BBC Proms: 1966
Season 20 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 19.
- 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 23, 1966
Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall for the first half of the opening concert in the 72nd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Moura Lympany (piano) BBC Symphony
Sunday Prom: Music of Johann Strauss
Jul 31, 1966
The first in a series of six programmes recorded from the BBC's 1966 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Halle Orchestra Leader, Martin Milner Conduct
Sunday Prom
Aug 7, 1966
The second in a series of six programmes recorded from the BBC's 1966 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Maguire Conducte
Sunday Prom
Aug 14, 1966
The third in a series of six programmes recorded from the BBC's 1966 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Clifford Curzon (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader
Bliss Birthday Prom
Aug 15, 1966
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 solois
Sunday Prom
Aug 21, 1966
The fourth in a series of six programmes recorded from the BBC's 1966 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Moscow Radio Orchestra Leader, Mikhail Cherniachovsky
Workshop presents: Pierre Boulez: Portrait - Analysis - Performance
Aug 22, 1966
The monthly feature about the making of music. In this programme the distinguished French composer talks about his life and music and conducts a performance of his Improvisation N
Sunday Prom
Aug 28, 1966
The fifth in a series of six programmes recorded from the BBC's 1966 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Elaine Blighton (soprano), Patricia Kern (contralto), R
Sunday Prom
Sep 11, 1966
Last in a series of six programmes recorded from the BBC's 1966 season of Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring BBC
Last Night of the Proms
Sep 17, 1966
Television cameras are at the Royal Albert Hall, London, for the second half of the final concert in the 72nd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. BBC Symphony Orchestra Lead