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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 78

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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 78

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    #1 - Prom 18: Sam Smith

    S78:E12

    For their only UK appearance of 2024, Sam Smith joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, released 10 years ago and featuring tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Lay Me Down’.

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  2. Background image for Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco
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    #2 - Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

    S78:E15

    The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its power and exuberance to an evening that celebrates a pivotal movement in late 20th-century club culture. Get ready for all the glitz, glamour and groove of disco at the Proms!

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  3. Background image for Last Night of the Proms, Part 2
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    #3 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

    S78:E22

    Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season's glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.

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    #4 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

    S78:E21

    Katie Derham hosts classical music's biggest party of the year, with soloists Sir Stephen Hough and Angel Blue and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

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  5. Background image for Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks
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    #5 - Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks

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    Edith Bowman presents a night for film lovers, with music from blockbusters including Everything Everywhere All at Once, All Quiet on the Western Front and Tár.

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    #6 - New Music at the Proms 2024

    S78:E19

    A celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall this summer chosen by Tom Service, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show.

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    #7 - First Night of the Proms 2024

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    In her First Night of the Proms debut, conductor Elim Chan presents Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony alongside Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Clara Schumann’s tender Piano Concerto, featuring star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

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  9. Background image for Prom 4: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth
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    #8 - Prom 4: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth

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    The entire Hallé family visits from Manchester to celebrate Sir Mark Elder’s last season as Music Director after 25 years in the role. Together they present Sir James MacMillan’s Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia and Mahler’s life-affirming Symphony No. 5.

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  10. Background image for Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem
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    #9 - Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem

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    Verdi’s Requiem was first performed 150 years ago and given its British premiere at the Royal Albert Hall the following year. Ryan Bancroft leads the BBC NOW and massed singers in a performance of this vivid choral masterpieces.

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  11. Background image for Prom 13: Sarah Vaughan – If You Could See Me Now
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    #10 - Prom 13: Sarah Vaughan – If You Could See Me Now

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    The BBC Concert Orchestra and Guy Barker are joined by a starry line up of singers for a celebration of one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan, with songs including 'If You Could See Me Now’ and ‘Broken-Hearted Melody’.

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  12. Background image for Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony
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    #11 - Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony

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    Nicholas Collon and the BBC Philharmonic perform the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century, Messiaen’s Turangalîla, after the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms

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  13. Background image for Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson
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    #12 - Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson

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    John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.

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  14. Background image for Prom 20: Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons
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    #13 - Prom 20: Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons

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    Brothers Braimah and Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes join forces with the dynamic Fantasia Orchestra for a family-friendly concert of folk songs, dances, prayers and incantations

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  15. Background image for Prom 30: The National Youth Orchestra plays Mahler’s First
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    #14 - Prom 30: The National Youth Orchestra plays Mahler’s First

    S78:E8

    The National Youth Orchestra, comprising some of Britain’s most talented young players, performs Mahler’s anguished, ultimately triumphant Symphony No.1, alongside works by Wagner and Missy Mazzoli and a new commission from Dani Howard.

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  16. Background image for Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem
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    #15 - Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem

    S78:E10

    Sir Antonio Pappano and his London Symphony Orchestra are joined by three choirs and three outstanding vocal soloists for a work of hope that emerged from the ashes of destruction: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem

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  17. Background image for Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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    #16 - Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

    S78:E11

    Gemma New joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s musical retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, following Mozart’s heavenly Clarinet Concerto with Anthony McGill and Mel Bonis’s colourful Salomé

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  18. Background image for Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets
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    #17 - Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets

    S78:E13

    Holst’s suite The Planets is one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite to perform the work alongside Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph and a new piece from Finnish-American composer Lara Poe.

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  19. Background image for Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart
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    #18 - Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart

    S78:E14

    Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony by bringing their unique Orchestral Theatre approach to the iconic work with the help of the BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain

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  20. Background image for Prom 54: Beethoven for Three
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    #19 - Prom 54: Beethoven for Three

    S78:E16

    Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma come together to form a classical supergroup, bringing greater intimacy than ever before to Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Sixth Symphony while also performing one of the composer’s best-loved chamber works.

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  21. Background image for Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond
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    #20 - Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond

    S78:E17

    Marking a century since Henry Mancini’s birth, Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the man and his music in styles ranging from jazz to light classical and film music.

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  22. Background image for Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz
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    #21 - Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz

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    Riccardo Minasi conducts his dynamic Ensemble Resonanz in a pair of Mozart’s most thrilling overtures – from The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni – alongside his achingly beautiful Sinfonia concertante and the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony

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    #22 - Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2024

    S78:E20

    A journey through 2024’s five-star BBC Proms season, celebrating Mozart, Sam Smith, Beethoven, Mancini, Holst, Bob Marley and so much more.

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  24. Background image for Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree
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    #23 - Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree

    S78:E23

    Join Duggee, Bluey, the Octonauts and lots more of your CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world in music and song at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree. Kwamé Ryan leads the Sinfonia Smith Square, BBC Singers & CBeebies East London Schools’ Choir.

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  25. Background image for Prom 69: Florence + The Machine – Symphony of Lungs
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    #24 - Prom 69: Florence + The Machine – Symphony of Lungs

    S78:E24

    Florence Welch – aka Florence + The Machine – joins Jules Buckley and his Orchestra for a celebration of Lungs, her BRIT Award-winning debut album, released to huge acclaim 15 years ago.

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    #25 - Prom 48: Doctor Who Prom

    S78:E25

    Doctor Who makes its much-anticipated return to the Proms with a brand-new show celebrating the Doctor’s latest adventures. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and a host of special guests present a concert like no other in all of space and time…

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Season 78 Ratings Summary

"Prom 18: Sam Smith" is the best rated episode of "BBC Proms" season 78. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 8/24/2024. This episode is rated 3.0 points higher than the second-best, "Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco".