BBC Proms · SEASON 44

Omnibus at the Proms

Episode 5 · 1990-08-17

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Episode overview

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)

Season 44 episodes

1. First Night of the Proms: Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (No 2 in C minor)1990-07-20 2. Omnibus at the Proms: Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2 and Cesar Franck's Symphony in D Minor1990-07-27 3. Omnibus at the Proms1990-08-03 4. Omnibus at the Proms1990-08-10 5. Omnibus at the Proms1990-08-17 6. Omnibus at the Proms: Brahms's First Symphony1990-08-24 7. Omnibus at the Proms: Sibelius's Violin Concerto and James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie1990-08-31 8. Live from the Proms1990-09-02 9. Live from the Proms1990-09-09 10. Last Night of the Proms1990-09-15 11. Last Night of the Proms1990-09-15