BBC Proms · SEASON 72
Paul Lewis plays Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ concerto
Episode 7 · 2018-07-25

- Documentary
Episode overview
A concert of darkness and light opens with the world premiere of Tansy Davies’s 9/11-inspired What Did We See? and closes with Brahms’s sunny Second Symphony. Paul Lewis joins Ben Gernon and the BBC Philharmonic for Beethoven’s 'Emperor' Concerto.
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