The 2017 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms opens with a dance and a shout. Celebrate John Adams’s 70th birthday with his masterpiece Harmonium. Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven’s ground-breaking Third Piano Concerto.
The 2017 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms opens with a dance and a shout. Celebrate John Adams’s 70th birthday with his masterpiece Harmonium. Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven’s ground-breaking Third Piano Concerto.
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Bernard Haitink are joined by soloist Isabelle Faust for Mozart’s graceful Violin Concerto No. 3. It is framed by two symphonies from Mozart and Schumann, which each represent a defiant, optimistic challenge.
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Bernard Haitink are joined by soloist Isabelle Faust for Mozart’s graceful Violin Concerto No. 3. It is framed by two symphonies from Mozart and Schumann, which each represent a defiant, optimistic challenge.
Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin perform Elgar’s Second Symphony – a ‘passionate pilgrimage of the soul’. Hear the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Deep Time – a work that swaps the tick-tock of the everyday for something more alien.
Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin perform Elgar’s Second Symphony – a ‘passionate pilgrimage of the soul’. Hear the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Deep Time – a work that swaps the tick-tock of the everyday for something more alien.
Celebrate the 85th birthday of one of the world’s favourite film composers in an evening of big emotions and even bigger melodies.
Celebrate the 85th birthday of one of the world’s favourite film composers in an evening of big emotions and even bigger melodies.
Beethoven’s only opera is a passionate musical protest against political oppression that premiered in the wake of the French Revolution. Stuart Skelton stars as the imprisoned Florestan, with soprano Ricarda Merbeth as Leonore. Juanjo Mena conducts.
Beethoven’s only opera is a passionate musical protest against political oppression that premiered in the wake of the French Revolution. Stuart Skelton stars as the imprisoned Florestan, with soprano Ricarda Merbeth as Leonore. Juanjo Mena conducts.
The Aurora Orchestra is back, again performing a classic work from memory. This year, with the help of presenter Tom Service, they explore Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony – the first Romantic symphony – in an event that’s part concert, part lecture.
The Aurora Orchestra is back, again performing a classic work from memory. This year, with the help of presenter Tom Service, they explore Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony – the first Romantic symphony – in an event that’s part concert, part lecture.
Marking 50 years since the death of Malcolm Sargent, Sir Andrew Davis and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO recreate Sargent’s 500th Prom. With music by Elgar, Holst, Walton and Berlioz, as well as Schumann’s mercurial Piano Concerto, with Beatrice Rana as soloist.
Marking 50 years since the death of Malcolm Sargent, Sir Andrew Davis and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO recreate Sargent’s 500th Prom. With music by Elgar, Holst, Walton and Berlioz, as well as Schumann’s mercurial Piano Concerto, with Beatrice Rana as soloist.
A celebration of the extraordinary career of Scott Walker, whose music has influenced artists from David Bowie to Leonard Cohen. Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra pay tribute, with star guests including Jarvis Cocker and John Grant.
Freedom, hope and brotherhood are the notions that underpin both Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Sir James MacMillan’s new choral work A European Requiem – a plea for unity in a troubled world. Xian Zhang and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW perform this European premiere.
Freedom, hope and brotherhood are the notions that underpin both Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Sir James MacMillan’s new choral work A European Requiem – a plea for unity in a troubled world. Xian Zhang and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW perform this European premiere.
Celebrate the centenary of jazz legends Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie. Grammy Award-winning vocalist Dianne Reeves and trumpeter James Morrison perform their greatest hits, from the Great American Songbook to Gillespie’s bebop beats.
Hear the UK’s finest young musical talent in a vibrant programme conducted by Thomas Adès. Two vast sonic soundscapes open a programme that climaxes in Stravinsky’s thrilling The Rite of Spring, with its frenzied rhythms and provocative harmonies.
Hear the UK’s finest young musical talent in a vibrant programme conducted by Thomas Adès. Two vast sonic soundscapes open a programme that climaxes in Stravinsky’s thrilling The Rite of Spring, with its frenzied rhythms and provocative harmonies.
Bursting not just with tunes but emotions, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! brought new dramatic depth to the Broadway musical. John Wilson and his orchestra bring their signature energy and swagger to this much-loved classic.
Bursting not just with tunes but emotions, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! brought new dramatic depth to the Broadway musical. John Wilson and his orchestra bring their signature energy and swagger to this much-loved classic.
