BBC Proms: Strauss and Sibelius

180mAired 2012-07-19

From the Royal Albert Hall, the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena open the Proms on BBC Four with two of Richard Strauss's best-loved works - Also Sprach Zarathustra, with its spectacular musical sunrise, followed by his serene Four Last Songs, sung by the German soprano Anne Schwanewilms. Also on the programme is Sibelius's majestic Symphony No 7 and the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Laterna Magica, her personal tribute to the films of Ingmar Bergman. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny.

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Episodes

Season

30 episodes

BBC Proms: Strauss and Sibelius

First Night of the Proms

Strauss and Sibelius

Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 1 and 2

Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 3 and 4

Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 6

Barenboim Conducts Beethoven Symphonies 7 and 8

Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Bach's Mass in B minor

Bruckner's 8th Symphony

Handel's Water Music

A Fantasia of English Music

Bruckner's 6th Symphony

An Evening with Ivor Novello

Vaughan Williams Night

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

From the New World

National Youth Jazz Orchestra

The Romantics

Gilbert and Sullivan

Wallace and Gromit at the Proms

Wagner and Strauss

Elgar's First Symphony

Bernstein's Mass

Haitink Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic

Last Night of the Proms - Part 1

Last Night of the Proms - Part 2

Last Night of the Proms in 3D

Episode 29

Episode 30

Episode 31