TV BBC Proms - Season 31 Episode 4 : The Sunday Prom BBC Proms - Season 31 Episode 4 : The Sunday Prom 7.7/10 by 3 users Joan Bakewell introduces part of one of the concerts of British music that opened this year's Jubilee season at the Henry Wood Proms. Henry Purcell's Hail, bright Cecilia: a song for St Cecilia's Day - a setting in praise of the patroness of music heard first in 1692. Before the performance the composer, Sir Michael Tippett, a lifelong devotee of Purcell's music and joint editor of the version performed at this concert, talks to the conductor, Nicholas Cleobury, who is making his debut on television. FELICITY LOTT (soprano) JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) CHARLES BRETT (counter-tenor) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) STEPHEN ROBERTS (baritone) DAVID THOMAS (bass-baritone) Continuo: STEPHEN CLEOBURY (organ) DAVID ROBLOU (harpsichord) NIGEL NORTON (theorbo) STEPHEN ORTON (cello) Schola Cantorum of Oxford The Purcell Orchestra leader ROGER GARLAND conducted by Nicholas Cleobury Details Casts Posters Images Title BBC Proms - Season 31 Episode 4 : The Sunday Prom Alternative Titles The Proms, Proms First Air Date 1947-09-13 Last Air Date 2026-07-26 Number of Episodes 1169 Number of Seasons 80 Genres Documentary, Networks BBC One, CBBC, BBC Four, CBeebies, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Television, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 1 First Night of the Proms First Night of the Proms 1977-07-22 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 2 Live from the Proms Live from the Proms 1977-07-29 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 3 The Sunday Prom The Sunday Prom 1977-08-07 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 4 The Sunday Prom The Sunday Prom 1977-08-14 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 5 The Sunday Prom The Sunday Prom 1977-08-21 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 6 The Sunday Prom The Sunday Prom 1977-08-28 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 7 The Sunday Prom The Sunday Prom 1977-09-04 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 8 The Sunday Prom The Sunday Prom 1977-09-11 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 9 Live from the Proms Live from the Proms 1977-09-16 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 10 Last Night of the Proms Last Night of the Proms 1977-09-17 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and... BBC Proms Season 31 :Episode 11 The Lively Arts - In Performance The Lively Arts - In Performance 1977-11-19 The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and...
