When did BBC Proms Season 44 Episode 5 air?
BBC Proms Season 44 Episode 5 aired on August 17, 1990.


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.
Mark-Anthony Turnage 's Three Screaming Popes and Bartok's Second Violin Concerto. Sue Cook meets one of Britain's most original young composers, Mark-Anthony Turnage , whose Three Screaming Popes, inspired by some Francis Bacon paintings, is now given its London premiere. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simon Rattle , is joined by the Korean virtuoso Kyung-Wha Chung for a performance of Bartok's Second Violin Concerto. Director Barrie Gavin Executive producer Jonathan Fulford (Nextweek:SeijiOzawaconducts Brahms's Symphony No 1 in C minor)
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BBC Proms Season 44 Episode 5 aired on August 17, 1990.
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