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.
The world’s oldest surviving music hall provides an atmospheric backdrop for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies’s Eight Songs for A Mad King. Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with Marcus Farnsworth as soloist.
The world’s oldest surviving music hall provides an atmospheric backdrop for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies’s Eight Songs for A Mad King. Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with Marcus Farnsworth as soloist.
An interview with Booker Prize-winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst about his forthcoming novel, The Sparsholt Affair.
The world’s oldest surviving music hall provides an atmospheric backdrop for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies’s Eight Songs for A Mad King. Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with Marcus Farnsworth as soloist.
The world’s oldest surviving music hall provides an atmospheric backdrop for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies’s Eight Songs for A Mad King. Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with Marcus Farnsworth as soloist.
For their second concert, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti pair two of the repertoire’s sunniest symphonies: Mahler’s song-filled Fourth and Haydn’s ebullient No. 82, nicknamed ‘The Bear’.
For their second concert, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti pair two of the repertoire’s sunniest symphonies: Mahler’s song-filled Fourth and Haydn’s ebullient No. 82, nicknamed ‘The Bear’.
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).
Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra bring authentic colour to some of Mendelssohn’s best-loved works, including the overture The Hebrides and the Fifth Symphony. Isabelle Faust is the soloist for the lyrical Violin Concerto.
Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra bring authentic colour to some of Mendelssohn’s best-loved works, including the overture The Hebrides and the Fifth Symphony. Isabelle Faust is the soloist for the lyrical Violin Concerto.
Tom Service presents a revolutionary-themed edition of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s The Listening Service.
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution with performances of Prokofiev’s extravagant October Revolution cantata and Shostakovich’s darkly evocative Fifth Symphony.
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus mark the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution with performances of Prokofiev’s extravagant October Revolution cantata and Shostakovich’s darkly evocative Fifth Symphony.
Former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias String Quartet are joined by cellist Alice Neary for Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, a work of sublime loveliness, composed just months before his tragically early death.
Former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Elias String Quartet are joined by cellist Alice Neary for Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, a work of sublime loveliness, composed just months before his tragically early death.
The final talk in our series with pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris, exploring a particular musical theme connected with the following Prom.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck perform Mahler’s First Symphony, a work charged with all the narrative energy of a tone-poem, and John Adams’s joyous Lollapalooza. Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in Dvořák’s Violin Concerto.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck perform Mahler’s First Symphony, a work charged with all the narrative energy of a tone-poem, and John Adams’s joyous Lollapalooza. Anne-Sophie Mutter is the soloist in Dvořák’s Violin Concerto.
Missy Mazzoli in conversation with Andrew McGregor.
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.
A look back over the 2017 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms season with David Pickard and Craig Hassall.
The LPO marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution with Prokofiev’s ‘Mendelssohnian’ First Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11. Stravinsky’s Funeral Song, lost for over a century and rediscovered in 2015, opens the concert.
The LPO marks the centenary of the Russian Revolution with Prokofiev’s ‘Mendelssohnian’ First Violin Concerto and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11. Stravinsky’s Funeral Song, lost for over a century and rediscovered in 2015, opens the concert.
Join ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 presenter Sara Mohr-Pietsch and the London Contemporary Orchestra for a specially curated Prom in the industrial surroundings of The Tanks at Tate Modern.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2017 Poetry Competition winners are announced by the judges TS Eliot prize-winning poet Jacob Polley, director of the Poetry Society Judith Palmer and poet and presenter Ian McMillan. The winning poems will be read by Imogen Stubbs.
Daniel Harding conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in this most powerful of Romantic symphonies, Mahler’s Sixth, dark with musical storm clouds, which builds gradually to a shattering climax.
Daniel Harding conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in this most powerful of Romantic symphonies, Mahler’s Sixth, dark with musical storm clouds, which builds gradually to a shattering climax.
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.
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Gavin Plumley and David Wyn Jones.
Pianist Emanuel Ax joins the Vienna Philharmonic for its second Prom this season, under Michael Tilson Thomas. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony sits alongside Brahms’s ‘Haydn’ Variations and the quasi-operatic lyricism of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 14.
Pianist Emanuel Ax joins the Vienna Philharmonic for its second Prom this season, under Michael Tilson Thomas. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony sits alongside Brahms’s ‘Haydn’ Variations and the quasi-operatic lyricism of Mozart’s 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra under the baton of Richard Balcombe, and special guest Sir Bryn Terfel, headlined by Sir Ray Davies.
A special edition of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3's The Choir, presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales will be performing an array of well-known film and TV favourites, along with some classical pieces and traditional Welsh songs. Special guests will be announced shortly.
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.
We are delighted that this year’s ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Northern Ireland’s Proms in the Park will be happening in the magnificent grounds of Castle Coole in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh on 9 September, 2017.
Join the world renowned ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland’s Proms in the Park, a fantastic celebration of music of all kinds.