BBC Proms · SEASON 45

Omnibus at the Proms

Episode 6 · 1991-08-16

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Episode overview

All-Night Vigil by Rachmaninov. Cuban conductor Odaline de la Martinez introduces a rare and hauntingly beautiful work by a popular composer. Rachmaninov's setting of the liturgy for the Russian Orthodox Vigil Service, for unaccompanied voices, is performed by the USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir, conducted by Valery Polyansky.

Season 45 episodes

1. First Night of the Proms: The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar1991-07-19 2. Omnibus at the Proms1991-07-26 3. Omnibus at the Proms1991-08-02 4. Live from the Proms1991-08-03 5. Omnibus at the Proms: Conductors All1991-08-09 6. Omnibus at the Proms1991-08-16 7. Omnibus at the Proms1991-08-23 8. Omnibus at the Proms1991-08-30 9. Last Night of the Proms1991-09-14 10. Last Night of the Proms1991-09-14