An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Martin Handley.
Filled with frogs, locusts, hailstones and rivers of blood, Israel in Egypt is one of Handel’s most dramatic oratorios, demanding greater virtuosity than ever before. William Christie conducts the Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment.
Filled with frogs, locusts, hailstones and rivers of blood, Israel in Egypt is one of Handel’s most dramatic oratorios, demanding greater virtuosity than ever before. William Christie conducts the Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment.
The third in our series of talks looking at mood and emotion. Seán Williams and Rachel Hewitt explore the ideas of the German writer Friedrich Schiller whose essay On Naïve And Sentimental Poetry lies behind John Adams’ music in tonight’s Prom.
Moving from the glowing, multi-layered textures of John Adams to Ravel’s sensuous exoticism and Stravinsky’s intricate neo-Classical counterpoint, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra showcase 20th- and 21st-century orchestral classics.
Moving from the glowing, multi-layered textures of John Adams to Ravel’s sensuous exoticism and Stravinsky’s intricate neo-Classical counterpoint, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra showcase 20th- and 21st-century orchestral classics.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Bach’s austere and beautiful Lutheran cantatas stand in contrast to the lively rhythms and rich textures of Schütz’s music.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Bach’s austere and beautiful Lutheran cantatas stand in contrast to the lively rhythms and rich textures of Schütz’s music.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Session with James Morrison open to young musicians.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom.
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonic Bremen returns to the Proms for the first time since 2010, performing Brahms’s sunny Second Symphony under Paavo Järvi. Vilde Frang and Lawrence Power join them as soloists for Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante.
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonic Bremen returns to the Proms for the first time since 2010, performing Brahms’s sunny Second Symphony under Paavo Järvi. Vilde Frang and Lawrence Power join them as soloists for Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante.
Join Ken Burton to sing standards associated with Ella Fitzgerald. Suitable for ages 16-plus.
Singer and broadcaster Claire Martin talks to presenter Kevin LeGendre about the life and music of Ella Fitzgerald.
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.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with the NYO 's Young Promoters.
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.
Perform onstage at the Royal Albert Hall and create music inspired by highlights of this year’s Proms season. Led by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra’s Sarah Freestone. Suitable for all the family (ages 7-plus).
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Rosamund Bartlett.
Shot through with folk melodies, Mussorgsky’s ‘national music drama’ Khovanshchina weaves a richly coloured operatic tapestry in which Russia herself is the heroine. Semyon Bychkov conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO and an exciting cast, including Elena Maximova.
Shot through with folk melodies, Mussorgsky’s ‘national music drama’ Khovanshchina weaves a richly coloured operatic tapestry in which Russia herself is the heroine. Semyon Bychkov conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO and an exciting cast, including Elena Maximova.
The 23-year-old cellist Edgar Moreau is a rising star of Baroque music. Here he joins Il Pomo d’Oro for a programme that ranges from the fretful melancholy of a Vivaldi Cello Concerto to the poise of Boccherini and the irrepressible joy of Platti.
The 23-year-old cellist Edgar Moreau is a rising star of Baroque music. Here he joins Il Pomo d’Oro for a programme that ranges from the fretful melancholy of a Vivaldi Cello Concerto to the poise of Boccherini and the irrepressible joy of Platti.
Irving Finkel of the British Museum talks about the Babylonian history behind Belshazzar’s Feast and the stories he has deciphered from cuneiform tablets.
Gods, demons and mortals do battle in a concert full of musical legends and fairy tales. Hear Prokofiev’s revolution-inspired cantata Seven, They Are Seven for the first time at the Proms, alongside Walton’s choral spectacular Belshazzar’s Feast.
Gods, demons and mortals do battle in a concert full of musical legends and fairy tales. Hear Prokofiev’s revolution-inspired cantata Seven, They Are Seven for the first time at the Proms, alongside Walton’s choral spectacular Belshazzar’s Feast.
Peter Stanford and Sarah Lenton discuss the devil in music.
Part opera, part cantata, Berlioz’s ‘dramatic legend’ is an epic retelling of the Faust story that captures the extremes of man’s ambition and folly. Tenor Michael Spyres returns to the Proms in the title-role, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Part opera, part cantata, Berlioz’s ‘dramatic legend’ is an epic retelling of the Faust story that captures the extremes of man’s ambition and folly. Tenor Michael Spyres returns to the Proms in the title-role, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Readings by acclaimed actor Christopher Eccleston reflecting the heroism of the British volunteers of The International Brigades during The Spanish Civil War relating to Britten’s impassioned choral piece ‘Ballad of Heroes’.
