Poster of Cast and Crew in BBC Proms - Russian Night at the Proms (Season 58 - Episode 21) - Russian Night at the Proms

BBC Proms - Season 58 - Russian Night at the Proms (Episode 21)

Plot: Musorgsky's demonic tone poem Night on Bare Mountain is paired with Stravinsky's 20th-century masterpiece The Rite of Spring, a piece that at its premiere in Paris in triggered the most famous riot in ballet history. Deborah Bull will be hoping for less controversy at the Royal Albert Hall when she introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of charismatic conductor Valery Gergiev
Episode Aired On:
Thursday, September 2 2004
20 years ago