2014
(2014)
Cast
Episodes
First Night of the Proms 0.0
July 18, 2014
The greatest classical music festival in the world gets underway from the Royal Albert Hall. Katie Derham introduces a…
Friday Night at the Proms: Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony 0.0
July 25, 2014
Following the excitement of the First Night, presenters Petroc Trelawny and world-renowned soprano Danielle de Niese ki…
The Sunday Prom: China Philharmonic Orchestra 0.0
July 27, 2014
History in the making at the opening concert in a series of Sunday nights at the BBC Proms with the first ever visit fr…
BBC Proms Masterworks: Bach's St John Passion 0.0
July 31, 2014
Tom Service presents as Russian maestro Valery Gergiev brings the World Orchestra for Peace to the Proms for a performa…
Friday Night at the Proms: Mozart's A Major Piano Concerto 0.0
August 1, 2014
Samira Ahmed and pianist Nicholas McCarthy present a concert of contrasts, with Mozart's intimate and elegant Piano Con…
The Sunday Prom: Richard Strauss Celebration 0.0
August 3, 2014
From the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham presents a 150th anniversary celebration of the birth of Richard Strauss. The …
BBC Proms Masterworks: Mozart and Beethoven 0.0
August 7, 2014
Tom Service invites us to listen to well-known, definitive masterworks from two of the greatest composers of all time w…
Friday Night at the Proms: Ravel's Left Hand Piano Concerto 0.0
August 8, 2014
In his proms concerto debut, French pianist Alexandre Tharaud performs one of Ravel's last great works, the Piano Conce…
The Sunday Prom: John Tavener Premiere 0.0
August 10, 2014
Sir John Tavener, who died in 2013, was one of the country's defining musical voices. His sacred choral music, inspired…
BBC Proms Masterworks: Strauss and Mahler 0.0
August 14, 2014
Tom Service presents as Russian maestro Valery Gergiev brings the World Orchestra for Peace to the Proms for a performa…
Friday Night at the Proms: Beethoven's Eroica Symphony 0.0
August 15, 2014
The work that changed the course of music forever, Beethoven's epic Eroica Symphony is the culmination of this concert …
Proms on Four: Battle of the Bands 0.0
August 17, 2014
Jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal transports us back to the heady days of the swing band era of the 1930s and 1940…
BBC Proms Masterworks: Walton and Sibelius 0.0
August 21, 2014
Tom Service reaches the 20th century on his route through Masterworks at the Proms, by way of Jean Sibelius and William…
Friday Night at the Proms: In Memoriam WWI 0.0
August 22, 2014
Razia Iqbal and Petroc Trelawny present a special concert drawing together four composers whose lives and music were im…
The Sunday Prom: Elgar's Cello Concerto 0.0
August 24, 2014
English weekend at the Proms continues with Elgar's autumnal, sepia-toned Cello Concerto, written after the horrors of …
CBeebies Prom 0.0
August 25, 2014
Join CBeebies at the Royal Albert Hall for the first ever CBeebies Prom. The BBC Philharmonic, with some of your CBeeb…
BBC Proms Masterworks: Stravinsky and Lutoslawski 0.0
August 28, 2014
Tom Service presents as the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain return for their annual Proms performance. Ed Gar…
Barenboim Conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Proms 0.0
August 29, 2014
A Proms visit from Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is always an exciting event. The international ensem…
The Sunday Prom: Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra 0.0
August 31, 2014
The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra make their debut at the festival. Music inspired by the east colours the pr…
BBC Proms Masterworks: Mahler and Adams 0.0
September 4, 2014
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Tom Service presents music from multi-award-winning American composer John Adams, alon…
Friday Night at the Proms: Monteverdi Choir Birthday Prom - Beethoven 0.0
September 5, 2014
Samira Ahmed presents a concert celebrating 50 years of the world-famous Monteverdi Choir, founded by conductor Sir Joh…
Late Night Live with Paloma Faith and Guy Barker 0.0
September 5, 2014
The Royal Albert Hall shimmers with flamboyance as Paloma Faith takes to the stage in her debut Proms performance. The …
The Sunday Prom: The Cleveland Orchestra 0.0
September 7, 2014
Katie Derham is live at the world's biggest classical music festival as the legendary Cleveland Orchestra perform at th…
BBC Proms Masterworks: Maxwell Davies and Birtwistle 0.0
August 11, 2014
A celebration of the 80th birthdays of two of the country's greatest living composers, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sir…
Friday Night at the Proms: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto 0.0
September 12, 2014
Daniel Hope and Danielle De Niese present a pair of great Romantic blockbusters - Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and Rach…
Last Night of the Proms - Part 1 0.0
September 13, 2014
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the final concert of the 2014 Proms season. The programme inc…
Last Night of the Proms - Part 2 0.0
September 13, 2014
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the grand finale to the 2014 Proms. Violinist Janine Jansen a…
