Bliss Birthday Prom

BBC Proms Season 20 Episode 5

Overview:
Part of the Promenade Concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the seventy-fifth birthday of The Master of The Queen's Musick, Sir Arthur Bliss.

John Ogdon is soloist in Bliss's Piano Concerto (1939)

Written for the 1939 New York World's Fair

with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leader, Hugh Maguire

Conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss

Before the concerto Sir Arthur and Lady Bliss, in conversation with Richard Baker, recall some of the memorable events in their lives.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : -

Release Date : 1966-08-15

Duration : 180 menit

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1. First Night of the Proms
Sunday Prom: Music of Johann Strauss
2. Sunday Prom: Music of Johann Strauss
Sunday Prom
3. Sunday Prom
Sunday Prom
4. Sunday Prom
Bliss Birthday Prom
5. Bliss Birthday Prom
Sunday Prom
6. Sunday Prom
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8. Sunday Prom
Sunday Prom
9. Sunday Prom
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