Episode guide
BBC Proms: 2012
30 episodes · premiered Jul 13, 2012
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- Episode 1: First Night of the Proms Jul 13, 2012 · 3h The 118th season of BBC Proms gets underway at the Royal Albert Hall with a spectacular concert of all-English music. In the year of the London Olympics there is something of a relay race…
- Episode 2: Strauss and Sibelius Jul 19, 2012 · 3h From the Royal Albert Hall, the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena open the Proms on BBC Four with two of Richard Strauss's best-loved works - Also Sprach Zarathustra, with its…
- Episode 3: Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1 and 2 Jul 20, 2012 · 3h A special night at the BBC Proms, as Daniel Barenboim embarks on his complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies, becoming the first conductor since Henry Wood in 1942 to perform all nine…
- Episode 4: Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 3 and 4 Jul 21, 2012 · 3h The second concert in Daniel Barenboim's complete survey of the Beethoven symphonies with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, as the high-spirited Fourth Symphony is paired with the…
- Episode 5: Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 6 Jul 26, 2012 · 3h Daniel Barenboim's complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies reaches its mid-point, as he conducts his ensemble of young Arab and Israeli musicians, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, in a…
- Episode 6: Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 7 and 8 Jul 27, 2012 · 3h Daniel Barenboim continues his journey through the complete Beethoven symphonies with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra by performing a pair of contrasting later symphonies - the…
- Episode 7: Beethoven's 9th Symphony Jul 28, 2010 · 3h Daniel Barenboim's complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies reaches its climactic conclusion. The ninth 'choral' symphony, with its passionate vision of human reconciliation, is performed at…
- Episode 8: Bach's Mass in B minor Aug 2, 2012 · 3h From the Royal Albert Hall, a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor, one of the great milestones of baroque music. Bach intended this glorious work, completed the year before his death, to…
- Episode 9: Bruckner's 8th Symphony Aug 3, 2012 · 3h From the Royal Albert Hall, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles perform two great works by Wagner and Bruckner. Wagner's Siegfried Idyll, a gift to the…
- Episode 10: Handel's Water Music Aug 4, 2012 · 3h A very special performance of Britain's best loved music for royal occasions - Handel's Water Music suites and the Music for the Royal Fireworks. Both works were originally performed…
- Episode 11: A Fantasia of English Music Aug 9, 2012 · 3h Samira Ahmed presents from the Royal Albert Hall, as Tadaaki Otaka conducts a celebration of British music performed by the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, the BBC Symphony…
- Episode 12: Bruckner's 6th Symphony Aug 10, 2012 · 3h Samira Ahmed presents from the Royal Albert Hall, as Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Bruckner's richly-expressive 6th Symphony and Wagner's highly-charged Prelude to Act I of…
- Episode 13: An Evening with Ivor Novello Aug 11, 2012 · 3h In the 1930s, Ivor Novello wrote a string of musicals that saved Drury Lane from closure and kept the cash tills ringing throughout the 40s and early 50s. This Prom features time-honoured…
- Episode 14: Vaughan Williams Night Aug 16, 2012 · 3h Petroc Trelawny presents a rare opportunity to hear a significant trio of English symphonies in the same concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Andrew Manze conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony…
- Episode 15: National Youth Jazz Orchestra Aug 17, 2012 · 3h From the Royal Albert Hall, Mark Armstrong conducts the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, featuring Britain's best young jazz musicians in a wide-ranging set of jazz favourites. The programme…
- Episode 16: From the New World Aug 18, 2012 · 3h Music and artists from both American continents in tonight's concert from the Royal Albert Hall. The Prom opens with Dvořák's symphonic masterpiece From the New World, and the second half…
- Episode 17: National Youth Jazz Orchestra Aug 23, 2012 · 3h From the Royal Albert Hall, the vast forces of the National Youth Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko perform Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, the composer's iconic musical celebration…
- Episode 18: The Romantics Aug 24, 2015 · 3h From the Royal Albert Hall, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Vladimir Jurowski take us on a romantic and passionate journey with music by Tchaikovsky and Mahler…
- Episode 19: Gilbert and Sullivan Aug 25, 2012 · 3h Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Yeomen of the Guard comes to the Proms. It is a tale of joy and despair abounding with tongue-in-cheek satire, and is arguably the pair's finest Savoy…
- Episode 20: Wallace and Gromit at the Proms Aug 27, 2012 · 3h Musical marvels from the Royal Albert Hall for the TV premiere of a new show - Wallace and Gromit at the Proms. There's specially filmed new Wallace and Gromit animations featuring the…
- Episode 21: Wagner and Strauss Aug 30, 2012 · 3h One of the great youth orchestras returns to the Proms, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra conducted by Daniele Gatti. The concert opens with a prelude from Wagner's Parsifal and is…
- Episode 22: Elgar's First Symphony Sep 1, 2012 · 3h From the Royal Albert Hall, Samira Ahmed introduces an English symphonic masterpiece and a hauntingly beautiful choral work. Herbert Howells's Hymnus Paradisi is a personal memorial…
- Episode 23: Bernstein's Mass Sep 6, 2012 · 3h A large musical ensemble from across Wales come to the Royal Albert Hall to give the first complete Proms performance of Leonard Bernstein's Mass, a work that combines religious observance…
- Episode 24: Haitink Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Sep 7, 2012 · 3h One of the great orchestras of the world returns to the Proms - the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by the legendary Bernard Haitink. Steeped in the history of the European orchestral…
- Episode 25: Last Night of the Proms - Part 1 Sep 8, 2012 · 3h Katie Derham introduces the final concert of the 2012 Proms season from the Royal Albert Hall. The programme includes the much loved Bruch Violin Concerto, popular operatic arias by Verdi…
- Episode 26: Last Night of the Proms - Part 2 Sep 8, 2012 Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the biggest classical music party and grand finale to the 2012 Proms. The soloists are Nicola Benedetti, one of Britain's most…
- Episode 27: Last Night of the Proms in 3D Sep 8, 2012 ive from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the biggest classical music party and grand finale to the 2012 Proms. The soloists are Nicola Benedetti, one of Britain's most…
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- Episode 30: Episode 30
- Episode 31: Episode 31