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Reviewed by: Classical Source News Service
Reviewed: 17 July, 2008
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For the first time BBC TWO has a regular primetime weekly presence at the BBC Proms throughout the season, providing Proms broadcasts on Saturday nights, adding to BBC TWO’s coverage of the First Night on Friday 18 July and the Last Night. BBC ONE joins the live celebrations for the climax of the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday 13 September.
The new Saturday nights on BBC TWO, beginning on 26 July, include relays of live Proms; in-depth insights into notable anniversaries such as the Hallé Orchestra and Vaughan Williams; highlights from Nigel Kennedy’s first performances at the Proms for 21 years; a recreation of the traditional Proms concept of a ‘Beethoven Night’; and a celebration of two of the world’s leading conductors, Daniel Barenboim and Pierre Boulez.
The presenters are conductor Charles Hazlewood and broadcaster Suzy Klein, both of whom are regular contributors to Radio 3, and who will also present the Proms on BBC FOUR. For the first time BBC TWO will be based in a specially-built studio within the Royal Albert Hall building, which will have a large screen showing preparations within the auditorium, as well as showing specially recorded films and live interviews with artists backstage.
Clive Anderson joins Suzy Klein for the Last Night of the Proms, and the pair also present the Great Conductors Proms, which complements BBC TWO’s new conducting series Maestro, also presented by Clive Anderson and which begins on 12 August.
All BBC TWO Proms are also broadcast on the BBC HD Channel and all televised Proms are available to view for seven days on the BBC iPlayer.
BBC FOUR also offers a consistent pattern of concerts across the season, with Proms every Sunday and Monday evening for seven weeks, with some additional concerts mid-season to include performances given by two of the world’s greatest conductors, Daniel Barenboim & Pierre Boulez. Most of the BBC Four programmes are live, though some of the most sought-after concerts of the season, including Sir Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic, and the World Music gala, which fall on days other than the regular Sundays and Mondays, will also be recorded, ensuring audiences have the opportunity to experience some of the most sought after Proms the season has to offer.
The presenters for the Proms on BBC Four are Charles Hazlewood, Suzy Klein, Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Verity Sharp and Petroc Trelawny, all of whom also present Proms on BBC Radio 3.
General Information
All televised Proms are available to view for seven days on the BBC iPlayer.
Red button services for all televised Proms, digital TV viewers (satellite, cable and Freeview) continue with detailed background notes on each concert on both BBC FOUR and BBC TWO. On the Last Night of the Proms, audiences can choose between live relays of the BBC Proms in the Park concerts from around the country by pressing the red button.
The BBC Proms website is the primary source for the most up-to-date information about the programme of concerts and events, artists and repertoire also inviting audiences to participate in debate by submitting their own reviews and joining the lively discussions on the message board. Online users are offered a wealth of background on the unique history of the world’s greatest music festival and unprecedented insight into the season. Listeners can access detailed notes about the music featured in each evening’s concert, available one hour before each concert, complementing the BBC Proms broadcast experience.
Listings of BBC Proms on BBC TWO (and High Definition TV)
Friday 18 July
First Night of the Proms (BBC SO/ Bìlohlávek)
Broadcast live
Presented by Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein
Saturday 26 July
Kennedy: Classical & Jazz (Proms 2 + 3) Recorded
Presented by Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein
Saturday 2 August
Hallé 150th Anniversary concert (Prom 16)
Recorded
Presented by Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein
Saturday 9 August
Classical Jazz (Proms 31 and 26)
Recorded
Presented by Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein
Saturday 16 August
Great Conductors: Barenboim and Boulez (Proms 38 + 40)
Recorded
Presented by Clive Anderson and Suzy Klein
Saturday 23 August
National Youth Orchestra/Pappano (Prom 49)
Live/deferred
Presented by Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein
Saturday 30 August
Vaughan Williams Anniversary (Prom 54)
Recorded
Presented by Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein
Saturday 6 Sept
Beethoven Night (Proms 15 and 62)
Recorded
Presented by Charles Hazlewood and Suzy Klein
Saturday 13 Sept
Last Night, Part 1 (BBC SO/Belohlávek)
Broadcast live
Presented by Clive Anderson and Suzy Klein
Listings of BBC Proms on BBC FOUR
Sunday 20 July
Folk Day with Bella Hardy, Martin Simpson and Bellowhead
Live
Presented by Charles Hazlewood
Monday 21 July
Messiaen & Saint-Saens
Live
Presented by Charles Hazlewood
Sunday 27 July
Messiaen – BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Fischer
Live/deferred
Presented by Suzy Klein
Monday 28 July
Beethoven & Elliott Carter – BBC SO/Robertson
Live
Presented by Suzy Klein
Sunday 3 August
Beethoven & Mahler – BBC SSO/Runnicles
Live
Presented by Verity Sharp
Monday 4 August
World Music Gala (part 1)
Recorded
Presented by Verity Sharp
Sunday 5 August
King’s Singers 40th Anniversary
Recorded
Presented by Suzy Klein
Monday 11 August
World Music Gala (part 2)
Recorded
Presented by Verity Sharp
Thursday 14 August
Barenboim & West-Eastern Divan
Live/deferred
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Friday 15 August
Boulez & the BBC SO – Janacek
Live
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Sunday 17 August
Beethoven’s Mass in C – City of London Sinfonia
Live
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Sunday 24 August
Bach St John Passion – John Eliot Gardiner
Live/deferred
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Monday 25 August
Prokofiev & Tchaikovsky – RPO/Gatti
Live/deferred
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Sunday 31 August
Lang Lang recital
Recorded
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Monday 1 Sept
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester – Beethoven/Sibelius
Live/deferred
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Sunday 7 Sept
Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle – Brahms/Shostakovich
Recorded
Presented by Charles Hazlewood
Monday 8 Sept
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Haitink – Turnage/Mahler
Live
Presented by Charles Hazlewood
BBC ONE
Saturday 13 Sept
Last Night, Part 2 (BBC SO/Bìlohlávek)
Broadcast live
Presented by Clive Anderson and Suzy Klein
All Proms are broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and are available on the BBC iPlayer for seven days.