Episode guide
BBC Proms: 2003
25 episodes · first aired Jul 18, 2003
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- 1 First Night of the Proms Jul 18, 2003 It's that time of year again. Promenaders will be donning their finery and flocking to events around the country to celebrate the highlight of the classical music season. Stephanie Andrews…
- 2 The Nation's Favourite Prom Jul 20, 2003 Two British opera stars, the soprano Rosemary Joshua and tenor John Mark Ainsley , sing arias voted for in the BBC Proms/Radio Times Readers' Poll in the annual concert of popular classics…
- 3 First Night of the BBC4 Proms Jul 21, 2003 Pianist Stephen Hough guests as BBC4's two-week Proms coverage begins. The Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Fischer, play Brahms's Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor and…
- 4 Proms on Four Jul 22, 2003 The 350th anniversary of Arcangelo Corelli 's birth is celebrated with a performance of his Christmas Concerto in tonight's concert - which also features Handel's Dixit Dominus , HWV232…
- 5 Proms on Four Jul 23, 2003 London symphonies by Vaughan Williams and Haydn feature alongside American composer William Schuman's "A Song of Orpheus". The BBC Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Leonard Slatkin , with…
- 6 Proms on Four Jul 24, 2003 Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs and Beethoven's Symphony No 5 in C minor are performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda , with Italian soprano Barbara…
- 7 Proms on Four Jul 25, 2003 Ruby - a new percussion concerto composed by Joe Duddell and performed by Colin Currie - is the centrepiece of tonight's programme. Tommy Pearson also introduces music by Bartok and…
- 8 Proms on Four Jul 26, 2003 The Halle Orchestra perform Elgar's epic Symphony No 1 in A flat - a work they premiered 95 years ago - in their sole showing at this year's Proms. Conductor Mark Elder talks to host Tommy…
- 9 Proms on Four Jul 27, 2003 Composer John Adams conducts the European premiere of his On the Transmigration of Souls - a reflection on the events of 11 September 2001. The BBC Symphony Orchestra also plays music by…
- 10 Proms on Four Jul 28, 2003 Berlioz's "sacred trilogy" L'Enfance du Christ is performed as part of the bicentenary celebration of the composer's birth. John Eliot Gardiner conducts the choir of Clare College…
- 11 Proms on Four Jul 29, 2003 Richard Strauss 's Elektra is performed by London Voices and the BBC Scottish Symphony, conducted by Donald Runnicles. Gabriele Schnaut. Janice Watson and Felicity Palmer are among the…
- 12 Proms on Four Jul 30, 2003 Grainger, Walton, Elgar, Turnage, Tippett, Bax and Britten are all on the menu in a 50th-anniversary celebration of the coronation, attended by Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. Andrew Davis…
- 13 Proms on Four Jul 31, 2003 Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K (Turkish), Ligeti's Lontano and Beethoven's Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) are presented by Christopher Gunness. Christian Gansch conducts the BBC…
- 14 BBC Proms 2003 Jul 31, 2003 Music by British composers provides a stirring programme for a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the coronation, which took place yesterday evening in front of the Queen and the…
- 15 Proms on Four Aug 1, 2003 Tuur's Violin Concerto, Musorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain and Prokofiev's Symphony No 6 are played by the BBC Philharmonic. Christopher Gunness talks to conductor Paavo Jarvi and…
- 16 Proms on Four Aug 2, 2003 Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 3 and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E minor are preceded by the UK premiere of HK Gruber's Dancing in the Dark. The BBC Philharmonic is conducted by Vassily…
- 17 Proms on Four Aug 3, 2003 Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat (pianist Leif Ove Andsnes) and Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish) form this evening's programme. The…
- 18 BBC Proms 2003 Aug 9, 2003 Stephanie Hughes presents tonight's promenade concert from London's Royal Albert Hall , where the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain are making their annual visit. Yan Pascal…
- 19 Film Night at the Proms Aug 16, 2003 A selection of some of the greatest British film music, presented by actor Timothy West, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and conducted by Rumon Gamba live at London's Royal Albert…
- 20 BBC Proms 2003 Aug 21, 2003 The violinist Viktoria Mullova is joined by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Bremen, under the baton of British conductor Daniel Harding in a performance of Sibelius's tempestuous yet…
- 21 BBC Proms 2003 Aug 23, 2003 The BBC Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor, Leonard Slatkin , lifts his baton in London's Royal Albert Hall to conduct a programme selected entirely from the rich repertoire of Russian…
- 22 BBC Proms 2003 Aug 30, 2003 Live coverage from London's Royal Albert Hall of Prom 54. Virtuoso conductor Mariss Jansons leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra through their second Prom, which forms part of his…
- 23 Last Night of the Proms Sep 13, 2003 Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and violinist Leila Josefowicz star in the final Proms season concert, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Presented by Stephanie Hughes. The BBC Symphony Orchestra…
- 24 Last Night of the Proms Sep 13, 2003 The Proms season comes to a spectacular close as BBC1 takes over live coverage, introduced by Stephanie Hughes. The second-half programme commences with Overture: The Wasps by Vaughan…
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