Episode guide
BBC Proms: 1987
14 episodes · first aired Jul 17, 1987
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- 1 First Night of the Proms Jul 17, 1987 Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London Part 1: Janacek Sinfonietta Sir John Pritchard , chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, launches the 93rd season of Henry Wood Promenade…
- 2 First Night of the Proms Jul 17, 1987 Part 2: Tippett A Child of our Time Sir Michael Tippett 's oratorio is a compassionate outcry against injustice and persecution, enhanced by the use of negro spirituals. Sir Michael…
- 3 Omnibus at the Proms Jul 31, 1987 BBCl's first visit to the 93rd season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall , London features a traditional popular Saturday night programme. including music from the…
- 4 Live from the Proms Aug 3, 1987 Schoenberg's 'Gurrelieder' conducted by Pierre Boulez Gurra is the name of a Danish castle. Schoenberg, later to become the self-confessed 'bogeyman of 20th-century music' composed his…
- 5 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 7, 1987 Introduced by Jane Glover Tonight's concert, the second of six BBC1 visits to this year's Proms, features the internationally acclaimed London Sinfonietta in a programme of music…
- 6 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 14, 1987 Introduced by Jane Glover Dance - the theme of the 93rd season of Henry Wood Promenade concerts - is a subject close to the heart of tonight's conductor, Isaiah Jackson , who has worked…
- 7 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 21, 1987 Introduced by Jane Glover Tonight one of America's foremost virtuoso violinists, Oscar Shumsky, plays a favourite work, often heard at the Proms - Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major…
- 8 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 28, 1987 Introduced by Jane Glover who also talks to tonight's soloist, the soprano Felicity Lott , and to Bernard Haitink , who conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader RODNEY FRIEND Solo…
- 9 Omnibus at the Proms Sep 4, 1987 Introduced by Jane Glover. In this year's Henry Wood Promenade concerts, the conductor Klaus Tennstedt makes a welcome return to the podium after a long absence through illness. With the…
- 10 Live from the Proms: Part 1 Sep 7, 1987 The whole of tonight's concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London, in which composers from America, France, Russia, Denmark and Finland are represented in music full of vivid imagery…
- 11 Omnibus at the Proms Sep 11, 1987 Beethoven: Choral Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Claudio Abbado Karita Mattila (soprano) Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo-soprano) Jerry Hadley (tenor) Robert Holl…
- 12 Last Night of the Proms Sep 12, 1987 Live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall , London, television and radio join to relay the colour and excitement of the world's most famous musical celebration, in the presence of Their…
- 13 Last Night of the Proms Sep 12, 1987 Part 2 A complete concert in itself: sparkling overture, operatic aria, and all the last-night favourites, reflecting the kind of popular programmes Henry Wood originally brought to the…
- 14 Omnibus Sep 25, 1987 Towards Antara In 1980, at the age of 20, Englishman George Benjamin became the youngest living composer ever to have a work performed at the Proms. Since then he has established an…