蜜芽传媒

The 2017 蜜芽传媒 Proms opens with a dance and a shout. Celebrate John Adams鈥檚 70th birthday with his masterpiece Harmonium. Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven鈥檚 ground-breaking Third Piano Concerto.

Daniel Barenboim and the mighty Staatskapelle Berlin launch this year鈥檚 cycle of Elgar symphonies with the thrilling emotional extremes of the Symphony No. 1. Lisa Batiashvili joins the orchestra for Sibelius鈥檚 exhilarating Violin Concerto.

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Bernard Haitink are joined by soloist Isabelle Faust for Mozart鈥檚 graceful Violin Concerto No. 3. It is framed by two symphonies from Mozart and Schumann, which each represent a defiant, optimistic challenge.

A concert of emotional extremes opens with Sibelius鈥檚 tempestuous Symphony No. 7 and closes with the horror of Shostakovich鈥檚 Stalin-inspired Symphony No. 10. Exciting young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs Rachmaninov鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto.

Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins Thomas S酶nderg氓rd and the 蜜芽传媒 NOW for a concert charged with nationalistic fervour. Sibelius鈥檚 stirring Second Symphony is paired with Shostakovich鈥檚 subversive symphonic poem October and his First Violin Concerto.

Celebrate the 85th birthday of one of the world鈥檚 favourite film composers in an evening of big emotions and even bigger melodies.

Join professional musicians for the first Proms Scratch Orchestra & Chorus and create a piece of music inspired by tonight鈥檚 Prom. You don鈥檛 need to be able to read music, and all abilities are welcome. Open to ages 16-plus.

Proms founder-conductor Sir Henry Wood is on a mission to find out what sparks musical inspiration. Join him to discover how nature, history, literature and art have all inspired composers to create musical masterpieces. Perfect for all the family.

Proms founder-conductor Sir Henry Wood is on a mission to find out what sparks musical inspiration. Join him to discover how nature, history, literature and art have all inspired composers to create musical masterpieces. Perfect for all the family.

John Wilson directs the 蜜芽传媒 SSO in this all-English programme. Holst鈥檚 vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Symphony No. 9 鈥� the last that the composer would write.

James Gaffigan and the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra take you on a journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov鈥檚 Scheherazade to the Siren-filled waters of 蜜芽传媒r鈥檚 Odyssey and the stormy seas of Korngold鈥檚 stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.

The 蜜芽传媒鈥檚 first ever Relaxed Prom is suitable for children and adults with autism, sensory and communication impairments and learning disabilities as well as individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, blind and partially sighted.

Stephen Hough is the soloist for Brahms鈥檚 turbulent, rule-breaking First Piano Concerto. Its emotional intensity is tempered by the graceful elegance of Haydn鈥檚 Symphony No. 99 and the dancing energy of David Sawer鈥檚 The Greatest Happiness Principle.

Monteverdi鈥檚 1610 Vespers is a choral masterpiece of unprecedented musical scope and audacious beauty. Director Rapha毛l Pichon marks the composer鈥檚 450th anniversary in a performance by dynamic French ensemble Pygmalion in its Proms debut.

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonic Bremen returns to the Proms for the first time since 2010, performing Brahms鈥檚 sunny Second Symphony under Paavo J盲rvi. Vilde Frang and Lawrence Power join them as soloists for Mozart鈥檚 Sinfonia concertante.

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鈥檚 bebop beats.

Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Proms debut, while cellist Alban Gerhardt steps into the spotlight for Schumann鈥檚 thoughtful Cello Concerto. The concert climaxes in the sprawling beauty of Hindemith鈥檚 Mathis der Maler.

Bursting not just with tunes but emotions, Rodgers and Hammerstein鈥檚 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鈥檚 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.

Blending Glass鈥檚 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鈥檚 1964 concept album Passages.

Fran莽ois Xavier-Roth and Les Si猫cles present a programme inspired by the East, from the fragrant Indian gardens of Delibes鈥檚 Lakm茅 to the sensual charge of a Bacchanal. C茅dric Tiberghien is the soloist for Saint-Sa毛ns鈥檚 鈥楨gyptian鈥� Piano Concerto.

Charles Dutoit and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra take us on a colourful journey through Spain. In his ballet El amor brujo, Falla captured the essence of his homeland, while Joshua Bell is the soloist for Lalo鈥檚 Symphonie espagnole.

Expect everything from avant-garde Minimalism to rock and funk in this 30th-birthday concert by American music pioneers Bang on a Can, who perform works by Louis Andriessen, Philip Glass and others alongside a world premiere by Michael Gordon.

After a triumphant Proms debut with the CBSO last year, Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla returns with a programme that sets Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth Symphony against a world premiere by Gerald Barry. Leila Josefowicz is the soloist in Stravinsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto.

This year鈥檚 Elgar cycle concludes with the originally unfinished Third Symphony. The concert also features the vivid, descriptive miniatures of Sibelius鈥檚 Sc猫nes historiques and Saint-Sa毛ns鈥檚 brilliantly youthful Second Piano Concerto.

Presenter Gerard McBurney takes you 鈥楤eyond the Score庐鈥� in a multimedia concert that explores the history of Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 enduringly popular 鈥楴ew World鈥� Symphony. Afterwards, Sir Mark Elder and the Halle give a complete performance of the work.

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.

The Filarmonica della Scala (La Scala Philharmonic, Milan), makes its Proms debut under Music Director Riccardo Chailly, with two of Respighi鈥檚 Rome-inspired tone-poems. The concert opens with Brahms鈥檚 joyous Violin Concerto.

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.

This Proms debut performance by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opens with Bernstein鈥檚 On The Waterfront. Copland鈥檚 Lincoln Portrait pays homage to one of the nation鈥檚 heroes, while Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Symphony No. 5 offers a statement of nationalism.

Ren茅e Fleming joins regular collaborators Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for music by Barber and Strauss. The orchestra also performs Nielsen鈥檚 Second Symphony and Andrea Tarrodi鈥檚 musical 鈥榳alking tour鈥� Liguria.

The UK鈥檚 first majority BME orchestra, Chineke!, makes its Proms debut. 2016 蜜芽传媒 Young Musician winner, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, is the soloist, and the concert also includes works by composers George Walker and Hannah Kendall.

Semyon Bychkov conducts the 蜜芽传媒 SO in an all-Russian Prom that climaxes with Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Manfred. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist for Rachmaninov鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1, whose beauty is a natural companion to Taneyev鈥檚 brooding Oresteia overture.

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.

For their second concert, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti pair two of the repertoire鈥檚 sunniest symphonies: Mahler鈥檚 song-filled Fourth and Haydn鈥檚 ebullient No. 82, nicknamed 鈥楾he Bear鈥�.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck perform Mahler鈥檚 First Symphony, a work charged with all the narrative energy of a tone-poem, and John Adams鈥檚 joyous Lollapalooza. Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Violin Concerto.

Pianist Emanuel Ax joins the Vienna Philharmonic for its second Prom this season, under Michael Tilson Thomas. Beethoven鈥檚 Seventh Symphony sits alongside Brahms鈥檚 鈥楬aydn鈥� Variations and the quasi-operatic lyricism of Mozart鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 14.

Join in the Last night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park, hosted by Michael Ball, with Proms in the Park favourites the 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra under the baton of Richard Balcombe, and special guest Sir Bryn Terfel, headlined by Sir Ray Davies.

Sakari Oramo and the 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra weave together many of this season鈥檚 strands with music by John Adams, Sibelius and Malcolm Sargent. Nina Stemme leads the end-of-season festivities, joined by the 蜜芽传媒 Singers and 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Chorus.