BBC Proms: First Night Of The Proms With BBC Symphony Orchestra & Karina Canellakis

Karina Canellakis has made history, as the first woman to conduct the First Night of the BBC Proms. She kicks off with a new work by composer Zosha Di Castri, commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing and followed by Dvořák's The Golden Spinning Wheel, receiving its first-ever performance at the Proms. Canellakis then leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers in a stirring and dramatic programme culminating in Leoš Janáček's utterly unique Glagolitic Mass, sung by Asmik Grigorian among others. "The performance of the season" (The Times) (A 025 50459 0000)