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BBC Proms - Season 42 Episode 11 : Last Night of the Proms

BBC Proms
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Live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall , London, television and radio join to relay the entire concert with its unique blend of musical entertainment and flag-waving with the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by RODNEY FRIEND BBC Singers directed by JOHN POOLE BBC Symphony Chorus chorusmaster GARETH MORRELL conducted by Andrew Davis Introduced by Richard Baker Part 1 The famous RICHARD STRAUSS tone-poem Don Juan sets the scene appropriately with its fiery, youthful ardour while Joan Rodgers (soprano) sings in Russian Tatyana's stirring 'Letter Scene' from TCHAIKOVSKY'S Eugene Onegin. Then, intriguingly, the late Percy Grainger is the highly individual soloist in GRIEG'S Piano Concerto in A minor - on a piano roll made in 1921. (Part 2 is on BBCI at 9.05pm)

Title BBC Proms - Season 42 Episode 11 : Last Night of the Proms
Alternative Titles The Proms, Proms
Subtitle Available south-korea.png france.png Germany.png italy.png espain.png belanda.png portugal.png hungaria.png 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,
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