Last Night of the Proms 2015, Part 1  23932

  • 00:29:50 Retrospective on 120 years of the Proms, starting with a clip of Sir Henry Wood talking about the audience “the loveliest audience to make music to in the world.” Dr Hannah French on changing “the land without music to the land that was packed with music”.
  • 00:49:30 Feature on changeovers / get-ins / organ tuning etc for TV, radio, concerts at the Proms
  • 01:07:30 Feature with Jonas Kaufmann about difficulties of presenting opera excerpts in concert, and the special qualities of Puccini.
  • 01:38:00 Riverdance segment from Belfast, Titanic Slipways, following on from segments from Hyde Park, Cardiff and Glasgow.

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