BBC Proms · SEASON 65
Hooray for Hollywood
Episode 22 · 2011-09-03
- Documentary
Episode overview
A celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood film musicals performed by John Wilson who, returning to the Proms for a third season, conducts his hand-picked, high-octane orchestra and a line-up of star soloists. Hooray for Hollywood takes us from the dawn of the 'talkies' and the birth of the movie musical through to the 1960s. There are excerpts from 42nd Street, Top Hat, Strike Up the Band, Swing Time and Shall We Dance, with a special tribute to the RKO films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
180 minutes
Season 65 episodes
1. First Night of the Proms2011-07-15
2. Mark Elder Conducts The Halle2011-07-21
3. Spanish Night with the BBC Philharmonic2011-07-22
4. Stravinsky's Rite of Spring2011-07-23
5. Mahler's Ninth Symphony2011-07-28
6. Hungarian Night with the London Philharmonic2011-07-29
7. Walton's Violin Concerto2011-07-30
8. Elgar's Violin Concerto2011-08-04
9. Human Planet2011-08-05
10. Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra2011-08-06
11. French Night with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra2011-08-07
12. Film Music Night2011-08-12
13. The National Youth Orchestra2011-08-13
14. Benjamin Grosvenor at the First Night of the Proms2011-08-14
15. Kathryn Tickell and Friends2011-08-14
16. Brahms Night with Bernard Haintink and Emanuel Ax2011-08-19
17. Brahms' Symphony No 42011-08-20
18. Verdi's Requiem2011-08-21
19. Spaghetti Western Orchestra2011-08-26
20. The Comedy Prom2011-08-27
21. Angela Hewitt Plays Brahms and Schumann2011-09-02
22. Hooray for Hollywood2011-09-03
23. Beethoven's Missa Solemnis2011-09-04
24. The Horrible Histories Big Prom Party2011-09-09
25. Nigel Kennedy Plays Bach2011-09-09
26. Last Night of the Proms - Part 12011-09-10
27. Last Night of the Proms - Part 22011-09-10
29. Episode 29
30. Episode 30
31. Episode 31
100. Episode 100
