BBC Proms Season 2019 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms - Part 1

Airdate: 2019-Jul-19

Episode summary:

Katie Derham presents live from London's Royal Albert Hall, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and choral forces, conducted by Karina Canellakis, begin the season with a brand-new commission by Zosha Di Castri marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's mission to the moon, the first manned mission to land on its surface. Dvorák's fairy-tale tone-poem The Golden Spinning Wheel is also performed.

About BBC Proms series:

BBC Proms is the world's greatest classical music festival.