The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.
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In this year of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Proms, Sir Henry Wood, BBC cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall to bring you part of the first Saturday Night Concert Schubert: Symphony No. 5, in B flat major Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain with Malcolm Binns, piano BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Bean Conducted by Meredith Davies Introduced by Richard Baker
Aug 3, 1969
A series of visits to the seventy-fifth season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London Tonight: The London Sinfonietta Conductor, David Atherton Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, in G major Soloists: Andrew McGee (violin), Sebastian Bell (flute), Judith Pearce (flute) Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major (K.622) Soloist, Antony Pay Introduced by Derek Hart
Aug 13, 1969
The second in a series of five programmes from the 1969 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Bean Conductor, Colin Davis John Lill (piano) Liszt - Piano Concerto No. in E flat major Stravinsky - Ballet: Petrushka Introduced by Derek Hart
Aug 17, 1969
A series of visits to the 75th season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London * Sir Adrian Boult conducts Schubert: Symphony No. 9, in C major 'The Great' with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Eli Goren Introduced by Derek Hart
Aug 24, 1969
A series of visits to the 75th season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London Emil Gilels plays Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Eli Goren Conducted by Colin Davis Also in the programme: Wagner: Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhauser with the BBC Women's Chorus and the Ambrosian Singers Introduced by Derek Hart
Aug 31, 1969
A series of visits to the 75th season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London Colin Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Bela Dekany in a performance of Berlioz: Symphony: Harold in Italy with Peter Schidlof (viola) Introduced by Derek Hart
Sep 13, 1969
BBC outside broadcast cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall to bring you the second part of the closing concert in the 75th season Colin Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leader Eli Goren Elgar Overture: Cockaigne Fantasia on British Sea Songs (arr. Wood) Parry Jerusalem Introduced by Richard Baker
Sep 14, 1969
In part of the first Promenade Concert to be given by this world-famous orchestra from Prague Vaclav Neumann conducts Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride Smetana Symphonic Poem Blanik (Ma vlast) Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2, in B flat major with Eva Bernathova (piano) Introduced by Richard Baker
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
A confirmed premiere date for BBC Proms Season 23 is not available yet.
BBC Proms Season 23 has 8 episodes.
The season opens with Season 23 Episode 1, "The Proms 1969".
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