In celebration of the cello at this summer’s Proms, join us for a special screening of Paul Tortelier’s 1964 masterclass on Bach’s Suite No. 3 in C major for solo cello.
Les Arts Florissants brings J. S. Bach’s magnificent Mass in B minor to the Proms. William Christie conducts a cast of soloists including soprano Katherine Watson, counter-tenor Tim Mead, tenor Reinoud van Mechelen and baritone André Morsch.
Les Arts Florissants brings J. S. Bach’s magnificent Mass in B minor to the Proms. William Christie conducts a cast of soloists including soprano Katherine Watson, counter-tenor Tim Mead, tenor Reinoud van Mechelen and baritone André Morsch.
Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry featuring emerging UK talent.
Counterpoint – The 2016 Final. Paul Gambaccini chairs the Grand Final of the much-loved ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 music quiz, with amateur music-lovers from around the UK answering questions on a wide variety of music to decide who takes the trophy for 2016.
Rattle pairs Mahler’s Seventh Symphony with ɳ¦±ô²¹³Ù, a work written in 1965 by the legendary French composer and conductor, Pierre Boulez, who died earlier this year.
Rattle pairs Mahler’s Seventh Symphony with ɳ¦±ô²¹³Ù, a work written in 1965 by the legendary French composer and conductor, Pierre Boulez, who died earlier this year.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an evening of revolutionary 20th-century music performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. The programme includes Bartók’s Three Village Scenes and Boulez’s Anthèmes 2.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents an evening of revolutionary 20th-century music performed by Ensemble Intercontemporain and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. The programme includes Bartók’s Three Village Scenes and Boulez’s Anthèmes 2.
The American minimalist composer Steve Reich is 80 this year and the Proms is celebrating with a programme of his works performed by the Multi-Story Orchestra. The programme includes Reich’s Music for Large Ensemble and Eight Lines.
The American minimalist composer Steve Reich is 80 this year and the Proms is celebrating with a programme of his works performed by the Multi-Story Orchestra. The programme includes Reich’s Music for Large Ensemble and Eight Lines.
The American minimalist composer Steve Reich is 80 this year and the Proms is celebrating with a programme of his works performed by the Multi-Story Orchestra. The programme includes Reich’s Music for Large Ensemble and Eight Lines.
The American minimalist composer Steve Reich is 80 this year and the Proms is celebrating with a programme of his works performed by the Multi-Story Orchestra. The programme includes Reich’s Music for Large Ensemble and Eight Lines.
Nicholas Baragwanath introduces Brahms’s Second Symphony.
For their second Prom of the year, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic pair Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances with Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, and open the concert with the world premiere of a work by Julian Anderson.
For their second Prom of the year, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic pair Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances with Brahms’s Symphony No. 2, and open the concert with the world premiere of a work by Julian Anderson.
Join Mary King and members of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers to sing excerpts from Rossini’s Semiramide.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this afternoon’s Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!
The Simón BolÃvar Orchestra have become Proms favourites and this year the ensemble brings a programme of music by Paul Desenne and Villa-Lobos – finishing the evening with Ravel’s La valse.
The Simón BolÃvar Orchestra have become Proms favourites and this year the ensemble brings a programme of music by Paul Desenne and Villa-Lobos – finishing the evening with Ravel’s La valse.
Musicologist Roger Parker introduces Rossini’s final Italian opera.
Soprano Albina Shagimuratova sings the title role in Rossini’s opera about a legendary Queen of Babylon. Sir Mark Elder conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Chorus of Opera Rara.
Soprano Albina Shagimuratova sings the title role in Rossini’s opera about a legendary Queen of Babylon. Sir Mark Elder conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Chorus of Opera Rara.
Soprano Carolyn Sampson and counter-tenor Iestyn Davies spend an hour exploring songs about love, including Purcell’s ‘If music be the food of love’ (in a version by Britten) and Quilter’s setting of Shakespeare’s ‘It was a lover and his lass’.
On the 300th anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, historian Anna Pavord talks about his work and legacy.
Daniel Barenboim kicks off a series of concerts pairing Mozart and Bruckner. Barenboim is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, before conducting Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony.
Daniel Barenboim kicks off a series of concerts pairing Mozart and Bruckner. Barenboim is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24, before conducting Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony.
On this day 350 years ago the capital was in ruins after the Great Fire of London. Historian Adrian Tinniswood describes the massive clearing-up operation, and talks to New Generation Thinker Thomas Charlton of Dr Williams’s Library.
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22, directed from the piano by Daniel Barenboim, is paired with Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony in the Berlin Staatskapelle’s second Prom.
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22, directed from the piano by Daniel Barenboim, is paired with Bruckner’s Sixth Symphony in the Berlin Staatskapelle’s second Prom.
Ahead of tonight’s concert, writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley talks about the life and work of the Staatskapelle Dresden and the orchestra’s place in German culture. Edited version broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 during tonight’s interval
Daniil Trifonov is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 before Christian Thielemann conducts Bruckner’s Third Symphony.
Daniil Trifonov is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 before Christian Thielemann conducts Bruckner’s Third Symphony.
Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry featuring emerging UK talent.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 presenter Ian MacMillan, award-winning poet Jackie Kay and Director of The Poetry Society Judith Palmer introduce the winning entries in this year’s ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Poetry Competition and welcome some of the winners on stage to read their poems.
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto – performed by Nikolaj Znaider – opens the second of the Dresden orchestra’s Proms. In the second half, Reger’s Variations on a Theme by Mozart is paired with Strauss’s tone poem Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto – performed by Nikolaj Znaider – opens the second of the Dresden orchestra’s Proms. In the second half, Reger’s Variations on a Theme by Mozart is paired with Strauss’s tone poem Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche.
In this Late Night Prom, Richard Egarr conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel’s glorious Coronation Anthems – the most famous of which is ‘Zadok the Priest’.
In this Late Night Prom, Richard Egarr conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel’s glorious Coronation Anthems – the most famous of which is ‘Zadok the Priest’.
Join Director of the Proms David Pickard and Chris Cotton, Chief Executive of the Royal Albert Hall, as they look back over the 2016 Proms season.
Marin Alsop returns to the Proms stage to conduct Verdi’s magnificent Requiem, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Proms Youth Choir. The evening’s soloists include soprano Tamara Wilson.
Marin Alsop returns to the Proms stage to conduct Verdi’s magnificent Requiem, with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Proms Youth Choir. The evening’s soloists include soprano Tamara Wilson.
Join in the Last Night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park with Michael Ball
In Wales, Proms in the Park promises to be an evening of spectacular music and celebration, led by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales.
As the 2016 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms season draws to a close, join us for an edition of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s The Choir, featuring a celebration of the centenary of Parry’s Jerusalem, with Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Tenor Juan Diego Flórez brings music by Verdi, Donizetti and Rossini to the Last Night. Also on the programme: Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, Butterworth’s On the Banks of Green Willow and Britten’s Matinées musicales. Sakari Oramo conducts.
Tenor Juan Diego Flórez brings music by Verdi, Donizetti and Rossini to the Last Night. Also on the programme: Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, Butterworth’s On the Banks of Green Willow and Britten’s Matinées musicales. Sakari Oramo conducts.
Join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stephen Bell for a night of fabulous music on the banks of the River Clyde.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms in the Park returns to the Titanic Slipways in Belfast, giving local audiences the opportunity to join in the music-making spectacular that is the Last Night of the Proms.