BBC Proms S40E06 · Live from the Proms

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Part One Tonight's live relay from the Royal Albert Hall features Alfred Brendel as soloist in the Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor by Brahms with the London Symphony Orchestra leader MICHAEL DAVIS conducted by Claudio Abbado 8.20* The Promenaders During the interval Michael Berkeley looks at a unique group of music lovers, the Promenaders, including those who remember earlier years in the Queen's Hall. His survey also includes archive film of sm HENRY WOOD and SIR MALCOLM SARGENT 8.40* Part Two Debussy Nocturnes with the women's voices of the London Symphony Chorus Bartok The Miraculous Mandarin (Suite) Introduced by Michael Berkeley

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1. 1 1. The First Night of the Proms1986-07-18The 92nd season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts opens with Mahler's Symphony No 8 in E flat. Mahler himself conducted the triumphant premiere of his vast Eighth Symphony in Munic
2. 2 2. Omnibus at the Proms1986-08-08The first of BBCl's visits to the 92nd season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, recorded earlier this evening at the Royal Albert Hall. Introduced by Jane Glover Iona Brown plays
3. 3 3. Omnibus at the Proms1986-08-15Stravinsky: Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) In the second of this year's visits to the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Jane Glover introduces Stravinsky's evocative setting of HANS
4. 4 4. Omnibus at the Proms1986-08-22with Anne-Sophie Mutter (solo violin) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by Yuri Temirkanov Introducted by Jane Glover Tonight's programme from
5. 5 5. Omnibus at the Proms1986-08-29A Spanish Evening Infectious rhythms, sweeping melodies and glittering instrumental colours - the hallmarks of Spanish music - are in abundance in tonight's trilogy of Iberian sho
6. 6 6. Live from the Proms1986-09-02Part One Tonight's live relay from the Royal Albert Hall features Alfred Brendel as soloist in the Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor by Brahms with the London Symphony Orchestra lead
7. 7 7. Omnibus at the Proms1986-09-05Madonna of Winter and Spring by Jonathan Harvey The world premiere of a major commission by the BBC. A work of religious meditation expressed through the combined forces of a larg
8. 8 8. Live from the Proms1986-09-12Beethoven Choral Symphony conducted by Sir Georg Solti with Jessye Norman (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Reiner Goldberg (tenor) Hans Sotin (bass) The BBC Singers London Voices
9. 9 9. Last Night of the Proms1986-09-13Live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall , television and radio join to relay the entire concert, with its unique blend of musical integrity and end-of-season festivity. The Ital
10. 10 10. Last Night of the Proms1986-09-13Part 2 Before the time-honoured last-night favourites, Walton pays tribute to a commedia dell'arte rascal, and Britten re-fashions Rossini. Walton Overture: Scapino Bax Mediterra