A concert staging of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
A concert staging of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
A concert staging of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
A concert staging of Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
An orchestral concert 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
The World Was Once All Miracle- MIF
The World Was Once All Miracle- MIF
Last and First Men- MIF
Grammy-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, returns to work with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in an inspirational programme of music from living composers.
Grammy-winning composer and conductor, Eric Whitacre, returns to work with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in an inspirational programme of music from living composers.
The New Music Biennial showcases composers and music creators who are pushing the boundaries of new music in the UK.
The New Music Biennial showcases composers and music creators who are pushing the boundaries of new music in the UK.
Michael Feinstein returns to Friday Night Is Music Night to celebrate the man behind the greatest show biz musical of them all - 42nd Street - Harry Warren.
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.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers perform JAM on the Marsh Festival
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers perform JAM on the Marsh Festival
Saturday Night At the Movies meets Friday Night is Music Night as The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra bring a brand new programme to Lichfield Cathedral, commissioned especially for the Lichfield Festival.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to tonight's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in! Suitable for all the family (ages 7-plus)
A concert of emotional extremes opens with Sibelius’s tempestuous Symphony No. 7 and closes with the horror of Shostakovich’s Stalin-inspired Symphony No. 10. Exciting young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto.
A concert of emotional extremes opens with Sibelius’s tempestuous Symphony No. 7 and closes with the horror of Shostakovich’s Stalin-inspired Symphony No. 10. Exciting young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW for a concert charged with nationalistic fervour. Sibelius’s stirring Second Symphony is paired with Shostakovich’s subversive symphonic poem October and his First Violin Concerto.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW for a concert charged with nationalistic fervour. Sibelius’s stirring Second Symphony is paired with Shostakovich’s subversive symphonic poem October and his First Violin Concerto.
Take a musical thrill-ride from the chaos of creation to wild witches’ dances. Joshua Weilerstein conducts Berlioz’s phantasmagoric Symphonie fantastique, and is joined by his sister, cellist Alisa Weilerstein for Pascal Dusapin’s concerto Outscape.
Take a musical thrill-ride from the chaos of creation to wild witches’ dances. Joshua Weilerstein conducts Berlioz’s phantasmagoric Symphonie fantastique, and is joined by his sister, cellist Alisa Weilerstein for Pascal Dusapin’s concerto Outscape.
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.
Join professional musicians for the first Proms Scratch Orchestra & Chorus and create a piece of music inspired by tonight’s Prom. You don’t need to be able to read music, and all abilities are welcome. Open to ages 16-plus.
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.
John Wilson directs the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO in this all-English programme. Holst’s vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 9 – the last that the composer would write.
John Wilson directs the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO in this all-English programme. Holst’s vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 9 – the last that the composer would write.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2's Ken Bruce returns to the Festival to present a concert of musical goodies and baddies from the worlds of television, film, theatre and the classics. The concert includes music from Robin Hood, The Godfather, Pirates of the Caribbean and Gam
Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.
Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.
Life and death collide in a Prom that explores what lies beyond human existence. Tchaikovsky’s passionate final symphony dares to face death with hope, while Mark Simpson’s critically acclaimed The Immortal takes inspiration from Victorian seances.
Life and death collide in a Prom that explores what lies beyond human existence. Tchaikovsky’s passionate final symphony dares to face death with hope, while Mark Simpson’s critically acclaimed The Immortal takes inspiration from Victorian seances.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to tonight’s Prom. Bring your instrument and join in! Suitable for all the family (ages 7-plus).
Since the first broadcast of Friday Night is Music Night in 1953 many of the world's finest music arrangers have provided scores and compositions for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra to perform. So tonight we salute those unsung heroes and raid the shelves of th
James Gaffigan and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra take you on a journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade to the Siren-filled waters of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½r’s Odyssey and the stormy seas of Korngold’s stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.
James Gaffigan and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra take you on a journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade to the Siren-filled waters of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½r’s Odyssey and the stormy seas of Korngold’s stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s 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’s turbulent, rule-breaking First Piano Concerto. Its emotional intensity is tempered by the graceful elegance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 and the dancing energy of David Sawer’s The Greatest Happiness Principle.
Stephen Hough is the soloist for Brahms’s turbulent, rule-breaking First Piano Concerto. Its emotional intensity is tempered by the graceful elegance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 and the dancing energy of David Sawer’s The Greatest Happiness Principle.
Join Mary King, members of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales to sing excerpts from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential. Suitable for ages 16-plus.
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.