BBC Proms · SEASON 62

BBC Proms 2008: First Night of the Proms

Episode 1 · 2008-07-18

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Episode overview

The world's greatest music festival gets under way with Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein presenting from the Royal Albert Hall. A host of international soloists join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their chief conductor Jiri Belohlávek. Soprano Christine Brewer sings Strauss's Four Last Songs, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Beethoven's Rondo in B flat major, Nicholas Daniel performs Mozart's Oboe Concerto, and organist Wayne Marshall launches proceedings on the Royal Albert Hall's historic organ in Strauss's Festliches Präludium. The concert ends with Scriabin's powerful Poem of Ecstasy.

Season 62 episodes

1. BBC Proms 2008: First Night of the Proms2008-07-18 2. Proms on Four2008-07-20 3. Proms on Four2008-07-21 4. Nigel Kennedy: Classical and Jazz2008-07-26 5. Proms on Four2008-07-27 6. Proms on Four2008-07-28 7. BBC Proms 2008: Halle: 150th Anniversary2008-08-02 8. Proms on Four2008-08-03 9. Proms on Four2008-08-04 10. BBC Proms 2008: Classical Jazz2008-08-09 11. Proms on Four2008-08-10 12. Proms on Four2008-08-11 13. Proms on Four2008-08-14 14. Proms on Four2008-08-15 15. BBC Proms 2008: Great Conductors2008-08-16 16. Proms on Four2008-08-17 17. BBC Proms 2008: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain2008-08-23 18. Proms on Four2008-08-24 19. Proms on Four2008-08-25 20. BBC Proms 2008: Vaughan Williams Anniversary2008-08-30 21. Proms on Four2008-08-31 22. Proms on Four2008-09-01 23. BBC Proms 2008: Beethoven Night2008-09-06 24. Proms on Four2008-09-07 25. Proms on Four2008-09-08 26. Last Night of the Proms2008-09-13 27. Last Night of the Proms2008-09-13 28. Doctor Who at the Proms2009-01-01 100. Episode 100