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BBC Proms 96

Episode 4 · 1996-08-14

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Episode overview

Second of four Proms recorded especially for BBC television. James Naughtie introduces a programme of Bach and Handel, bringing together the choirs of Winchester Cathedral, New College, Oxford, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Featuring an interview with Belgian Rene Jacobs who makes his Prom debut conducting excerpts from Handel's opera Julius Caesar and two of Bach's most popular works, Suite No 3 in D - which includes Air on a G String - and the Magnificat.

Season 50 episodes

1. BBC Proms 96: the First Night1996-07-19 2. BBC Proms 1996: Dawn at Dusk1996-08-07 3. BBC Proms 961996-08-10 4. BBC Proms 961996-08-14 5. BBC Proms 961996-08-17 6. BBC Proms 961996-08-18 7. BBC Proms 961996-08-28 8. BBC Proms 961996-09-07 9. BBC Proms 961996-09-13 10. The Last Night of the Proms1996-09-14 11. The Last Night of the Proms1996-09-14