BBC Proms · SEASON 58
Russian Night at the Proms
Episode 21 · 2004-09-02

- Documentary
Episode overview
Musorgsky's demonic tone poem Night on Bare Mountain is paired with Stravinsky's 20th-century masterpiece The Rite of Spring, a piece that at its premiere in Paris in triggered the most famous riot in ballet history. Deborah Bull will be hoping for less controversy at the Royal Albert Hall when she introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of charismatic conductor Valery Gergiev.
Season 58 episodes
1. First Night of the Proms2004-07-16
2. First Night of the BBC Four Proms2004-07-19
3. Proms on Four: An Alpine Symphony2004-07-20
4. Proms on Four: Mozart's Prague Symphony2004-07-21
5. Proms on Four: Stravinsky's Firebird2004-07-22
6. Proms on Four. A Messiaen Tribute2004-07-23
7. Proms on Four: Stravinsky and Bernstein2004-07-24
8. Proms on Four: Zukerman Plays Elgar2004-07-25
9. The Nation's Favourite Prom2004-07-25
10. Proms on Four: Eigar's Third Symphony2004-07-26
11. Proms on Four Sabit-Saens's Second Piano Concerto2004-07-27
12. Proms on Four: Janacek's Glagolitic Mass2004-07-28
13. Proms on Four: Mozart and Mahler2004-07-29
14. Proms on Four: Dvorak and Strauss2004-07-30
15. BBC Proms 20042004-07-31
16. Proms on Four: Wynton Marsalis - Out Here to Swing!2004-07-31
17. Proms on Four: Britten's Curlew River2004-08-01
18. BBC Proms 20042004-08-07
19. BBC Proms 20042004-08-21
20. BBC Proms 20042004-08-28
21. Russian Night at the Proms2004-09-02
22. BBC Proms 20042004-09-04
23. Proms on Four2004-09-05
24. Proms on Four2004-09-06
25. Proms on Four2004-09-07
26. Proms on Four2004-09-07
27. Proms on Four2004-09-08
28. Proms on Four2004-09-09
29. Proms on Four2004-09-10
30. Last Night of the Proms2004-09-11
31. Last Night of the Proms2004-09-11
33. Episode 33
34. Episode 34