A special Proms event showcasing the Royal Albert Hall as it has never been seen before!
A special Proms event showcasing the Royal Albert Hall as it has never been seen before!
A live Proms edition of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3's In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty.
An all-British concert launches the 2018 season. Vaughan Williams atmospheric Whitman settings and Holst’s ever-popular 1918 suite The Planets sit alongside a new collaboration by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions.
An all-British concert launches the 2018 season. Vaughan Williams atmospheric Whitman settings and Holst’s ever-popular 1918 suite The Planets sit alongside a new collaboration by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions.
Tim Whitmarsh and Judith Mackrell discuss Longus, author of Daphnis and Chloe, and the premiere production of Ravel's ballet given by the Ballet Russes in 1912.
Ravel’s sensuous mythological ballet Daphnis and Chloe meets the courtly beauty of Fauré’s Pavane in this concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Rising Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi is the soloist in Mozart’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 27.
Ravel’s sensuous mythological ballet Daphnis and Chloe meets the courtly beauty of Fauré’s Pavane in this concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Rising Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi is the soloist in Mozart’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 27.
Ahead of tonight’s ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Musician anniversary celebration, a special screening of a new film marking 40 years of the competition.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Musician celebrates its 40th birthday with a concert featuring illustrious past winners and finalists, including Nicola Benedetti, Freddy Kempf and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, as well as this year’s winner. With music by Ravel and Saint-Saëns.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Musician celebrates its 40th birthday with a concert featuring illustrious past winners and finalists, including Nicola Benedetti, Freddy Kempf and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, as well as this year’s winner. With music by Ravel and Saint-Saëns.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Artists the Calidore String Quartet makes their Proms debut with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. They are joined by Spanish pianist Javier Perianes for Schumann’s richly Romantic Piano Quintet in E flat major.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Artists the Calidore String Quartet makes their Proms debut with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. They are joined by Spanish pianist Javier Perianes for Schumann’s richly Romantic Piano Quintet in E flat major.
An introduction to Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad' Symphony with musicologists Anastasia Belina and David Nice. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Juanjo Mena conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s barnstorming ‘Leningrad’ Symphony – a powerful tribute to the Soviet victims of WWII. Clarinettist Mark Simpson is the soloist in Magnus Lindberg’s ferociously virtuosic Clarinet Concerto.
Juanjo Mena conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s barnstorming ‘Leningrad’ Symphony – a powerful tribute to the Soviet victims of WWII. Clarinettist Mark Simpson is the soloist in Magnus Lindberg’s ferociously virtuosic Clarinet Concerto.
Musicologist Richard Langham Smith and specialist in 19th century French music and poetry Helen Abbott introduce Debussy's only completed opera.
Launching our Debussy centenary celebrations, Glyndebourne brings the composer’s luminous Symbolist opera ±Ê±ð±ô±ôé²¹²õ et Melisande – a tale of desire, jealousy and revenge – to the Proms.
Launching our Debussy centenary celebrations, Glyndebourne brings the composer’s luminous Symbolist opera ±Ê±ð±ô±ôé²¹²õ et Melisande – a tale of desire, jealousy and revenge – to the Proms.
In the centenary year of Leonard Bernstein's birth, the first in a series of talks exploring his life and work. Nigel Simeone, editor of 'The Leonard Bernstein Letters', discusses Bernstein as a champion of contemporary music.
Gershwin’s irrepressibly jazzy An American in Paris and Messiaen’s by turns hypnotic and orgiastic Turangalîla Symphony come together in this musical celebration of Paris. Pianist Angela Hewitt and ondes martenot player Cynthia Millar join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO.
Gershwin’s irrepressibly jazzy An American in Paris and Messiaen’s by turns hypnotic and orgiastic Turangalîla Symphony come together in this musical celebration of Paris. Pianist Angela Hewitt and ondes martenot player Cynthia Millar join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO.
Musicians from the Metropole Orkest talk about the life and work of the orchestra.
23-year-old vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and arranger Jacob Collier is already a multi-Grammy Award-winner. Here he teams up with Jules Buckley, the Metropole Orkest and special guests Sam Amidon and Take 6 for a special Proms performance.
Rhian Davies, Artistic Director of the Gregynog Festival, and composer Steph Power discuss the life and music of Morfydd Owen.
Mendelssohn’s precocious First Piano Concerto joins Schumann’s forward-looking Fourth Symphony and music by Lili Boulanger and Morfydd Owen – both of whom died tragically young – in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales’s first Prom of the season.
