Poster of Cast and Crew in BBC Proms - BBC Proms 99 (Season 53 - Episode 2) - BBC Proms 99

BBC Proms - Season 53 - BBC Proms 99 (Episode 2)

Plot: From London's Royal Albert Hall, Stephanie Hughes introduces the second of this year's live Proms, with young Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo - the man with the daunting task of replacing Simon Rattle - taking the baton in front of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The evening's music opens with The Sea by Frank Bridge and continues with Sibelius's lyrical Violin Concerto, in which Sarah Chang is the soloist
Episode Aired On:
Friday, August 13 1999
26 years ago