BBC Proms S58E07 · Proms on Four: Stravinsky and Bernstein

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Charles Ives's Symphony No 4 is played, as well as Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Stravinsky's ballet, Petrushka. The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, featuring treble David Stark , are conducted by Sakari Oramo.

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1. 1 1. First Night of the Proms2004-07-16Promenaders donning their finery can only mean one thing - it's that time of year once more. The highlight of the classical music season is about to get under way. Stephanie Hughe
2. 2 2. First Night of the BBC Four Proms2004-07-19Elgar's Enigma Variations are performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and there's his Cockaigne to enjoy. Delius's Sea Drift is sung by American baritone Thomas Hampson ,
3. 3 3. Proms on Four: An Alpine Symphony2004-07-20Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Leonard Slatkin conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss 's Alpine Symphony, the premiere of Zhou Long 's The Immortal and Liszt's Seco
4. 4 4. Proms on Four: Mozart's Prague Symphony2004-07-21There's a Czech flavour to tonight's concert as Jiri Belohlavek conducts the Prague Philharmonia in Mozart's dramatic Prague Symphony, while mezzo Magdalena Kozena sings works by M
5. 5 5. Proms on Four: Stravinsky's Firebird2004-07-22Under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra launch a 75th anniversary tribute to the Russian ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev with a performance of Stravi
6. 6 6. Proms on Four. A Messiaen Tribute2004-07-23In the mid-1970s George Benjamin studied composition with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire. Tonight at the Royal Albert Hall he conducts the Ensemble Modern in a concert
7. 7 7. Proms on Four: Stravinsky and Bernstein2004-07-24Charles Ives's Symphony No 4 is played, as well as Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Stravinsky's ballet, Petrushka. The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, featuring
8. 8 8. Proms on Four: Zukerman Plays Elgar2004-07-25Israeli violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Elgar's Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis. Plus a performance of Dvorak's Mass in D. Introduced
9. 9 9. The Nation's Favourite Prom2004-07-25Alan Titchmarsh introduces an evening of popular works from the classical canon from London's Royal Albert Hall , two of which have been chosen by a public vote which included Radi
10. 10 10. Proms on Four: Eigar's Third Symphony2004-07-26Anthony Payne 's reconstruction of Elgar's unfinished work is performed alongside Beethoven's enduringly popular Fourth Piano Concerto and Peter Maxwell Davies 's 20th-century resp
11. 11 11. Proms on Four Sabit-Saens's Second Piano Concerto2004-07-27Popular music from the Romantic period - Dvorak's Czech Suite, Schumann's Second Symphony and Saint Saens 's Second Piano Concerto. Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski makes his debu
12. 12 12. Proms on Four: Janacek's Glagolitic Mass2004-07-28Kurt Masur conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Schubert's haunting Unfinished Symphony, while Petr Fiala directs the Czech Philharmonic Chorus of Brno in Janacek's Hukval
13. 13 13. Proms on Four: Mozart and Mahler2004-07-29Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Martinu's luminous The Frescoes ofPiero della Francesca and Janacek's symphonic rhapsody Taras Bulba. And Paul
14. 14 14. Proms on Four: Dvorak and Strauss2004-07-30Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Dvorak's lyrical Eighth Symphony and Strauss's autobiographical tone poem Ein Heldenleben. Introduced by Charles H
15. 15 15. BBC Proms 20042004-07-31Live from the Royal Albert Hall, chief conductor Mariss Jansons leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in an all-Russian programme. Charismatic international violin soloist Gi
16. 16 16. Proms on Four: Wynton Marsalis - Out Here to Swing!2004-07-31Trumpet virtuoso Marsalis - a regular visitor to the Proms - returns with his Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for a late-night celebration of swing.
17. 17 17. Proms on Four: Britten's Curlew River2004-08-01Birmingham Opera Company present the first of Britten's three "church parables".
18. 18 18. BBC Proms 20042004-08-07ive from the Royal Albert Hall, Roger Norrington - who recently turned 70 - conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in its annual visit to the Proms. This year's Pr
19. 19 19. BBC Proms 20042004-08-21Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the English Concert is directed by violinist and conductor Andrew Manze with sopranos Emma Bell and Ailish Tynan, mezzo Catherine Wyn-Rogers and vi
20. 20 20. BBC Proms 20042004-08-28The transience of human life is the theme as the Orchestre de Paris and London Voices are conducted by Christoph Eschenbach with mezzo Yvonne Naef, tenor Anthony Dean Griffey and b
21. 21 21. Russian Night at the Proms2004-09-02Musorgsky's demonic tone poem Night on Bare Mountain is paired with Stravinsky's 20th-century masterpiece The Rite of Spring, a piece that at its premiere in Paris in triggered the
22. 22 22. BBC Proms 20042004-09-04Rich in tradition and regarded as the world's oldest orchestra - its roots lying in the 16th century - the Dresden Staatskapelle perform in the second of their two Proms conducted
23. 23 23. Proms on Four2004-09-05Simon Rattle unites the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and the Berliner Philharmoniker for the annual Proms performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, prefaced by Schoenberg's
24. 24 24. Proms on Four2004-09-06Conductor Simon Rattle and his Berliner Philharmoniker perform La Mer , the sea symphony by Debussy, then Messiaen's Eclairs sur I'Audela...., his last major orchestral work, and a
25. 25 25. Proms on Four2004-09-07Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts the British premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Orion.
26. 26 26. Proms on Four2004-09-07Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Bartok's only opera, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
27. 27 27. Proms on Four2004-09-08On the day of Dvorak's birthday, leading champion of Czech music Charles Mackerras conducts the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in the composer's ever popular New World Symphony and h
28. 28 28. Proms on Four2004-09-09A 300thanniversary celebration of the music of the 18th-century French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Conductor William Christie leads the Choir and Orchestra of Les Arts Flori
29. 29 29. Proms on Four2004-09-10Superstar Russian soprano Anna Netrebko sings popular arias by Puccini, Bellini and Dvorak accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic and their conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The concert co
30. 30 30. Last Night of the Proms2004-09-11Live coverage from London's Royal Albert Hall of the final evening of performances from this year's Proms. The BBC Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Leonard Slatkin - in his
31. 31 31. Last Night of the Proms2004-09-11The Proms season comes to a spectacular close as BBC1 takes over coverage. Introduced by Alan Titchmarsh. The second-half programme commences with six short and varied pieces. The
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