BBC Proms Season 2023 Episode 11 - Sir Andras Schiff at the Proms

Airdate: 2023-Aug-18

Episode summary:

Celebrated pianist András Schiff plays Schumann's Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms alongside the world-famous Budapest Festival Orchestra and their founder-conductor Ivan Fischer. The Schumann is bookended by the overture to Der Freischütz by Weber and Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, which was inspired by a ruined chapel echoing with the ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots. Clive Myrie presents, and is joined by Joanna MacGregor.

About BBC Proms series:

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