Which BBC Prom Concert Would You Consider a "Must-Hear"?

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The BBC has just announced the lineup for their annual series of Promenade concerts, or "Proms" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms ).  For those of you not familiar with the concerts, this is anywhere from 1 to 3 concerts worth of music a day for 2 months -- 84 concerts in all.  What's more, every single one of them is broadcast on Radio 3, and made available to listen to on demand via the internet for a week after the concert.  

Absolutely phenomenal (thank you British Taxpayers who I mooch off of every summer when I listen to this!), but at the same time overwhelming.  Every summer some of the music falls through the cracks for me when I just don't have time to listen to it before it disappears a week later.  

So I'm curious: Of the concerts listed, which one(s) would you put under: "Make a point of listening to this one?"

joshuacharlesmorris · Accepted Answer

Prom 37 John Cage  is a must. It's rare to have an opportunity to get such a compete retrospective of so many important works of a single composer in a single concert.
Prom 3  Pelléas et Mélisande will be an opportunity to hear Debussys' opera that is sadly not part of the routine repertoire for opera companies. 
Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius
Proms Chamber Music 2: Tenebrae: You can hear several works of Glenn Goulds favorite composer: Orlando Gibbons.
Prom 14: Kronos Quartet: If you're new music phobic this is a good, easy introduction to several modern composers.
Prom 73: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Beethoven & Bruckner: Murray Perahia is playing, enough said.
Prom 35: Sibelius, Delius, Grieg & Nørgård

Anonymous · Answer

I'm definitely going to do my utmost to go and see the Shost 7 prom, and possibly the Rach 2/Prokofiev 6 one too.

E · Answer

the wallace and gromit prom (probably similar to last year's comedy prom)

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Which BBC Prom Concert Would You Consider a "Must-Hear"?

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