BBC Proms · SEASON 62

BBC Proms 2008: Halle: 150th Anniversary

Episode 7 · 2008-08-02

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Episode overview

Highlights from a Prom given earlier in the week celebrating the Halle Orchestra's 150th anniversary, conducted by their music director Mark Elder. George Butterworth's rhapsody A Shropshire Lad is introduced by readings from AE Housman's poetry, Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor is performed by young Dutch violinist Janine Jansen, and the programme ends with Richard Strauss's orchestral showpiece Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche. With Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein.

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