A night dedicated to Rachmaninov opens with two of the composer’s greatest works. Alexander Gavrylyuk is the soloist for the impossibly demanding Third Piano Concerto, while the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO steps into the spotlight for the mercurial Second Symphony.
A night dedicated to Rachmaninov opens with two of the composer’s greatest works. Alexander Gavrylyuk is the soloist for the impossibly demanding Third Piano Concerto, while the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO steps into the spotlight for the mercurial Second Symphony.
Blending Glass’s American Minimalism with traditional Hindustani classical music, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar joins the Britten Sinfonia for the first complete live performance of Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar’s 1964 concept album Passages.
Blending Glass’s American Minimalism with traditional Hindustani classical music, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar joins the Britten Sinfonia for the first complete live performance of Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar’s 1964 concept album Passages.
Gurrelieder is Schoenberg’s Tristan and Isolde, an opulent, late-Romantic giant. The LSO and Sir Simon Rattle are joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists, including soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Simon O’Neill as lovers Tove and Waldemar.
Gurrelieder is Schoenberg’s Tristan and Isolde, an opulent, late-Romantic giant. The LSO and Sir Simon Rattle are joined by an outstanding line-up of soloists, including soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek and tenor Simon O’Neill as lovers Tove and Waldemar.
Bach specialist John Butt and his award-winning Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut with a performance of Bach’s St John Passion, a work of almost operatic immediacy. The soloists include Tim Mead, Sophie Bevan and Nicholas Mulroy.
Bach specialist John Butt and his award-winning Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut with a performance of Bach’s St John Passion, a work of almost operatic immediacy. The soloists include Tim Mead, Sophie Bevan and Nicholas Mulroy.
After a triumphant Proms debut with the CBSO last year, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla returns with a programme that sets Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony against a world premiere by Gerald Barry. Leila Josefowicz is the soloist in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto.
After a triumphant Proms debut with the CBSO last year, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla returns with a programme that sets Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony against a world premiere by Gerald Barry. Leila Josefowicz is the soloist in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto.
Following their sell-out 2016 Quincy Jones Prom, Jules Buckley and his Metropole Orkest return to celebrate the legendary composer, bandleader and bass player Charles Mingus, featuring artists Shabaka Hutchings, Christian Scott and Kandace Springs.
We mark the 70th anniversary of partition and independence on the Indian subcontinent by celebrating three contrasting traditions: Hindustani music of North India, South India’s melody-driven Carnatic music and the mesmeric Sufi music of Pakistan.
Singer and broadcaster Clare Teal and bandleaders Guy Barker and Winston Rollins take the audience on a journey through the irrepressible big band music of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie and others.
The UK’s first majority BME orchestra, Chineke!, makes its Proms debut. 2016 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Musician winner, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, is the soloist, and the concert also includes works by composers George Walker and Hannah Kendall.
The UK’s first majority BME orchestra, Chineke!, makes its Proms debut. 2016 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Musician winner, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, is the soloist, and the concert also includes works by composers George Walker and Hannah Kendall.
Founded in 1957, Stax Records was synonymous with Southern Soul music. Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra pay tribute to this pioneering label in a concert featuring hits from Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Johnnie Taylor.
American pianist Jeremy Denk joins Karina Canellakis and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO for Bartók’s ferociously brilliant Second Piano Concerto – a contrast to the pastoral beauty of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. The concert opens with Missy Mazzoli’s mesmeric Sinfonia.
American pianist Jeremy Denk joins Karina Canellakis and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO for Bartók’s ferociously brilliant Second Piano Concerto – a contrast to the pastoral beauty of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8. The concert opens with Missy Mazzoli’s mesmeric Sinfonia.
The two volumes of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier together represent a wealth of musical invention, ingenuity and delight. Eminent Bach-specialist Sir András Schiff here performs Book I – concluding the cycle next year with Book 2.
The two volumes of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier together represent a wealth of musical invention, ingenuity and delight. Eminent Bach-specialist Sir András Schiff here performs Book I – concluding the cycle next year with Book 2.
Join in the Last night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park, hosted by Michael Ball, with Proms in the Park favourites the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra under the baton of Richard Balcombe, and special guest Sir Bryn Terfel, headlined by Sir Ray Davies.
Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra weave together many of this season’s strands with music by John Adams, Sibelius and Malcolm Sargent. Nina Stemme leads the end-of-season festivities, joined by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus.
Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra weave together many of this season’s strands with music by John Adams, Sibelius and Malcolm Sargent. Nina Stemme leads the end-of-season festivities, joined by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus.