BBC Proms Season 2019 Episode 19 - Happy Birthday Henry Wood!

Airdate: 2019-Sep-01

Episode summary:

Tom Service and Kwame Ryan introduce a 150th anniversary tribute to Henry Wood, founder-conductor of the Proms. It features many of the works he premiered and arranged across almost 50 years of the festival, and reflects his wide musical tastes, from Wagner and John Ireland to Ravel and Percy Grainger.

About BBC Proms series:

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