BBC Proms · SEASON 26

Music on 2: From the Proms

Episode 6 · 1972-09-03

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Episode overview

BBC2 cameras were at the Royal Albert Hall recently to record the first of two Promenade Concerts with outstanding artists. Pierre Boulez conducts a performance of Stravinsky's complete ballet "The Firebird" with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Bela Dekany. The programme begins with Stravinsky's "Symphonies of wind instruments" (original version). Introduced by Antony Hopkins (Part of the concert given on 25 August)

Season 26 episodes

1. Omnibus at the Proms: Gabrieli and Liszt1972-07-30 2. Omnibus at the Proms: Brahms1972-08-06 3. Omnibus at the Proms: Shostakovich1972-08-13 4. Omnibus at the Proms: Viennese Night1972-08-20 5. Omnibus at the Proms: Gilbert and Sullivan1972-08-27 6. Music on 2: From the Proms1972-09-03 7. Music on 2: From the Proms1972-09-10 8. Last Night of the Proms1972-09-17