Four centuries of British musical history are packed into a Prom that stretches from the 17th century to a world premiere. At the heart of the concert are Elgar’s beloved ‘Enigma’ 'Variations and Britten’s powerful, politically charged Ballad of Heroes.
Four centuries of British musical history are packed into a Prom that stretches from the 17th century to a world premiere. At the heart of the concert are Elgar’s beloved ‘Enigma’ 'Variations and Britten’s powerful, politically charged Ballad of Heroes.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Erik Levi and Laura Tunbridge.
Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Proms debut, while cellist Alban Gerhardt steps into the spotlight for Schumann’s thoughtful Cello Concerto. The concert climaxes in the sprawling beauty of Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler.
Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Proms debut, while cellist Alban Gerhardt steps into the spotlight for Schumann’s thoughtful Cello Concerto. The concert climaxes in the sprawling beauty of Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler.
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.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Edward Seckerson.
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.
Create music inspired by Oklahoma! onstage at the Royal Albert Hall with conductor Tim Steiner and professional musicians. Suitable for all the family (ages 7-plus).
The Proms heads to Southwark Cathedral for a concert of sacred music. Palestrina’s radiant Mass glows with joy, while Judith Weir’s In the Land of Uz takes inspiration from the story of Job. David Hill conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and the Nash Ensemble.
The Proms heads to Southwark Cathedral for a concert of sacred music. Palestrina’s radiant Mass glows with joy, while Judith Weir’s In the Land of Uz takes inspiration from the story of Job. David Hill conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and the Nash Ensemble.
The second in our series of musical explorations with pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris.
How do you solve a problem like an unfinished symphony? The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO and Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard offer answers in a programme that pairs Schubert’s Eighth Symphony with Mahler’s 10th, performed here in the performing version by Deryck Cooke.
How do you solve a problem like an unfinished symphony? The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO and Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard offer answers in a programme that pairs Schubert’s Eighth Symphony with Mahler’s 10th, performed here in the performing version by Deryck Cooke.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with David Nice.
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.
The Latvian Radio Choir performs a work hailed as ‘the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church’. Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers) is also one of the loveliest works of any faith – a profoundly moving statement of belief.
The Latvian Radio Choir performs a work hailed as ‘the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church’. Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers) is also one of the loveliest works of any faith – a profoundly moving statement of belief.
A day of workshops and networking for young composers aged 12 to 18, with professional composers Fraser Trainer, Michael Price and Juice vocal ensemble.
Born in the shadow of one of Russia’s darkest hours, Shostakovich carried the ghosts of the revolution with him. They are given voice in a Prom that brings together solo-piano Preludes and Fugues with choral settings of poems revolutionary poets.
Born in the shadow of one of Russia’s darkest hours, Shostakovich carried the ghosts of the revolution with him. They are given voice in a Prom that brings together solo-piano Preludes and Fugues with choral settings of poems revolutionary poets.
Aurora Orchestra performs the winning pieces of the 2017 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Inspire Competition
Mark-Anthony Turnage in conversation with Kate Molleson.
In a Prom of wide-ranging emotions Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, gives way to Ravel’s jazzy Piano Concerto. Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Hibiki is a sequence of threnodies offering solace after loss. Kazushi Ono conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO.
In a Prom of wide-ranging emotions Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, gives way to Ravel’s jazzy Piano Concerto. Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Hibiki is a sequence of threnodies offering solace after loss. Kazushi Ono conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO.
Ahead of tonight's premiere of Thomas Larcher's Insomnia, a discussion on the subject of sleep. With novelist AL Kennedy and sports sleep expert Nick Littlehales.
Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Schumann’s Third Symphony – the climax of a Prom also including Brahms’s Tragic Overture and Thomas Larcher’s Nocturne – Insomnia. Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist in Berg’s Violin Concerto.
Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Schumann’s Third Symphony – the climax of a Prom also including Brahms’s Tragic Overture and Thomas Larcher’s Nocturne – Insomnia. Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist in Berg’s Violin Concerto.
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.
Novelist Elif Åžafak and New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari with an introduction to the figure of the djinni (genie) in Arabic mythology, ahead of tonight's performance of Franck's Les Djinns.
François Xavier-Roth and Les Siècles present a programme inspired by the East, from the fragrant Indian gardens of Delibes’s Lakmé to the sensual charge of a Bacchanal. Cédric Tiberghien is the soloist for Saint-Saëns’s ‘Egyptian’ Piano Concerto.
François Xavier-Roth and Les Siècles present a programme inspired by the East, from the fragrant Indian gardens of Delibes’s Lakmé to the sensual charge of a Bacchanal. Cédric Tiberghien is the soloist for Saint-Saëns’s ‘Egyptian’ Piano Concerto.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Richard Langham Smith and Clair Rowden.
