Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Part 1 | 20090805 | From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Rob Cowan presents the first of two Proms with the BBC Philharmonic under their chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Joining them is brilliant young Scottish bassoonist Karen Geoghegan, who makes her Proms debut with Mozart's concerto, written when the composer was just 18. Continuing the Proms survey of the complete Stravinsky ballets is his 'featherweight and sugared' - as he called it - score commissioned for a 1944 Broadway revue. Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191. BBC Philharmonic in Stravinsky: Scenes de ballet. Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat, K191 |
| 02 | Part 2 | 20090805 | From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Rob Cowan. The Prom featuring the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda concludes with Mahler's powerful and tragic Sixth Symphony, a record of one man's heroic struggle against the repeated hammer-blows of fate. Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A minor. The BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda perform Mahler's tragic Symphony No 6. |