BBC Proms · SEASON 56

BBC Proms 2002

Episode 9 · 2002-07-26

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Episode overview

Tonight's concert celebrates Glasgow-bom composer Oliver Knussen's 50th birthday with a performance of his two children's operas based on Maurice Sendak 's picture books Higglety, Pigglety, Pop! and Where the Wild Things Are. Knussen himself conducts the London Sinfonietta, of which he is the music director, and a star cast of singers which includes soprano Rosemary Hardy, mezzo-soprano Mary King and bass-baritone David Wilson-Johnson. Introduced by Charles Hazlewood, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Season 56 episodes

1. First Night of the Proms2002-07-19 2. BBC Proms 20022002-07-20 3. The Nation's Favourite Prom2002-07-21 4. BBC Proms 20022002-07-26 5. BBC Proms 20022002-07-23 6. BBC Proms 20022002-07-24 7. BBC Proms 20022002-07-25 8. BBC Proms 20022002-07-25 9. BBC Proms 20022002-07-26 10. BBC Proms 20022002-07-27 11. BBC Proms 20022002-07-28 12. BBC Proms 20022002-07-29 13. BBC Proms 20022002-07-30 14. BBC Proms 20022002-07-31 15. BBC Proms 20022002-08-01 16. BBC Proms 20022002-08-02 17. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the BBC Proms2002-08-05 18. Vivaldi at the BBC Proms2002-08-12 19. Oklahoma!2002-08-18 20. BBC Proms 20022002-08-25 21. BBC Proms 20022002-08-31 22. BBC Proms 20022002-09-01 23. BBC Proms 2002: Blue Peter Fiesta!2002-09-08 24. Last Night of the Proms2002-09-14 25. Last Night of the Proms2002-09-14 26. Episode 26 27. Episode 27