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).
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’s Symphonie espagnole.
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’s 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.
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.
A special film screening from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ archive.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo are joined by soloists Elizabeth Watts and Elisabeth Kulman in addition to the combined forces of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus and The Bach Choir as they perform Mahler’s epic ‘Resurrection’ Symphony.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO and Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo are joined by soloists Elizabeth Watts and Elisabeth Kulman in addition to the combined forces of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus and The Bach Choir as they perform Mahler’s epic ‘Resurrection’ Symphony.
Join Simon Halsey in an exploration of Schoenberg’s seminal work. An experience of sight-reading is recommended. Open to ages 16-plus .
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Julian Johnson and Nicholas Baragwanath.
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.
Our Reformation Day celebrations begin with an organ recital by William Whitehead and Robert Quinney that has chorale preludes from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein at its heart. There are also premieres by Jonathan Dove, Cheryl-Frances Hoad and Daniel Saleeb.
Our Reformation Day celebrations begin with an organ recital by William Whitehead and Robert Quinney that has chorale preludes from Bach’s Orgelbüchlein at its heart. There are also premieres by Jonathan Dove, Cheryl-Frances Hoad and Daniel Saleeb.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and the City of London Sinfonia tell the Passion story as never before. Music from five centuries of Passion settings comes together, including works by Schütz, J. S. Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Arvo Pärt and Sir James MacMillan.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with the Revd Lucy Winkett.
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.
Rising German soprano Christiane Karg makes her Proms debut, joining pianist Malcolm Martineau for a musical voyage with a French accent. They visit Greece, Spain, France and the East in a recital of 20th-century songs by Ravel, Hahn and Poulenc.
Rising German soprano Christiane Karg makes her Proms debut, joining pianist Malcolm Martineau for a musical voyage with a French accent. They visit Greece, Spain, France and the East in a recital of 20th-century songs by Ravel, Hahn and Poulenc.
Composer Gerald Barry in conversation with Louise Fryer.
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.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Session with Chineke! open to young musicians aged 11 to 18.
Ahead of a performance of Elgar's Third Symphony completed by Anthony Payne, a talk on unfinished works with author Meg Rosoff, art historian Karen Serres and poet and presenter Ian McMillan.
This year’s Elgar cycle concludes with the originally unfinished Third Symphony. The concert also features the vivid, descriptive miniatures of Sibelius’s Scènes historiques and Saint-Saëns’s brilliantly youthful Second Piano Concerto.
This year’s Elgar cycle concludes with the originally unfinished Third Symphony. The concert also features the vivid, descriptive miniatures of Sibelius’s Scènes historiques and Saint-Saëns’s brilliantly youthful Second Piano Concerto.
Sarah Dillon introduces readings about arriving in the USA - from Francis Spufford's recreation of 18th century New York in Golden Hill, to Kafka's first impressions of the States - she'll explore the wonder and excitement of encountering the New World.
Presenter Gerard McBurney takes you ‘Beyond the Score®’ in a multimedia concert that explores the history of Dvořák’s enduringly popular ‘New World’ Symphony. Afterwards, Sir Mark Elder and the Halle give a complete performance of the work.
Presenter Gerard McBurney takes you ‘Beyond the Score®’ in a multimedia concert that explores the history of Dvořák’s enduringly popular ‘New World’ Symphony. Afterwards, Sir Mark Elder and the Halle give a complete performance of the work.
An introduction to the music of Charles Mingus with Geoffrey Smith, Catherine Tackley and Georgia Mann.
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.
As the Proms welcomes the Orchestra of La Scala, tonight's talk with Natalie Haynes focuses on Ancient Rome.
The Filarmonica della Scala (La Scala Philharmonic, Milan), makes its Proms debut under Music Director Riccardo Chailly, with two of Respighi’s Rome-inspired tone-poems. The concert opens with Brahms’s joyous Violin Concerto.
The Filarmonica della Scala (La Scala Philharmonic, Milan), makes its Proms debut under Music Director Riccardo Chailly, with two of Respighi’s Rome-inspired tone-poems. The concert opens with Brahms’s joyous Violin Concerto.
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.
The Proms returns to a Peckham car park to join Christopher Stark and The Multi-Story Orchestra for a concert rooted in the sounds and communities of the city. The music includes John Adams’s glittering Harmonielehre and Kate Whitley's I am I say.
The Proms returns to a Peckham car park to join Christopher Stark and The Multi-Story Orchestra for a concert rooted in the sounds and communities of the city. The music includes John Adams’s glittering Harmonielehre and Kate Whitley's I am I say.
