TV BBC Proms - Season 63 Episode 24 : Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony BBC Proms - Season 63 Episode 24 : Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony 7.7/10 by 3 users Charles Hazlewood introduces the annual Proms performance of Beethoven's 9th, his life-affirming choral symphony, recorded earlier in the season with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, soloists Rebecca Evans, Caitlin Hulcup, Anthony Dean Griffey and James Rutherford, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus conducted by Ilan Volkov. Stravinsky's ballet music Orpheus opens the programme. Details Casts Posters Images Title BBC Proms - Season 63 Episode 24 : Prom 40: Beethoven's 9th Symphony 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 63 :Episode 1 First Night at the Proms 2009-07-17 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 63 :Episode 2 Prom 9: Elgar Anniversary 2009-07-23 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 63 :Episode 3 Prom 10: Orchestre National de Lyon 2009-07-24 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 63 :Episode 4 Prom 12: 1934 2009-07-25 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 63 :Episode 5 Prom 19 - Berlioz and Mendelssohn 2009-07-30 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 63 :Episode 6 Prom 20 - Stravinsky and Schumann 2009-07-31 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 63 :Episode 7 Prom 22: A Celebration of Classic MGM Film Musicals 2009-08-01 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 63 :Episode 8 Prom 29: Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony 2009-08-06 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. 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