Episode guide
BBC Proms: 1990
11 episodes · first aired Jul 20, 1990
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- 1 First Night of the Proms: Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (No 2 in C minor) Jul 20, 1990 The 96th season of Promenade Concerts opens with a performance which serves as a memorial and tribute to a distinguished and well loved musician, Sir John Pritchard. His appearance at the…
- 2 Omnibus at the Proms: Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2 and Cesar Franck's Symphony in D Minor Jul 27, 1990 Youthful talent is a special feature of this new season of highlights from the 1990 Proms. Among those to be seen and heard in coming weeks are the brilliant American violinist Joshua Bell…
- 3 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 3, 1990 Beethoven's Violin Concerto Opera singer Lesley Garrett meets Joshua Bell, the 22-year-old violinist from Bloomington, Indiana, as he makes his Proms debut with Claus Peter Flor and the…
- 4 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 10, 1990 Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto and Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales The first cello concerto by Shostakovich is one of those rare modern works which has gained immediate…
- 5 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 17, 1990 Mark-Anthony Turnage 's Three Screaming Popes and Bartok's Second Violin Concerto. Sue Cook meets one of Britain's most original young composers, Mark-Anthony Turnage , whose Three…
- 6 Omnibus at the Proms: Brahms's First Symphony Aug 24, 1990 The Old School Tie. The orchestra in tonight's concert owes its existence and name to one man: Professor Hideo Saito, who helped revolutionise the teaching of European music in post-war…
- 7 Omnibus at the Proms: Sibelius's Violin Concerto and James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie Aug 31, 1990 Witches are no longer burned at the stake, but 'witch-hunting tendencies can erupt in our own society'. So says James MacMillan whose work, inspired by the grisly events of 1662 - when…
- 8 Live from the Proms Sep 2, 1990 Libor Pesek conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the Glagolitic Mass by his Czech compatriot JanaCek. Written in 1926, it uses a text in Old Slavonic to emphasise Czech…
- 9 Live from the Proms Sep 9, 1990 The German conductor Giinter Wand is universally recognised as one of the world's finest Bruckner interpreters. During a career spanning six decades he has developed a special affinity…
- 10 Last Night of the Proms Sep 15, 1990 Live from London's Royal Albert Hall , this year's final Prom concert is conducted by Mark Elder. A Swedish soloist and composers from Austria, France and Italy add an international spice…
- 11 Last Night of the Proms Sep 15, 1990 The live coverage of this popular musical event continues with Rossini's Overture to William Tell and Non piu mesta from La cenerentola; Delius's Song of Summer, Delibes's Sous le dôme…