First Night of the Proms
The classical music festival gets under way live from the Royal Albert Hall. Petroc Trelawny and Georgia Mann guide viewers through a night of music-making to kick off the summer's Proms season. Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man opens, followed by Gershwin's An American in Paris, and Ravel's bluesy Piano Concerto, performed by pianist Yunchan Lim. A world premiere by Josephine Stephenson starts the second half, followed by Finzi's ode to the patron saint of music - For St Cecilia - with tenor Thomas Atkins. Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus
First Night of the Proms airs on BBC Two HD at 7:00 PM, Friday 17 July. (New, series, subtitles, live.)
Topics
Music ➝ Ballet ➝ Dance
Classical
Petroc Trelawny
Presenter
Georgia Mann
Presenter
Rhodri Huw
Director
Hattie McCall Davies
Producer