BBC Proms · SEASON 72
John Wilson conducts Bernstein's On the Town
Episode 18 · 2018-08-25
- Documentary
Episode overview
Launching a Bernstein bank-holiday weekend on what would have been the composer’s 100th birthday, John Wilson conducts Bernstein’s hit Broadway musical On The Town, which follows the adventures of three sailors on shore leave in 1944.
180 minutes
Season 72 episodes
1. First Night of the Proms2018-07-13
2. BBC Young Musician 40th Anniversary2018-07-15
3. Jacob Collier and Friends2018-07-19
4. Youthful Beginnings2018-07-20
5. Pioneers of Sound2018-07-23
6. Beethoven, Shostakovich & Rachmaninov2018-07-23
7. Paul Lewis plays Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ concerto2018-07-25
8. Parry, Vaughan Williams & Holst2018-07-27
9. Havana Meets Kingston2018-07-31
10. Folk Music around Britain and Ireland2018-08-03
11. NYO perform Mussorgsky, Ligeti and Debussy2018-08-04
12. Brahms's A German Requiem2018-08-07
13. New York: Sound of a City2018-08-08
14. Edward Gardner conducts Elgar & Vaughan Williams2018-08-12
15. Sir Simon Rattle conducts L’enfant et les sortilèges2018-08-18
16. Mozart's Clarinet Concerto & Mahler's Fifth Symphony2018-08-19
17. Iván Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra (II)2018-08-23
18. John Wilson conducts Bernstein's On the Town2018-08-25
19. Marin Alsop & Baltimore Symphony Orchestra2018-08-27
20. Sir András Schiff plays 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' (Book 2)2018-08-29
21. Youssou Ndour & Le Super Étoile de Dakar2018-08-31
22. Tango Prom2018-09-04
23. Last Night of the Proms - Part One2018-09-08
24. Last Night of the Proms - Part Two2018-09-08