Kiss Me, Kate at the Proms 0.0
December 25, 2014
John Wilson and his orchestra are joined by a spectacular ensemble of singers and dancers from Broadway and the West En…
War Horse at the Proms 0.0
August 17, 2014
A major new musical adaptation of the international hit War Horse, created by the National Theatre for the BBC Proms. …
Prom 31: Beethoven's Eroica Symphony 0.0
August 15, 2014
The work that changed the course of music forever, Beethoven's epic Eroica Symphony is the culmination of this concert …
Prom 32: Beethoven, Bruch & Walton 0.0
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Three masterworks from three different centuries: Beethoven’s First Symphony is all 18th- century poise and wit, Bruch’…
Prom 33: BBC Proms Masterworks: Stravinsky and Lutoslawski 0.0
August 28, 2014
Tom Service presents as the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain return for their annual Proms performance. Ed Gar…
Prom 34: R. Strauss, Mozart & Nielsen 0.0
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In the first of two concerts with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård directs th…
Prom 35: BBC Proms Masterworks: Walton and Sibelius 0.0
August 21, 2014
Tom Service reaches the 20th century on his route through Masterworks at the Proms, by way of Jean Sibelius and William…
Prom 36: Vaughan Williams & Alwyn 0.0
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The dreamy pastoralism of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending contrasts with the jaunty vigour of the composer’s over…
Prom 37: Steve Reich 0.0
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Surrender to the pulsing rhythms and repetitions of Minimalism’s founding father, Steve Reich, performed by the BBC Sin…
Prom 38: Sibelius, Bridge & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies 0.0
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Sibelius’s slowly shifting structures and emotive musical language, showcased here in his Second Symphony, are echoed a…
Prom 39: R. Strauss, Rameau, Mozart and Bernard Rands 0.0
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Rameau’s opera Les Indes galantes and Strauss’s tone-poem Ein Heldenleben were notorious flops at their premieres, yet …
Prom 40: Bernard Haitink and the London Symphony Orchestra 0.0
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Coloured by sleigh-bells and charming melodies, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony is the centrepiece of this Prom by Bernard Hai…
Prom 41: Aurora Orchestra 0.0
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The Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon contrast Mozart’s graceful Symphony with two much newer pieces: Dobrinka Tabak…
Prom 42: In Memoriam WWI 0.0
August 22, 2014
Razia Iqbal and Petroc Trelawny present a special concert drawing together four composers whose lives and music were im…
Prom 43: Rachmaninov, Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky 0.0
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An all-Russian programme from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner opens with the buzzing energy of Stravinsky…
Prom 44: Elgar's Cello Concerto 0.0
August 24, 2014
English weekend at the Proms continues with Elgar's autumnal, sepia-toned Cello Concerto, written after the horrors of …
Prom 45: Late Night with… Laura Mvula 0.0
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Brit Award- and Mercury-nominated singer-songwriter Laura Mvula returns to the BBC Proms for an intimate Late Night Pro…
Prom 46: Barenboim Conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the Proms 0.0
August 29, 2014
A Proms visit from Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is always an exciting event. The international ensem…
Prom 47: Britten – War Requiem 0.0
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Wilfred Owen’s shattering verse sits at the heart of Britten’s War Requiem – that great pacifist outpouring of horror a…
Prom 48: Classical Tectonics 0.0
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The Iceland Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut with works by two homegrown composers, both inspired by Iceland’s …
Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales 0.0
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Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by s…
Prom 50: Dvořák, Beethoven & Janáček 0.0
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Cellist Alisa Weilerstein returns to the Proms with one of the great Romantic concertos – Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. Jiří…
Prom 51: Free Prom – Dvořák, Grieg, Bax & Bill Whelan 0.0
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This year’s Free Prom is a Bank Holiday matinee from the Ulster Orchestra, bursting with dance rhythms and colour. A se…
Prom 52: Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra 0.0
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The Bank Holiday weekend celebrations continue with Proms favourites the Budapest Festival Orchestra and a programme of…
Prom 53: Brahms Night 0.0
