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BBC Proms: 2004

33 episodes · first aired Jul 16, 2004

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  1. 1 First Night of the Proms Jul 16, 2004 Promenaders donning their finery can only mean one thing - it's that time of year once more. The highlight of the classical music season is about to get under way. Stephanie Hughes…
  2. 2 First Night of the BBC Four Proms Jul 19, 2004 Elgar's Enigma Variations are performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and there's his Cockaigne to enjoy. Delius's Sea Drift is sung by American baritone Thomas Hampson , and…
  3. 3 Proms on Four: An Alpine Symphony Jul 20, 2004 Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Leonard Slatkin conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss 's Alpine Symphony, the premiere of Zhou Long 's The Immortal and Liszt's Second Piano…
  4. 4 Proms on Four: Mozart's Prague Symphony Jul 21, 2004 There's a Czech flavour to tonight's concert as Jiri Belohlavek conducts the Prague Philharmonia in Mozart's dramatic Prague Symphony, while mezzo Magdalena Kozena sings works by Mozart…
  5. 5 Proms on Four: Stravinsky's Firebird Jul 22, 2004 Under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra launch a 75th anniversary tribute to the Russian ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev with a performance of Stravinsky's…
  6. 6 Proms on Four. A Messiaen Tribute Jul 23, 2004 In the mid-1970s George Benjamin studied composition with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire. Tonight at the Royal Albert Hall he conducts the Ensemble Modern in a concert…
  7. 7 Proms on Four: Stravinsky and Bernstein Jul 24, 2004 Charles Ives's Symphony No 4 is played, as well as Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Stravinsky's ballet, Petrushka. The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, featuring treble…
  8. 8 Proms on Four: Zukerman Plays Elgar Jul 25, 2004 Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Elgar's Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis. Plus a performance of Dvorak's Mass in D. Introduced by…
  9. 9 The Nation's Favourite Prom Jul 25, 2004 Alan Titchmarsh introduces an evening of popular works from the classical canon from London's Royal Albert Hall , two of which have been chosen by a public vote which included Radio Times…
  10. 10 Proms on Four: Eigar's Third Symphony Jul 26, 2004 Anthony Payne 's reconstruction of Elgar's unfinished work is performed alongside Beethoven's enduringly popular Fourth Piano Concerto and Peter Maxwell Davies 's 20th-century response to…
  11. 11 Proms on Four Sabit-Saens's Second Piano Concerto Jul 27, 2004 Popular music from the Romantic period - Dvorak's Czech Suite, Schumann's Second Symphony and Saint Saens 's Second Piano Concerto. Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski makes his debut with…
  12. 12 Proms on Four: Janacek's Glagolitic Mass Jul 28, 2004 Kurt Masur conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Schubert's haunting Unfinished Symphony, while Petr Fiala directs the Czech Philharmonic Chorus of Brno in Janacek's Hukvaldy Songs…
  13. 13 Proms on Four: Mozart and Mahler Jul 29, 2004 Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Martinu's luminous The Frescoes ofPiero della Francesca and Janacek's symphonic rhapsody Taras Bulba. And Paul Lewis is…
  14. 14 Proms on Four: Dvorak and Strauss Jul 30, 2004 Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak's lyrical Eighth Symphony and Strauss's autobiographical tone poem Ein Heldenleben. Introduced by Charles Hazlewood.
  15. 15 BBC Proms 2004 Jul 31, 2004 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, chief conductor Mariss Jansons leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in an all-Russian programme. Charismatic international violin soloist Gidon…
  16. 16 Proms on Four: Wynton Marsalis - Out Here to Swing! Jul 31, 2004 Trumpet virtuoso Marsalis - a regular visitor to the Proms - returns with his Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for a late-night celebration of swing.
  17. 17 Proms on Four: Britten's Curlew River Aug 1, 2004 Birmingham Opera Company present the first of Britten's three "church parables".
  18. 18 BBC Proms 2004 Aug 7, 2004 ive from the Royal Albert Hall, Roger Norrington - who recently turned 70 - conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in its annual visit to the Proms. This year's Prom has a…
  19. 19 BBC Proms 2004 Aug 21, 2004 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the English Concert is directed by violinist and conductor Andrew Manze with sopranos Emma Bell and Ailish Tynan, mezzo Catherine Wyn-Rogers and violinist…
  20. 20 BBC Proms 2004 Aug 28, 2004 The transience of human life is the theme as the Orchestre de Paris and London Voices are conducted by Christoph Eschenbach with mezzo Yvonne Naef, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey and baritone…
  21. 21 Russian Night at the Proms Sep 2, 2004 Musorgsky's demonic tone poem Night on Bare Mountain is paired with Stravinsky's 20th-century masterpiece The Rite of Spring, a piece that at its premiere in Paris in triggered the most…
  22. 22 BBC Proms 2004 Sep 4, 2004 Rich in tradition and regarded as the world's oldest orchestra - its roots lying in the 16th century - the Dresden Staatskapelle perform in the second of their two Proms conducted by the…
  23. 23 Proms on Four Sep 5, 2004 Simon Rattle unites the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and the Berliner Philharmoniker for the annual Proms performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, prefaced by Schoenberg's set of…
  24. 24 Proms on Four Sep 6, 2004 Conductor Simon Rattle and his Berliner Philharmoniker perform La Mer , the sea symphony by Debussy, then Messiaen's Eclairs sur I'Audela...., his last major orchestral work, and a glimpse…
  25. 25 Proms on Four Sep 7, 2004 Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts the British premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Orion.
  26. 26 Proms on Four Sep 7, 2004 Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Bartok's only opera, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
  27. 27 Proms on Four Sep 8, 2004 On the day of Dvorak's birthday, leading champion of Czech music Charles Mackerras conducts the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in the composer's ever popular New World Symphony and his…
  28. 28 Proms on Four Sep 9, 2004 A 300thanniversary celebration of the music of the 18th-century French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Conductor William Christie leads the Choir and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants…
  29. 29 Proms on Four Sep 10, 2004 Superstar Russian soprano Anna Netrebko sings popular arias by Puccini, Bellini and Dvorak accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic and their conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The concert concludes…
  30. 30 Last Night of the Proms Sep 11, 2004 Live coverage from London's Royal Albert Hall of the final evening of performances from this year's Proms. The BBC Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Leonard Slatkin - in his final…
  31. 31 Last Night of the Proms Sep 11, 2004 The Proms season comes to a spectacular close as BBC1 takes over coverage. Introduced by Alan Titchmarsh. The second-half programme commences with six short and varied pieces. The Ojai…
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