BBC Proms S37E06 · Sunday Night at The Proms

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ntroduced by Richard Baker Tonight at the Henry Wood Promenade Concert, music by two of America's most popular composers: Bernstein Overture: Candide Gershwin Piano Concerto in F soloist Steven de Groote Gershwin An American in Paris BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton George Gershwin was famous as a composer of popular music, much of it written for the stage or cinema. An American in Paris is probably best known through its use in the film of the same name, but it was written in 1928 as a concert piece and had its first performance in that year conducted by Walter Damrosch. Damrosch also conducted the premiere three years earlier of Gershwin's Piano Concerto with the composer as soloist.

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1. 1 1. The First Night of The Proms1983-07-22Introduced by Richard Baker BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo at the Royal Albert Hall for a live relay of the first half of tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert, the opening of the
2. 2 2. Sunday Night at The Proms1983-07-31Introduced by Richard Baker In the first of this year's BBC1 relays from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall , London John Lill plays Beethoven's Piano C
3. 3 3. Sunday Night at The Proms1983-08-07Introduced by Richard Baker In the second of this year's BBC1 relays from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Simon Rattle conducts the Philharmonla Orchestra leader RAYMOND OVENS
4. 4 4. Sunday Night at The Proms1983-08-14Introduced by Richard Baker In BBCl's third visit to this season's Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Janet Baker (meZzo-soprano) and Hermann Winkler (tenor) are the soloists in Mahler
5. 5 5. Krzysztof Penderecki: St Luke Passion1983-08-20Recorded from this year's Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall with Marie Slorach (soprano), Stephen Roberts (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), David Wilson-Johnson (speaker), BBC
6. 6 6. Sunday Night at The Proms1983-08-28ntroduced by Richard Baker Tonight at the Henry Wood Promenade Concert, music by two of America's most popular composers: Bernstein Overture: Candide Gershwin Piano Concerto in F
7. 7 7. Sunday Night at The Proms1983-09-04Introduced by Richard Baker The fifth of this year's BBC1 relays from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Academy of St Martin-in-the-Flelds leader KENNETH SILLITO is conducted by
8. 8 8. Sunday Night at The Proms1983-09-11Introduced by Richard Baker In the last of this year's recordings from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall Pinchas Zukerman is the soloist in Beethoven's
9. 9 9. The Last Night of the Proms1983-09-17The traditional end to what has been called ' the greatest music festival in the world' includes Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 1, dn D major Walton Suite: Facade Henry Woo