The 118th BBC Proms season gets under way with a programme of English music, including Elgar, Delius, Tippett and Mark-Anthony Turnage, and four conductors in action.
The 118th season of BBC Proms gets underway at the Royal Albert Hall with a spectacular concert of all-English music. In the year of the London Olympics there is something of a relay race around the podium with no less than four conductors passing the baton in the course of the evening - Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Mark Elder, Edward Gardner and Martyn Brabbins. Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is the soloist in Delius' evocative Sea Drift, and a quartet of Proms favourite singers feature in Elgar's Coronation Ode - Susan Gritton, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray and Gerald Finley. Elgar's effervescent Cockaigne Overture, Tippett's Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles and a brand new virtuosic curtain-raiser by Mark-Anthony Turnage complete the programme. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus take their traditional place on stage for a special First Night.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Actor | Susan Gritton |
| Actor | Sarah Connolly |
| Actor | Robert Murray |
| Actor | Gerald Finley |
| Actor | Bryn Terfel |
| Conductor | Edward Gardner |
| Conductor | Roger Norrington |
| Conductor | Sir Mark Elder |
| Conductor | Martyn Brabbins |
| Series Producer | Francesca Kemp |
| Director | Jonathan Haswell |
Broadcast
- Fri 13 Jul 201220:30BBC HD & BBC Two
