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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 73

Every episode of BBC Proms Season 73 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 73!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 12 - Mozart's Requiem
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E12

    The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, with Fatma Said, Kathryn Rudge, Sunnyboy Dladla and David Shipley in Mozart's Requiem.

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  2. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 17 - Strauss, Sibelius and Prokofiev
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E17

    Katie Derham presents flavours of Finland, Russia and Germany from three 20th-century favourites, featuring Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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  3. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 4 - Schumann, Schoenberg and Mozart
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E4

    Suzy Klein introduces the BBC Philharmonic and Omer Meir Wellber in a performance of works by Ben-Haim, Schumann, Schoenberg and, with Yeol Eum Son, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat, K450.

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  4. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 7 - Britten and Mahler
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E7

    Katie Derham introduces two pieces originally premiered by Proms founder Sir Henry Wood. Leif Ove Andsnes performs Britten’s Piano Concerto while Claudia Mahnke and Stuart Skelton sing Mahler’s poignant Das Lied von der Erde. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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  5. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 9 - Angélique Kidjo
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E9

    Three-time Grammy Award-winner Angélique Kidjo makes her Proms debut together with her nine-piece band in a late-night tribute to salsa legend Celia Cruz.

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  6. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 10 - John Wilson Orchestra
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E10

    John Wilson's virtuoso orchestra celebrates the music of one of the world's most famous film studios, Warner Brothers, including works by Max Steiner and Erich Korngold.

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  7. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 11 - The Sound of Space
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E11

    Cerys Matthews introduces the London Contemporary Orchestra in a late-night Prom featuring sci-fi film music including excerpts from Alien: Covenant, Interstellar, Under the Skin and Gravity.

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  8. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 14 - Queen Victoria's Playlist
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E14

    An evening of music to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth including Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony and First Piano Concerto, performed by Stephen Hough on Victoria's piano.

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  9. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 16 - Sheku Plays Elgar
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E16

    BBC 2016 Young Musician winner and superstar Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Elgar's passionate Cello Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and their music director Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla. Introduced by Tom Service and Sheku's sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

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  10. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 18 - Homage to Nina Simone
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E18

    First transmitted in 2019. Clara Amfo introduces a celebration of jazz and blues legend Nina Simone with The Metropole Orkest led by Jules Buckley, Ledisi, Lisa Fisher and more.

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  11. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 21 - Ellington's Sacred Music
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E21

    Cerys Matthews introduces an evening of jazz, gospel and Broadway-style music inspired by Duke Ellington's three sacred concerts. In a Proms premiere, Peter Edwards conducts the Nu Civilisation Orchestra in a new version of these landmark works, written originally between 1965 and 1973.

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  12. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 22 - Elgar's Enigma
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S73:E22

    The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs music by Vaughan Williams, Brahms and a new work - a birthday tribute to conductor Martyn Brabbins - inspired by Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations.

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  13. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms (Part One)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E1

    The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karina Canellakis, perform Dvorak’s The Golden Spinning Wheel and a commission commemorating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings.

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  14. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 2 - First Night of the Proms (Part Two)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E2

    The BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Karina Canellakis, perform Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass in the second half of First Night of the Proms 2019.

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  15. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 3 - Joshua Bell plays Dvořák
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E3

    Join Katie Derham and Jess Gillam at the Royal Albert Hall for a Proms Bohemian rhapsody. The Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jakob Hrusa, perform Smetana’s legendary Ma Vlast and, with American superstar violinist Joshua Bell, Dvorak’s Violin Concerto.

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  16. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 5 - Public Service Broadcasting
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E5

    Cult band Public Service Broadcasting join the Multi-Story Orchestra and London Contemporary Voices to perform a specially commissioned new arrangement of their 2015 album The Race for Space.

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  17. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 6 - Nicola Benedetti with the NYO
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E6

    Mark Wigglesworth conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in Auerbach, Prokofiev and, with Nicola Benedetti, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.

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  18. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 8 - Rachmaninov and Shostakovich
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E8

    The BBC Philharmonic, conducted by John Storgårds, performs Rachmaninov's The Isle of the Dead, Shostakovich’s Symphony No 11 and the world premiere of Outi Tarkiainen’s Midnight Sun Variations.

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  19. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 13 - Pappano and the National Youth Orchestra of the USA
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E13

    Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the National Youth Orchestra of the USA in Benjamin Beckman's Occidentalis, Strauss's Alpine Symphony and, with mezzo Joyce DiDonato, Berlioz's Les nuits d'été.

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  20. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 15 - Rattle conducts Belshazzar's Feast
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E15

    The London Symphony Orchestra, LSO Chorus, Orfeó Català and the Orfeó Català Youth Choir, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, perform works by Koechlin, Varèse and Walton's cantata, Belshazzar's Feast.

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  21. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 19 - Happy Birthday Henry Wood!
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E19

    A 150th anniversary tribute to Sir Henry Wood, founder-conductor of the Proms, featuring many of the works he both premiered and arranged across nearly 50 years of the festival.

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  22. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 20 - Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E20

    The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Long Yu, makes its Proms debut in a programme including works by Qigang Chen, Rachmaninov and, with Eric Lu, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 23 in A major.

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  23. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 23 - Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E23

    Mathew Baynton, Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra present Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique from memory, in a specially devised production incorporating elements of theatre, spectacular lighting and choreography as well as Berlioz’s own words about his music.

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  24. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 24 - Jonny Greenwood Curates
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E24

    Radiohead lead guitarist and award-winning film composer Jonny Greenwood curates a late-night Prom culminating in the world premiere of his work Horror vacui, written for solo violin and 68 strings.

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  25. BBC Proms Season 73 Episode 25 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S73:E25

    Katie Derham hosts the climax of the world's greatest classical music festival live from London's Royal Albert Hall.

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Season 73 Ratings Summary

"Mozart's Requiem" is the best rated episode of "BBC Proms" season 73. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/11/2019. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Strauss, Sibelius and Prokofiev".