

    Susanna Mälkki conducts Holst’s masterpiece in a programme which also includes the UK premiere of a new violin concerto by Luca Francesconi, written for and performed by Leila Josefowicz.

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    #10 - Radio 1 Ibiza Prom

    S69:E16

    Pete Tong takes charge of the BBC Radio 1 Prom and decides to employ the Heritage Orchestra to play a selection of Ibiza classics. The Royal Albert Hall has never seen anything like it! Jules Buckley conducts the orchestra through dance masterpieces by Fatboy Slim, Eric Prydz, Shapeshifters, Robert Miles, ATB, Moby, Frankie Knuckles, Orbital, Inner City, Daft Punk, Faithless, Stardust and so many more, with the help of Ella Eyre and John Newman.

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    #11 - Hallé - Debussy, Vaughan Williams & Elgar

    S69:E17

    Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in music they have made their own – Vaughan Williams and Elgar. Opening the programme is Debussy’s luscious 'Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune'.

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    #12 - Alina Ibragimova plays Bach (1)

    S69:E19

    Virtuoso violinist Alina Ibragimova has the stage to herself for an evening of solo works by Bach.

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    #13 - Alina Ibragimova plays Bach (2)

    S69:E21

    Violinist Alina Ibragimova concludes her performance of Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin in the second of her two Late Night Proms.

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    #14 - Aurora Orchestra

    S69:E22

    The ever innovative Aurora Orchestra returns to the Proms with two ‘Pastoral’ Symphonies – the first by Brett Dean, the second by Beethoven – and a world premiere by Anna Meredith.

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    #15 - James MacMillan & Mahler

    S69:E24

    The world premiere of James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 4 is paired with Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony. Renowned Mahlerian Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

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    #16 - The John Wilson Orchestra performs Frank Sinatra

    S69:E30

    Seth MacFarlane and other guest vocalists join the John Wilson Orchestra to celebrate the centenary of Frank Sinatra in this Late Night Prom.

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    #17 - National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

    S69:E31

    The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain brings Mahler’s epic Ninth Symphony to the Proms, paired with a brand-new work by Tansy Davies. Sir Mark Elder conducts.

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    #18 - Eric Whitacre and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    S69:E32

    Eric Whitacre, one of the biggest names in choral music, conducts a programme including his own 'Cloudburst', as well as other American Gershwin’s 'Rhapsody in Blue'.

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    #19 - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestr

    S69:E34

    Nicola Benedetti is the soloist in Korngold’s Violin Concerto as part of a programme which also sees the Bournemouth SO perform Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony and music from Britten’s 'Peter Grimes'.

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    S69:E37

    MistaJam and Sian Anderson present a Late Night Prom from some of the UK’s best urban artists, including Wretch 32, Stormzy and Krept & Konan.

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    #21 - West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim

    S69:E44

    Daniel Barenboim returns to the BBC Proms to perform Beethoven and Tchaikovsky with the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, an ensemble featuring musicians from across the Middle East.

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    #22 - Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    S69:E46

    The Danish National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 150th anniversary of Carl Nielsen, performing some of his best-loved orchestral works, alongside Brahms’s Violin Concerto.

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    #23 - Bach - Goldberg Variations

    S69:E50

    Sir András Schiff brings Bach’s monumental work for solo keyboard to the Royal Albert Hall. Join the great pianist on a voyage through this masterpiece.

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    #24 - Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Bernard Haitink

    S69:E57

    One of today’s greatest conductors brings Schubert's Ninth Symphony (the 'Great') to the Proms, along with Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, performed by the inimitable Maria João Pires.

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    #25 - Bernstein - Stage and Screen

    S69:E67

    Celebrate the music of Leonard Bernstein with John Wilson and his orchestra in this Prom which features highlights from 'Candide', 'Wonderful Town', 'Fancy Free', 'West Side Story' and 'Peter Pan'.

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Season 69 Ratings Summary

"First Night of the Proms" is the best rated episode of "BBC Proms" season 69. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/17/2015. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Ten Pieces Prom".