BBC Proms: 1964
Season 18 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of BBC Proms Season 17.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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First Night of the Proms
Jul 25, 1964
(Prom 1) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for part of the opening concert of the 70th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. BBC Symphony Orchestra Lead
War Requiem
Aug 4, 1964
(Prom 9) by Benjamin Britten. Text from the Latin Mass for the Dead and poems by Wilfred Owen. Direct from the Promenade Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Heather Harper
Henry Wood Promenade Concert
Aug 11, 1964
(Prom 13) Part of the concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London on Saturday, August 8. Norma Fisher (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra Leader, Hugh Bean Conducted by Norman
Sunday Prom: Gilbert and Sullivan
Aug 16, 1964
(Prom 19) The first of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Valerie Masterson (sopr
Sunday Prom: Beethoven and Stravinsky
Aug 23, 1964
(Prom 15) The second of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Stephen Bishop (piano)
Henry Wood Promenade Concert
Aug 25, 1964
(Prom 22) Part of the concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Wednesday, August 19. The twentieth anniversary of Sir Henry Wood's death Raimund Herincx (baritone)
Sunday Prom: Bach and Chopin
Aug 30, 1964
(Prom 30) The third of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Vladimir Ashkenazy (pian
Sunday Prom
Sep 6, 1964
(Prom 35) The fourth of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Jacqueline du Pre (cell
Sunday Prom: Music by Haydn
Sep 13, 1964
(Prom 36) Last of a series of five outstanding programmes recorded from the BBC's 1964 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Amadeus String Quartet Londo
Last Night of the Proms
Sep 19, 1964
(Prom 49) Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the second half of the final concert in the 70th Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. BBC Symphony Orche