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BBC Proms•Season 75•Episode 16

Prom 31: George Lewis & Beethoven

6.0/10 · 1 votesSep 2, 2021180 min

Ranked #19 of 22 in Season 75•−0.8 vs season avg

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov pair Beethoven’s dramatic concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’ with the Second Symphony – a work whose vitality and ‘smiling’ mood belie the private struggles and despair of a composer wrestling with hearing loss – with

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Season 75 Episodes22

First Night of the Proms: Part 1

First Night of the Proms: Part 2

Prom 4: An Evening of Mozart with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Prom 8: Gražinytė-Tyla Conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Prom 5: Ryan Bancroft Conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Prom 2: The Golden Age of Broadway

Prom 10: Nicola Benedetti and the NYOGB

Prom 14/15: Stravinsky from Memory

Prom 17: Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Bach and Mozart

Prom 20: To Soothe the Aching Heart (A Night at the Opera)

Prom 22: Nubya Garcia

Prom 26: Sir Simon Rattle Conducts the London Symphony Orchestra

Prom 28: Chineke! Orchestra

Prom 29/30: Joshua Bell's Seasons: Vivaldi vs Piazzolla

Prom 34/35: Family Prom - The Carnival of the Animals with the Kanneh-Masons

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Prom 31: George Lewis & Beethoven

Prom 25: Moses Sumney Meets Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Prom 38: Sir John Eliot Gardiner Conducts the Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists

Prom 42: John Wilson Conducts the Sinfonia of London

Prom 47: Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Last Night of the Proms 2021 - Part 1

Last Night of the Proms - Part 2

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Episode Summary

"Prom 31: George Lewis & Beethoven" is episode 16 of BBC Proms season 75. It scored 6.0/10 from 1 votes, ranking #19 of 22 episodes this season (season average 6.8). It aired on September 2, 2021.

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