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BBC Proms - Season 42 Episode 9

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Title: BBC Proms - Season 42 Episode 9
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: BBC One, CBBC, BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Television
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Alternative Titles: The Proms, Proms
Keyword: classical music, concert film

Overview:Last in the series Introduced by John Tusa The Leipzig Gewandhaus is one of Europe's greatest and oldest symphony orchestras. Under their Principal Conductor Kurt Masur they perform Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3 The Scottish. The Orchestra gave the first performance in 1842 conducted by the composer himself, who had been inspired to write it during a visit to Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. To complete the programme - music by Richard Strauss with whom the orchestra has had a long association. Tonight they play his colourful symphonic poem Till Eulenspiegel based on the outrageous character from German folklore. John Tusa also talks to Kurt Masur about his relationship with the orchestra and about its illustrious past.

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First Air Date: Sep 13, 1947 Last Air date: Sep 14, 2025 Season: 79 Season Episode: 1159 Episode Runtime: 180:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 3.3 / 10 by 3 users Popularity: 7.0721 Language: en

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