BBC Proms · SEASON 51

The First Night of the Proms

Episode 1 · 1997-07-15

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Episode overview

The BBC Proms season opens at the Royal Albert Hall with a live transmission in simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3 of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, the first of ten concerts screened on BBC TV this summer. Guest conductor Bernard Haitink returns to the Proms to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers, with soloists Karita Mattila (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Herbert Lippert (tenor) and Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone). Introduced by James Naughtie.

Season 51 episodes

1. The First Night of the Proms1997-07-15 2. BBC Proms 971997-08-01 3. BBC Proms 97: The Gondoliers1997-08-07 4. BBC Proms 97: A Night in the Country1997-08-14 5. BBC Proms 97: Tales of Love and Passion1997-08-21 6. BBC Proms 971997-08-24 7. BBC Proms 97: North and South1997-08-28 8. BBC Proms 971997-08-29 9. BBC Proms 971997-09-12 10. The Last Night of the Proms1997-09-13 11. The Last Night of the Proms1997-09-13