When did BBC Proms Season 24 Episode 1 air?
BBC Proms Season 24 Episode 1 aired on August 9, 1970.


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.
The first in a series of five programmes from the 1970 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts from the Royal Albert Hall. The first English appearance of the Russian violinist Mark Lubotsky Britten Violin Concerto, Op 15 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader Eli Goren conducted by James Loughran The programme begins with Schubert Symphony No 8, in B minor (Unfinished) Introduced by Richard Baker
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BBC Proms Season 24 Episode 1 aired on August 9, 1970.
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