TV BBC Proms - Season 30 Episode 5 : Live from the Proms BBC Proms - Season 30 Episode 5 : Live from the Proms 7.7/10 by 3 users Britten: War Requiem BBC2 joins Radio 3 in stereo for tonight's Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall. The War Requiem is one of the major choral works of this century: a passionate denunciation of war, expressed through a setting of the Latin Mass for the Dead interspersed with the anti-war poems of Wilfred Owen. Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano) Peter Pears (tenor) Thomas Hemsley (baritone) BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society Wandsworth School Choir Organists MALCOLM HICKS , RALPH DOWNES London Philharmonic Orchestra leader DENNIS SIMONS London Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Ensemble leader RODNEY FRIEND conductor Bernard Haitink Lighting BERT OATEN Sound GRAHAM HAINES , JAMES HAMILTON .Director RODNEY GREENBERG Details Casts Posters Images Title BBC Proms - Season 30 Episode 5 : Live from the Proms Alternative Titles The Proms, Proms Subtitle Available ETC. First Air Date 1947-09-13 Last Air Date 2025-08-02 Number of Episodes 1139 Number of Seasons 79 Genres , Networks BBC One, CBBC, BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Television, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 1 First Night of the Proms 1976-07-16 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 2 Live from the Proms 1976-07-23 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 3 Live from the Proms 1976-07-30 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 4 The Sunday Prom 1976-08-08 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 5 Live from the Proms 1976-08-15 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 6 The Sunday Prom 1976-08-15 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 7 The Sunday Prom 1976-08-22 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 8 The Sunday Prom 1976-08-29 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 9 The Sunday Prom 1976-09-05 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 30 :Episode 10 Last Night of the Proms 1976-09-11 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and...