BBC Proms S49E02 · BBC Proms 95: the Centenary Season

Overview

In the second live visit to the Proms, the Philharmonia Orchestra performs Elgar'sÂEnigma Variations. Before the performance, conductor Leonard Slatkin, an American with a great enthusiasm for English music, gives a personal view of one of the composer's most enduring works. James Naughtie introduces the concert, which also includes the exciting Concert Music for Brass and Strings by Paul Hindemith and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2. The soloist is the young Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.

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1. 1 1. BBC Proms 95: the First Night1995-07-21Live from the Albert Hall , James Naughtie introduces the centenary season of the BBC Proms which opens with Mahler's Eighth Symphony, the "Symphony of a Thousand". Andrew Davis
2. 2 2. BBC Proms 95: the Centenary Season1995-07-24In the second live visit to the Proms, the Philharmonia Orchestra performs Elgar'sÂEnigma Variations. Before the performance, conductor Leonard Slatkin, an American with a great e
3. 3 3. BBC Proms 1995: the 100th Anniversary of the First Promenade Concert1995-08-10Tonight's concert, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Prom, begins with Wagner's Overture Rienzi. Leoncavallo's Prologue to Pagliacci and Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto
4. 4 4. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-10Introduced by James Naughtie from the Royal Albert Hall, London. This Centenary Season sees the first visit of an Italian symphony orchestra to the Proms. The Orchestra of the Aca
5. 5 5. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-17Simon Rattle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a concert which opens with Mendelssohn's Overture A Midsummer Night's Dream, and concludes with Beethoven's Third
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7. 7 7. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-24The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Barry Wordsworth, performs Leonard Bernstein's Candide Overture and the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Followed by virtuoso soloist
8. 8 8. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-29Esa-Pekka Salonen brings his gifts as a conductor of 20th century music to this live concert from the Royal Albert Hall, which includes a world premiere in the first half. Latvian-
9. 9 9. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-31The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jerzy Maksymiuk, opens tonight's concert by performing Tchaikovsky's Overture to Romeo and Juliet. This piece was recorded on 8 Au
10. 10 10. The Last Night of the Proms1995-09-16Richard Baker describes the scene at the Royal Albert Hall where the Centenary Season ends with members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Singers a
11. 11 11. The Last Night of the Proms1995-09-16The second half of the concert starts with the Fanfare Jrfrom La Péri by Dukas and the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistle 's Panic. Birtwistle's new work is followed by Berio's
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