Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Prom 57 - Part 1 | 20080828 | From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor The first of two Proms given by the visiting New York Philharmonic and its music director Lorin Maazel. They unveil a joint commission with the BBC by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky, which the composers say 'celebrates the brilliance of the New York Philharmonic musicians, both singly and collectively'. This is followed by Gershwin's jazz-inspired Piano Concerto, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Lorin Maazel (conductor) Steven Stucky: Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co-commission: world premiere) Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F. The NYPO in music by Steven Stucky and Gershwin's Piano Concerto, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet |
| Prom 57 - Part 2 | 20080828 | From the Royal Albert Hall, London. This New-York Philharmonic Prom concludes with Stravinsky's seminal, ground-breaking ballet The Rite of Spring, an exploration of a dark Russian ritual, and which for many is as shocking today as it was at its riotous premiere nearly a century ago. New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring. The Prom concludes with Lorin Maazel conducting Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring. |
| Prom 57, Repeat | 20090105 | Presented by Catherine Bott. Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom in which the New York Philharmonic and its music director Lorin Maazel perform a work jointly commissioned from Steven Stucky by the orchestra and the BBC. This is followed by a performance of Gershwin's jazz-inspired Piano Concerto, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Stravinsky's seminal ballet The Rite of Spring. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Lorin Maazel (conductor) Steven Stucky: Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co-commission) Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Plus a look at a Proms Chamber Music concert from 1997 and a concert by Polyphony: PLAINCHANT.SOLESMES: Magnificat - tonus peregrinus PART, Arvo: 7 Advent (Magnificat) antiphons for chorus [4-9 vv] Stephen LAYTON (Conductor) GRAINGER, Percy: Six dukes went a-fishin' - folksong vers. for mixed voices GRAINGER, Percy: The Inuit for chorus [Kipling Jungle Book Cycle no.4, Kipling Settings no.5] GRAINGER, Percy: A Song of Vermland vers. for mixed voices GRAINGER, Percy: Stormy - trad. sea shanty arr. for chorus and baritone solo GRAINGER, Percy: Dalvisa - Swedish folk melody arr. for mixed voices GRAINGER, Percy: The Sussex mummers' Christmas carol arr. Dana Paul Perna for chorus GRAINGER, Percy: Brigg Fair arr. for tenor and chorus GRAINGER, Percy: Shenandoah for chorus GRAINGER, Percy: O mistress mine - folksong for mixed voices BBC Proms 2008: New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel perform Stucky, Gershwin, Stravinsky. |