BBC Proms · SEASON 64
Sondheim's Eightieth Birthday Celebration
Episode 8 · 2010-07-31
- Documentary
Episode overview
Marking the eightieth birthday of one of Broadway's great innovators, the first ever all-Sondheim Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert includes excerpts from hit shows A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods performed by a starry cast of leading figures of the opera and theatre worlds with Bryn Terfel, Maria Friedman, Simon Russell Beale and some special guests. Also on stage is the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by David Charles Abel. Introduced by Katie Derham.
180 minutes
Season 64 episodes
1. Mahler's Symphony No 8 - Symphony of a Thousand2010-07-16
2. Bryn Terfel Sings Wagner's Meistersinger2010-07-17
3. Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony2010-07-22
4. Beethoven Night with the BBC Symphony Orchestra2010-07-23
5. Miracle on the Mersey2010-07-24
6. Dvorak's New World Symphony with the CBSO2010-07-29
7. Mark Elder Conducts Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony2010-07-30
8. Sondheim's Eightieth Birthday Celebration2010-07-31
9. Mahler's Third Symphony with the BBC SSO2010-08-05
10. Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto2010-08-06
11. World Orchestra for Peace2010-08-07
12. Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto2010-08-12
13. Bach Day2010-08-14
14. Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony2010-08-19
15. The Philharmonia Play Ravel and Arvo Part2010-08-20
16. The National Youth Orchestra2010-08-21
17. Sibelius's Second Symphony2010-08-26
18. Jamie Cullum Night2010-08-27
19. Rodgers and Hammerstein2010-08-29
20. Pictures at an Exhibition with the BBC NOW2010-09-02
21. Bruckner's Ninth Symphony2010-09-03
22. Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic2010-09-03
23. Doctor Who at the Proms2010-09-06
24. Last Night of the Proms 1910 Style2010-09-09
25. Doctor Who at the Proms Extended2010-09-10
26. Monteverdi's Vespers2010-09-10
27. Last Night of the Proms2010-09-11
28. Chopin and Ravel2010-10-29
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