BBC Proms · SEASON 49

BBC Proms 95: the Centenary Season

Episode 2 · 1995-07-24

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Episode overview

In the second live visit to the Proms, the Philharmonia Orchestra performs Elgar'sÂEnigma 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.

Season 49 episodes

1. BBC Proms 95: the First Night1995-07-21 2. BBC Proms 95: the Centenary Season1995-07-24 3. BBC Proms 1995: the 100th Anniversary of the First Promenade Concert1995-08-10 4. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-10 5. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-17 6. BBC Proms 19951995-08-19 7. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-24 8. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-29 9. BBC Proms 1995: the Centenary Season1995-08-31 10. The Last Night of the Proms1995-09-16 11. The Last Night of the Proms1995-09-16 12. African Summer: The African Prom1995-09-18