TV BBC Proms - Season 62 Episode 1 : BBC Proms 2008: First Night of the Proms BBC Proms - Season 62 Episode 1 : BBC Proms 2008: First Night of the Proms 7.7/10 by 3 users The world's greatest music festival gets under way with Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein presenting from the Royal Albert Hall. A host of international soloists join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their chief conductor Jiri Belohlávek. Soprano Christine Brewer sings Strauss's Four Last Songs, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Beethoven's Rondo in B flat major, Nicholas Daniel performs Mozart's Oboe Concerto, and organist Wayne Marshall launches proceedings on the Royal Albert Hall's historic organ in Strauss's Festliches Präludium. The concert ends with Scriabin's powerful Poem of Ecstasy. Details Casts Posters Images Title BBC Proms - Season 62 Episode 1 : BBC Proms 2008: 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 62 :Episode 1 BBC Proms 2008: First Night of the Proms 2008-07-18 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 62 :Episode 2 Proms on Four 2008-07-20 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 62 :Episode 3 Proms on Four 2008-07-21 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 62 :Episode 4 Nigel Kennedy: Classical and Jazz 2008-07-26 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. 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