BBC Proms · SEASON 51

BBC Proms 97

Episode 6 · 1997-08-24

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Episode overview

The BBC Proms season continues with this live broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall. Tonight's concert features the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on its first European tour, conducted by Andrew Litton, the new music director. The orchestra performs Roy Harris's Symphony No 3, Samuel Barber's beautiful Violin Concerto, featuring the charismatic young soloist Joshua Bell, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E minor. The interval, filmed in Dallas, shows how the orchestra has made its mark on this all-American city.

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