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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 74

Every episode of BBC Proms Season 74 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 74!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms
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    #1 - First Night of the Proms

    S74:E1

    Katie Derham presents the first night of the world’s greatest live classical music festival, with a feast of music including Beethoven’s Third Symphony, Aaron Copland’s Quiet City and a new work by young British composer Hannah Kendall, all brought to you by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, with conductor Sakari Oramo. Join Katie and special guest Stephen Fry as they celebrate the return of live music to the Royal Albert Hall.

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  2. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 2 - The Symphonic Organ
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    #2 - The Symphonic Organ

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    Organist Jonathan Scott performs his own virtuosic arrangements of works by Rossini, Mascagni, Dukas, plus a climactic Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3, on the world-famous Royal Albert Hall organ.

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  3. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 3 - Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO
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    #3 - Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO

    S74:E3

    Sir Simon Rattle and the LSO with a programme of unmissable music featuring star pianist Mitsuko Uchida playing Beethoven, works by Elgar and Vaughan Williams, and a new composition by Thomas Adès.

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  4. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 4 - Viennese Night
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    #4 - Viennese Night

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    In a Viennese spectacular, the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by soloists Sophie Bevan and Robert Murray, performing works by Lehár and Johann Strauss II, conducted by Bramwell Tovey.

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  5. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 5 - London Sinfonietta
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    #5 - London Sinfonietta

    S74:E5

    The London Sinfonietta perform cutting edge contemporary works by Philip Glass, Tansy Davies, Steve Reich and Anna Meredith.

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  6. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 6 - Proms @ MediaCityUK, Salford with the BBC Philharmonic
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    #6 - Proms @ MediaCityUK, Salford with the BBC Philharmonic

    S74:E6

    In a change to the originally advertised programme, John Storgårds, the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Guest Conductor, joins the orchestra to conduct Haydn, Britten and Tchaikovsky.

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  7. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 7 - Nicola Benedetti and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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    #7 - Nicola Benedetti and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    S74:E7

    Nicola Benedetti leads a high-energy evening of baroque music with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, led by Jonathan Cohen.

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  8. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 8 - Anoushka Shankar and Gold Panda
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    #8 - Anoushka Shankar and Gold Panda

    S74:E8

    Sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar takes to the stage in an evening dedicated to her father and musical guru, Ravi, in what would have been his centenary year. Anoushka is joined in the first half by electronic music producer and performer Gold Panda for a new imagining of Ravi’s music. In the second half, Jules Buckley, the Britten Sinfonia and soloist Manu Delago accompany Anoushka in a selection of her music. Josie d’Arby presents this unique evening from the Royal Albert Hall.

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  9. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 9 - Proms @ City Halls, Glasgow, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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    #9 - Proms @ City Halls, Glasgow, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    S74:E9

    Stephen Hough plays Beethoven in a concert featuring a World Premiere from Jay Capperauld.

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  10. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 10 - Laura Marling and the 12 Ensemble
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    #10 - Laura Marling and the 12 Ensemble

    S74:E10

    Laura Marling teams up with the 12 Ensemble for a retrospective journey through her back catalogue, as well as showcasing tracks from her 2020 album, Song for Our Daughter.

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  11. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 11 - KOKOROKO
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    #11 - KOKOROKO

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    London based eight-piece band KOKOROKO bring their ‘horn fuelled’ Afrobeat sound to the Proms, led by trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey.

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  12. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 12 - Exploring Beethoven’s Seventh
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    #12 - Exploring Beethoven’s Seventh

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    To celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, Tom Service and the Aurora Orchestra present a unique evening in which conductor Nicholas Collon and the orchestra take apart Beethoven’s popular Seventh Symphony and show us the inner workings of the composer’s creative genius, followed by a performance of the work in the orchestra’s signature style - from memory! Also on the bill at the Royal Albert Hall is a new work by British composer Richard Ayres, whose piece is inspired by Beethoven’s struggle with his loss of hearing.

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  13. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 13 - Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
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    #13 - Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

    S74:E13

    Superstar siblings Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason perform their first Prom together, an evening of chamber music for cello and piano.

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  14. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 14 - Proms at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
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    #14 - Proms at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

    S74:E14

    Ryan Bancroft joins BBC NOW as principal conductor at BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff Bay for his first official engagement, his Proms debut and the first Prom from Wales! Martinu’s quirky Jazz Suite complements John Adams’s Chamber Symphony, written in 1992. After the world premiere of a new BBC commission by British composer Gavin Higgins, there are two evocative American classics by Barber and Copland. Acclaimed soprano Natalya Romaniw from Swansea, who represented Wales in Cardiff Singer of the World, joins the orchestra for this unforgettable Prom.

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  15. BBC Proms Season 74 Episode 15 - Last Night of the Proms
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    #15 - Last Night of the Proms

    S74:E15

    Featuring South African soprano Golda Schultz with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under its principal guest conductor Dalia Stasevska. Presented by Katie Derham.

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Season 74 Ratings Summary

"First Night of the Proms" is the best rated episode of "BBC Proms" season 74. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/28/2020. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Symphonic Organ".