When did BBC Proms Season 49 Episode 2 air?
BBC Proms Season 49 Episode 2 aired on July 24, 1995.
BBC Proms
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.
Season 49 · Episode 2
BBC Proms 95: the Centenary Season
Jul 24, 1995
In the second live visit to the Proms, the Philharmonia Orchestra performs Elgar'sÃEnigma Variations. Before the performance, conductor Leonard Slatkin, an American with a great enthusiasm for English music, gives a personal view of one of the composer's most enduring works. James Naughtie introduces the concert, which also includes the exciting Concert Music for Brass and Strings by Paul Hindemith and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2. The soloist is the young Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.
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