BBC Proms: Season 2019, Episode 1

2019 - 1: First Night of the Proms - Part 1

Katie Derham presents live from London's Royal Albert Hall, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and choral forces, conducted by Karina Canellakis, begin the season with a brand-new commission by Zosha Di Castri marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's mission to the moon, the first manned mission to land on its surface. Dvorák's fairy-tale tone-poem The Golden Spinning Wheel is also performed.