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BBC Proms: 2008

29 episodes · first aired Jul 18, 2008

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  1. 1 BBC Proms 2008: First Night of the Proms Jul 18, 2008 The world's greatest music festival gets under way with Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein presenting from the Royal Albert Hall. A host of international soloists join the BBC Symphony…
  2. 2 Proms on Four Jul 20, 2008 Charles Hazlewood introduces a concert showcasing some of Britain's most exciting folk talent. Folk Day celebrates the diversity and influence of folk music and culminates in a Prom…
  3. 3 Proms on Four Jul 21, 2008 Live concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of French composer Olivier Messiaen. Featuring his Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum , plus Saint-Saens's Symphony No 3…
  4. 4 Nigel Kennedy: Classical and Jazz Jul 26, 2008 Violinist Nigel Kennedy makes his first appearance at the annual event in 21 years, where he plays Elgar's Violin Concerto - the work that first put him on the musical map in 1984 - as…
  5. 5 Proms on Four Jul 27, 2008 Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and the BBC Symphony Chorus in a performance of French composer Olivier Messiaen's La Transfiguration de Notre…
  6. 6 Proms on Four Jul 28, 2008 Live concert featuring Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, Elliott Carter's Oboe Concerto and Beethoven's Symphony No 5 in C minor performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of David…
  7. 7 BBC Proms 2008: Halle: 150th Anniversary Aug 2, 2008 Highlights from a Prom given earlier in the week celebrating the Halle Orchestra's 150th anniversary, conducted by their music director Mark Elder. George Butterworth's rhapsody A…
  8. 8 Proms on Four Aug 3, 2008 Beethoven's Symphony No 1 in C major opens tonight's Prom. Then Donald Runnicles conducts vocalists Karen Cargill and Johan Botha in a performance of Mahler's symphony-with-voices, Das…
  9. 9 Proms on Four Aug 4, 2008 Verity Sharp introduces BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music winners, including singer Mayra Andrade, Chinese sounds from Sa Ding Ding, ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate and flamenco group Son…
  10. 10 BBC Proms 2008: Classical Jazz Aug 9, 2008 Charles Hazlewood presents - and conducts - this live Prom featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra, while fellow presenter Suzy Klein is joined in the studio by choirmaster Gareth Malone. As…
  11. 11 Proms on Four Aug 10, 2008 Acclaimed vocal ensemble the King's Singers mark their 40th anniversary with a special performance, including renditions of traditional folk songs such as Greensleeves and Widdicombe Fair…
  12. 12 Proms on Four Aug 11, 2008 Featuring the desert blues collaboration between Gambian musician Juldeh Camara and British guitarist Justin Adams. Hosted by Verity Sharp.
  13. 13 Proms on Four Aug 14, 2008 Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra as they perform Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, bassoon, violin and cello, Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra and…
  14. 14 Proms on Four Aug 15, 2008 Two of Czech composer Janacek's greatest non-theatrical works, Sinfonietta and Glagolitic Mass, are performed by the London Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra…
  15. 15 BBC Proms 2008: Great Conductors Aug 16, 2008 The celebrated conductors Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim talk about their friendship and share their views on the art of conducting. Boulez directs the London Symphony Chorus and the…
  16. 16 Proms on Four Aug 17, 2008 Soloists Rebecca Evans, Pamela Helen Stephen, Thomas Walker and Matthew Rose join the BBC Singers and the City of London Sinfonia in a live rendition of Beethoven's Mass in C, conducted by…
  17. 17 BBC Proms 2008: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Aug 23, 2008 Antonio Pappano conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in a trio of works from the USA. Edgard Varese's monumental Ameriques, inspired by the sounds of Manhattan's streets…
  18. 18 Proms on Four Aug 24, 2008 John Eliot Gardiner conducts vocal soloists including Mark Padmore (Evangelist: tenor) and Peter Harvey (Christus: baritone), the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in a…
  19. 19 Proms on Four Aug 25, 2008 Daniele Gatti conducts as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform excerpts from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E.
  20. 20 BBC Proms 2008: Vaughan Williams Anniversary Aug 30, 2008 Highlights of a concert from last Tuesday commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs pieces including…
  21. 21 Proms on Four Aug 31, 2008 Renowned Chinese pianist Lang Lang becomes the third performer to be offered a solo recital at the Proms, selecting a collection of his favourite compositions to play, including works by…
  22. 22 Proms on Four Sep 1, 2008 Colin Davis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. They perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D with violinist Nikoiaj Znaider and end with Sibelius's Symphony No 2 in D.
  23. 23 BBC Proms 2008: Beethoven Night Sep 6, 2008 This traditional event returns with a performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D by virtuoso violinist Nikolaj Znaider, supported by the youngsters of the Gustav Mahler…
  24. 24 Proms on Four Sep 7, 2008 Simon Rattle conducts the celebrated Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as they perform two pieces central to their repertoire. The first. Brahms's Symphony No 3 in F, was inspired by the…
  25. 25 Proms on Four Sep 8, 2008 Bernard Haitink conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as they perform Mark-Anthony Turnage's Chicago Remains and Mahler's Symphony No 6.
  26. 26 Last Night of the Proms Sep 13, 2008 The climax of the classical music season at the Royal Albert Hall, where the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, under conductor Roger Norrington, perform the event's traditional finale…
  27. 27 Last Night of the Proms Sep 13, 2008 The annual music event that's become a national institution continues as Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel performs a medley of folk songs from the nations. There's also the premiere of a…
  28. 28 Doctor Who at the Proms Jan 1, 2009 Freema Agyeman hosts a musical odyssey as the BBC Philharmonic and London Philharmonic Chorus play music from Doctor Who. Including 3 specially filmed scene starring David Tennant.
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