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The second of two concerts from Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra reinstates the Proms tradition of comp…
Prom 54: Monteverdi Choir Birthday Prom - Beethoven 0.0
September 5, 2014
Samira Ahmed presents a concert celebrating 50 years of the world-famous Monteverdi Choir, founded by conductor Sir Joh…
Prom 55: Tchaikovsky, Debussy & Unsuk Chin 0.0
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Myung-Whun Chung directs the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, making its Proms debut this year. Unsuk Chin’s sheng concert…
Prom 56: Holst – The Planets 0.0
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Masterpieces from Schoenberg, Holst and Scriabin offer three very different portraits of 20th-century music in this con…
Prom 57: Mahler – Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’ 0.0
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In a symphony that took over six years to complete, Mahler wrestles with the essential questions of humanity. Birth, de…
Prom 58: Strauss – Salome 0.0
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In Richard Strauss’s 150th-anniversary year the Proms presents a double bill of his two great tragedies. On consecutive…
Prom 59: Strauss – Elektra 0.0
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Elektra – Strauss’s brutal and ferociously powerful retelling of the Greek revenge myth – continues this weekend’s oper…
Prom 60: Roman Holiday 0.0
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Plunge into a joyous carnival maelstrom with Berlioz’s giddy Roman Carnival overture. The Italian theme continues with …
Prom 61: Rachmaninov, Glinka & Zhou Long 0.0
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The Singapore Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut, bringing Pulitzer Prize-winning Chinese composer Zhou Long’s pi…
Prom 62: Beethoven, Berlioz & Dvořák 0.0
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Symphonies from Beethoven and Dvořák bookend an emotive programme from Sir Roger Norrington and the Stuttgart Radio Sym…
Prom 63: BBC Proms Masterworks: Mahler and Adams 0.0
September 4, 2014
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Tom Service presents music from multi-award-winning American composer John Adams, alon…
Prom 64: Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker 0.0
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Last at the Proms in 2012, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker return for an all-Russian programme inspire…
Prom 65: Late Night Live with Paloma Faith and Guy Barker 0.0
September 5, 2014
The Royal Albert Hall shimmers with flamboyance as Paloma Faith takes to the stage in her debut Proms performance. The …
Prom 66: Bach – St Matthew Passion 0.0
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Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker present Peter Sellars’s staging of Bach’s St Matthew Passion for the f…
Prom 67: Friday Night at the Proms: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto 0.0
September 12, 2014
Daniel Hope and Danielle De Niese present a pair of great Romantic blockbusters - Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and Rach…
Prom 68: The Sunday Prom: The Cleveland Orchestra 0.0
September 7, 2014
Katie Derham is live at the world's biggest classical music festival as the legendary Cleveland Orchestra perform at th…
Prom 69: Cleveland Orchestra 0.0
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Completing this year’s cycle of Brahms symphonies, the Cleveland Orchestra returns with the composer’s Symphony No. 2 –…
Prom 70: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Birthday Concert 0.0
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On Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s 80th birthday, the Proms pays tribute in a concert of works selected by the composer hims…
Prom 71: Americana 0.0
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It’s American Night at the Proms. We travel through history, from traditional folk songs and dances in Copland’s Appala…
Prom 72: English Music 0.0
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An evening of 20th-century English music that looks beyond pastoral stereotypes. The nostalgic idyll of Vaughan William…
Prom 73: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra 0.0
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Mahler’s epic, unorthodox Third Symphony unfolds over six movements, painting a musical portrait with choir and orchest…
Prom 74: Late Night with… Rufus Wainwright 0.0
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Joined by the instrumentalists of the Britten Sinfonia, Canadian-American, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wai…
Prom 75: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 0.0
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A highlight of every Proms season, this year Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 returns to its traditional slot on the penultim…
Proms 76: Last Night of the Proms 0.0
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Sakari Oramo directs his first Last Night of the Proms, joined by powerhouse Dutch violinist Janine Jansen. Richard Str…