BBC Proms · SEASON 59
Prom 2: Arthur Sullivan's HMS Pinafore
Episode 18 · 2005-08-18
- Documentary
Episode overview
WS Gilbert's libretto on ignorant sea lords combines with Arthur Sullivan 's memorable melodies in one of the duo's most enduring creations, HMS Pinafore. Charles Mackerras is at the helm and also conducts his own ballet Pineapple Poll, based on another of Gilbert's naval satires, with a re-orchestration of Sullivan's music. A cast of leading British artists take centre stage, including Richard Suart , Felicity Palmer and Sally Matthews , plus the Maida Vale Singers, the BBC Orchestra, and narration by Tim Brooke-Taylor . Alan Titchmarsh introduces the performance, recorded last month at London's Royal Albert Hall. Director Francesca Kemp ; Series editor Oliver Macfarlane
Season 59 episodes
1. First Night of the Proms Part One2005-07-15
2. First Night of the Proms Part Two2005-07-15
3. Prom 4: Richard Wagner - Die Walküre2005-07-18
4. Prom 5: Michael Berkeley, Benjamin Britten and Vaughan Williams2005-07-19
5. Prom 6: Musgrave, Rachmaninov and Nielson2005-07-20
6. Prom 8: Stravinsky, MacMillan and Ravel2005-07-21
7. Prom 9: Mozart and Mahler2005-07-22
8. Prom 11: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan Williams2005-07-23
9. Prom 13: Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius2005-07-24
10. Prom 14: Tippett and Shostakovich2005-07-25
11. Prom15: Fairy Tales2005-07-26
12. Prom 16: Ravel, Dutilleux, Stravinsky and Mussorgsky2005-07-27
13. Prom 18: Adams, Corigliano and Prokofiev2005-07-28
14. Prom 19: Russia Night2005-07-29
15. Prom 21: Violins!! - Part 22005-07-30
16. Prom 23: Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet2005-07-31
17. Prom 41: Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra2005-08-14
18. Prom 2: Arthur Sullivan's HMS Pinafore2005-08-18
19. Prom 49: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’2005-08-20
20. Prom 57: Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace2005-08-27
21. Prom 59: David Zinman conducts the Tonhalle Orchestra2005-09-01
22. Prom 66: Sir Colin Davies conductions the Juilliard Orchestra2005-09-03
23. Prom 67: Zemlinsky and Brahms2005-09-04
24. Prom 68: Britten, Rawsthorne and Tchaikovsky2005-09-05
25. Prom 69: Thomas Adès and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe2005-09-06
26. Prom 71: Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra2005-09-07
27. Prom 72: Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor2005-09-08
28. Prom 73: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Helsinki Symphony Orchestra2005-09-09
29. Prom 74: Last Night of the Proms2005-09-10
