Hooray for Hollywood

BBC Proms Season 65 Episode 22

Overview:
A celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood film musicals performed by John Wilson who, returning to the Proms for a third season, conducts his hand-picked, high-octane orchestra and a line-up of star soloists. Hooray for Hollywood takes us from the dawn of the 'talkies' and the birth of the movie musical through to the 1960s. There are excerpts from 42nd Street, Top Hat, Strike Up the Band, Swing Time and Shall We Dance, with a special tribute to the RKO films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : -

Release Date : 2011-09-03

Duration : 180 menit

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First Night of the Proms
1. First Night of the Proms
Mark Elder Conducts The Halle
2. Mark Elder Conducts The Halle
Spanish Night with the BBC Philharmonic
3. Spanish Night with the BBC Philharmonic
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
4. Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
Mahler's Ninth Symphony
5. Mahler's Ninth Symphony
Hungarian Night with the London Philharmonic
6. Hungarian Night with the London Philharmonic
Walton's Violin Concerto
7. Walton's Violin Concerto
Elgar's Violin Concerto
8. Elgar's Violin Concerto
Human Planet
9. Human Planet
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
10. Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
French Night with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
11. French Night with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Film Music Night
12. Film Music Night
The National Youth Orchestra
13. The National Youth Orchestra
Benjamin Grosvenor at the First Night of the Proms
14. Benjamin Grosvenor at the First Night of the Proms
Kathryn Tickell and Friends
15. Kathryn Tickell and Friends
Brahms Night with Bernard Haintink and Emanuel Ax
16. Brahms Night with Bernard Haintink and Emanuel Ax
Brahms' Symphony No 4
17. Brahms' Symphony No 4
Verdi's Requiem
18. Verdi's Requiem
Spaghetti Western Orchestra
19. Spaghetti Western Orchestra
The Comedy Prom
20. The Comedy Prom
Angela Hewitt Plays Brahms and Schumann
21. Angela Hewitt Plays Brahms and Schumann
Hooray for Hollywood
22. Hooray for Hollywood
Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
23. Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
The Horrible Histories Big Prom Party
24. The Horrible Histories Big Prom Party
Nigel Kennedy Plays Bach
25. Nigel Kennedy Plays Bach
Last Night of the Proms - Part 1
26. Last Night of the Proms - Part 1
Last Night of the Proms - Part 2
27. Last Night of the Proms - Part 2
Episode 29
29. Episode 29
Episode 30
30. Episode 30
Episode 31
31. Episode 31
Episode 100
100. Episode 100


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