Synopsis

Recently, BBC2 cameras captured the first of two Promenade Concerts featuring exceptional artists, held at the Royal Albert Hall. Pierre Boulez conducts a performance of Igor Stravinsky's complete ballet, "The Firebird," with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of principal trombone, Bela Dekany. The program opens with Stravinsky's "Symphonies of Wind Instruments" (the original version). Introduced by Antony Hopkins, this concert was part of the performances given on August 25