About this season
The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.
Episodes (9)
1. First Night of the Proms
Aired 22 July 1967
Television cameras were at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this evening to record the first half of the opening concert in the 73rd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Fou Ts'ong (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Introduced by Richard Baker.
2. Sunday Prom
Aired 30 July 1967
The first in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Andre Tchaikowsky (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent Beethoven Overture: Egmont Piano Concerto No. 3, in C minor Introduced by James Fisher.
3. Sunday Prom
Aired 6 August 1967
The second in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Victoria Postnikova (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leader, John Ronayne Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult Introduced by Richard Baker.
4. Belshazzar's Feast
Aired 11 August 1967
BBC-2 presents a performance of William Walton's dramatic oratorio. Conducted by John Pritchard with Raimund Herincx (baritone) BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Alexandra Choir, Goldsmiths' Choral Union, Harrow Choral Society, London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Choral Society BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Before the performance Sir William Walton talks to John Warrack about the work and its origins. Introduced by Richard Baker (Recorded at a Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall on Aug. 9)
5. Sunday Prom
Aired 13 August 1967
The third in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Sir John Barbirolli conducts the Halle Orchestra Leader, Martin Milner in Viennese music by Johann Strauss and Richard Strauss Overture: Die Fledermaus Tritsch-Tratsch Polka Champagne Polka Waltz: The Blue Danube Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Introduced by John Dunn.
6. Sunday Prom
Aired 20 August 1967
The fourth in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Conducted by Colin Davis Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ('Emperor') Introduced by Richard Baker.
7. Elgar: Symphony No. 1, in A flat major
Aired 25 August 1967
Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London the second part of tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert in which Colin Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Introduced by Richard Baker.
8. Sunday Prom
Aired 10 September 1967
The last in a series of five programmes recorded from the 1967 Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Introduced by John Warrack. Bernard Haitink conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam Leader, Herman Krebbers in Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in C major
9. Last Night of the Proms
Aired 16 September 1967
Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the second half of the final concert in the 73rd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Conducted by Colin Davis Monica Sinclair (contralto) Introduced by Richard Baker.