The Proms returns to a Peckham car park to join Christopher Stark and The Multi-Story Orchestra for a concert rooted in the sounds and communities of the city. The music includes John Adams’s glittering Harmonielehre and Kate Whitley's I am I say.
The Proms returns to a Peckham car park to join Christopher Stark and The Multi-Story Orchestra for a concert rooted in the sounds and communities of the city. The music includes John Adams’s glittering Harmonielehre and Kate Whitley's I am I say.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Jan Smaczny, Gavin Plumley and Louise Fryer.
Rising star conductor Jakub Hrůša presents an all-Czech concert with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Smetana’s evocative tone-poem Ma vlast sits alongside Martinů’s Field Mass and Suk’s Prague. This is music of protest, anger and national pride.
Rising star conductor Jakub Hrůša presents an all-Czech concert with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Smetana’s evocative tone-poem Ma vlast sits alongside Martinů’s Field Mass and Suk’s Prague. This is music of protest, anger and national pride.
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)
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.
Ahead of tonight's performance of Copland's Lincoln Portrait, Professor Kathleen Burk and New Generation Thinker Joanna Cohen discuss Abraham Lincoln.
This Proms debut performance by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opens with Bernstein’s On The Waterfront. Copland’s Lincoln Portrait pays homage to one of the nation’s heroes, while Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 offers a statement of nationalism.
This Proms debut performance by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opens with Bernstein’s On The Waterfront. Copland’s Lincoln Portrait pays homage to one of the nation’s heroes, while Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 offers a statement of nationalism.
Join Mary King and members of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers to rehearse excerpts from Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential. Suitable for ages 16-plus.
Award-winning pianist and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Pavel Kolesnikov performs an all-Chopin recital including the brooding Fantasy in F minor, the mercurial Scherzo in E major and the much-loved Waltz Op. 69 No 1 in A flat major.
Award-winning pianist and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Pavel Kolesnikov performs an all-Chopin recital including the brooding Fantasy in F minor, the mercurial Scherzo in E major and the much-loved Waltz Op. 69 No 1 in A flat major.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Timothy Jones and Nicholas Till.
Love and ambition collide in Mozart’s politically charged opera La clemenza di Tito, among the finest of Mozart’s mature works. Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote (Vitellia) leads an all-star Glyndebourne cast under Music Director Robin Ticciati.
Love and ambition collide in Mozart’s politically charged opera La clemenza di Tito, among the finest of Mozart’s mature works. Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote (Vitellia) leads an all-star Glyndebourne cast under Music Director Robin Ticciati.
A historical introduction to tonight's Prom and the figure of Lenin with historians Helen Rappaport and Victor Sebestyen.
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme, featuring Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite, Rachmaninov’s Fourth Piano Concerto with Leif Ove Andsnes as soloist and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 12.
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in an all-Russian programme, featuring Stravinsky’s The Firebird suite, Rachmaninov’s Fourth Piano Concerto with Leif Ove Andsnes as soloist and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 12.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Daniel Grimley.
Renée Fleming joins regular collaborators Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for music by Barber and Strauss. The orchestra also performs Nielsen’s Second Symphony and Andrea Tarrodi’s musical ‘walking tour’ Liguria.
Renée Fleming joins regular collaborators Sakari Oramo and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra for music by Barber and Strauss. The orchestra also performs Nielsen’s Second Symphony and Andrea Tarrodi’s musical ‘walking tour’ Liguria.
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.
A literary introduction to Lord Byron's Manfred with novelist Benjamin Markovits and Dr Anna Camilleri.
Semyon Bychkov conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO in an all-Russian Prom that climaxes with Tchaikovsky’s Manfred. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist for Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 1, whose beauty is a natural companion to Taneyev’s brooding Oresteia overture.
Semyon Bychkov conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO in an all-Russian Prom that climaxes with Tchaikovsky’s Manfred. Kirill Gerstein is the soloist for Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 1, whose beauty is a natural companion to Taneyev’s brooding Oresteia overture.
Shahidha Bari is joined by novelist Richard T Kelly and actor Tim McInnerny to introduce a series of readings from well and lesser known unfinished works, a theme of this year’s ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms.
Amsterdam’s mighty Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra returns to the Proms for the first time in almost a decade, under Chief Conductor Daniele Gatti. They pair Bruckner Ninth Symphony with Wolfgang Rihm’s In-Schrift.
Amsterdam’s mighty Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra returns to the Proms for the first time in almost a decade, under Chief Conductor Daniele Gatti. They pair Bruckner Ninth Symphony with Wolfgang Rihm’s In-Schrift.
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.