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BBC Proms Season 63

January. 01,1900

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Explore the breadth of music celebrated at the Proms via this weekly curated television show. The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London.

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BBC Proms Season 63 Full Episode Guide

Episode 25 - Last Night of the Proms

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Episode 24 - Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony

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Episode 23 - Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Episode 22 - Prom 53: Composers of the Year

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Episode 21 - Prom 65: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

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Episode 20 - Prom 64: Jurowski & London Philharmonic

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Episode 19 - Prom 59: Tonhalle Orchestra

First Aired: August. 29,2009

A trio of works from America. Copland's great Third Symphony - with its portrayal of the wide, open spaces of North America - includes a striking reprise of the classic Fanfare for the Common Man at the start of the last movement. The symphony dates from the end of the Second World War and captures something of the sense of optimism of the American people at the time. From 25 years earlier, though sounding far more recent, comes Edgard Varèse's Amériques, whose title, he claimed, was 'symbolic of discoveries, of new worlds on Earth, in the sky or in the minds of men'; the first work that the Frenchman completed after arriving in New York, this still strikingly original score was premiered in Philadelphia by Leopold Stokowski. So too was Rachmaninov's Fourth (and last) Piano Concerto, also composed in the USA, where the composer had settled after leaving Russia in 1917. Rachmaninov himself was the soloist at the 1927 premiere; tonight it's the fearlessly virtuosic Boris Berezovsky.

Episode 18 - Prom 57: Tchaikovsky Night

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Episode 17 - Prom 56: Lang Lang Plays Chopin

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Episode 16 - Prom 50: Beethoven's Fidelio

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Episode 15 - Prom 48: Barenboim and West-Eastern Divan

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Episode 14 - Prom 47: Handel's Samson

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Episode 13 - Prom 36: Handel Anniversary Highlights

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Episode 12 - Prom 39: Birtwistle's Mask of Orpheus

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Episode 11 - Prom 38: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

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Episode 10 - Prom 31: National Youth Orchestra

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Episode 9 - Prom 30 - Knussen Conducts Knussen

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Episode 8 - Prom 29 - Mendelssohns Italian Symphony

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Episode 7 - Prom 22 - A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals

First Aired: August. 01,2009

John Wilson and his hand-picked Orchestra celebrate 75 years of MGM musicals with songs from unforgettable movie classics, including The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St Louis, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, High Society, Gigi and Singin' in the Rain. Amazingly, although all the original orchestral parts were lost when the studio destroyed its music library to make way for a car park, Wilson has succeeded in reconstructing the scores by painstakingly transcribing each soundtrack by ear. He is joined by starry singers from the classical and musical theatre worlds, as well as by the elite Maida Vale Singers