Episode guide
BBC Proms: 1980
8 episodes · first aired Aug 9, 1980
Strike action resulted in cancellation of 1980 Prom broadcasts.
- 1 First Night of the Proms Aug 9, 1980 After weeks of uncertainty the 1980 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts were launched last week at the Royal Albert Hall , London, with a performance of the Symphony No 4 by Mahler BBC Symphony…
- 2 The Sunday Prom Aug 10, 1980 The long-awaited start of the 1980 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts came last week at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In the first of four recorded Sunday night programmes on BBC1 Sir…
- 3 The Sunday Prom Aug 17, 1980 In tonight's recording from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts the young Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly makes his Prom debut in two rarely heard orchestrations by Ravel of piano pieces…
- 4 The Sunday Prom Aug 24, 1980 In the third of this series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts recorded at the Royal Albert Hall , London, Colin Davis conducts the London Symphony Orchestra leader MICHAEL DAVIS in the…
- 5 Live from the Proms Aug 26, 1980 BBC2 joins with Radio 3 in stereo for a live relay of the first half of tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, leader…
- 6 From the Proms Aug 27, 1980 Walter Weller conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he has recently been appointed principal conductor, in Symphony No 7, in D minor, by Dvorak. John Amis introduces this…
- 7 The Sunday Prom Aug 31, 1980 In the fourth of this series of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, Kiril Kondrashin , making his first appearance at the Proms, conducts the Amsterdam…
- 8 Last Night of the Proms Sep 13, 1980 Introduced by Richard Baker. BBC1 joins Radio 3 in stereo for the second half of tonight's closing concert of the 86th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts live from the Royal Albert…