TV BBC Proms - Season 30 Episode 1 : First Night of the Proms BBC Proms - Season 30 Episode 1 : First Night of the Proms 7.7/10 by 3 users Beethoven Mass in D major (Missa Solemnis) One of the crowning achievements of Beethoven's last years, relayed live with Radio 3 in stereo from the opening concert of the 1976 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall Ursula Koszut (soprano) Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Singers BBC Choral Society A section of the London Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BFIA I)EKANY conducted by Colin Davis Introduced by CORMAC RIGBY Sound GRAHAM HAINES GEOFFREY KLINTON-PARKER Lighting MIBERT CARTWRIGHT Director RODNEY CREENBERG , Details Casts Posters Images Title BBC Proms - Season 30 Episode 1 : First Night of 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...