Mendelssohn’s precocious First Piano Concerto joins Schumann’s forward-looking Fourth Symphony and music by Lili Boulanger and Morfydd Owen – both of whom died tragically young – in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales’s first Prom of the season.
The London Sinfonietta celebrate their 50th anniversary with a concert of 20th-century classics, including Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question and Stravinsky’s elegant Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and WWI-themed world premieres.
The London Sinfonietta celebrate their 50th anniversary with a concert of 20th-century classics, including Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question and Stravinsky’s elegant Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and WWI-themed world premieres.
An exploration of the narrative voice with Sarah Dillon and Richard Beard.
In this WWI centenary year, Georg Solti’s World Orchestra for Peace returns under Donald Runnicles with Beethoven’s Ninth – an iconic statement of brotherhood and fellowship – Britten’s haunting Sinfonia da Requiem, and a new work by Ēriks Ešenvalds.
In this WWI centenary year, Georg Solti’s World Orchestra for Peace returns under Donald Runnicles with Beethoven’s Ninth – an iconic statement of brotherhood and fellowship – Britten’s haunting Sinfonia da Requiem, and a new work by Ēriks Ešenvalds.
Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna makes her Proms debut with a programme of French 19th- and 20th-century organ music, including Widor’s thrilling Organ Symphony with its virtuoso Toccata, and works by Fauré, Franck and Thierry Escaich.
Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna makes her Proms debut with a programme of French 19th- and 20th-century organ music, including Widor’s thrilling Organ Symphony with its virtuoso Toccata, and works by Fauré, Franck and Thierry Escaich.
A special Proms edition of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s 'The Listening Service'. Tom Service investigates the grip of the Faust legend over the imaginations of composers and musicians ever since the early 19th century.
Mahler described his Eighth Symphony as “… the biggest thing I have ever done', and no fewer than five choirs join Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW to bring his mighty musical vision to life. The soloists include Tamara Wilson and Christine Rice.
Mahler described his Eighth Symphony as “… the biggest thing I have ever done', and no fewer than five choirs join Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW to bring his mighty musical vision to life. The soloists include Tamara Wilson and Christine Rice.
An all-French programme from harpsichord maverick Jean Rondeau pairs music by giants of the French Baroque and a world premiere by genre-crossing French composer Eve Risser, whose music draws on jazz and improvisation.
An all-French programme from harpsichord maverick Jean Rondeau pairs music by giants of the French Baroque and a world premiere by genre-crossing French composer Eve Risser, whose music draws on jazz and improvisation.
Composer Andrew Norman introduces his new work 'Spiral' ahead of its UK premiere tonight, and talks to Louise Fryer about his inspiration and ideas.
Karina Canellakis directs the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in two Russian classics: Rachmaninov’s exhilarating Symphonic Dances and Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, with Alisa Weilerstein as soloist. Beethoven’s spirited overture Coriolan opens the concert.
Karina Canellakis directs the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in two Russian classics: Rachmaninov’s exhilarating Symphonic Dances and Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, with Alisa Weilerstein as soloist. Beethoven’s spirited overture Coriolan opens the concert.
The London Contemporary Orchestra leads a late-night tribute to the legacy of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop – pioneers of experimental electronic music – which includes Daphne Oram’s groundbreaking Still Point and music by RW stalwart Delia Derbyshire.
The London Contemporary Orchestra leads a late-night tribute to the legacy of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop – pioneers of experimental electronic music – which includes Daphne Oram’s groundbreaking Still Point and music by RW stalwart Delia Derbyshire.
Lauren Elkin and Seán Williams talk about the inspiration that a wandering life brought to composers and writers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
A concert of defiantly brilliant, genre-bending works pairs Sibelius’s enigmatic Seventh Symphony with Bern Alois Zimmermann’s Symphony in One Movement. Soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Louis Lortie join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic for music by Schubert.
A concert of defiantly brilliant, genre-bending works pairs Sibelius’s enigmatic Seventh Symphony with Bern Alois Zimmermann’s Symphony in One Movement. Soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Louis Lortie join the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic for music by Schubert.
Composer Tansy Davies introduces her new work 'What Did We See?' and talks about her ideas and inspiration.
A concert of darkness and light opens with the world premiere of Tansy Davies’s 9/11-inspired What Did We See? and closes with Brahms’s sunny Second Symphony. Paul Lewis joins Ben Gernon and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic for Beethoven’s 'Emperor' Concerto.
A concert of darkness and light opens with the world premiere of Tansy Davies’s 9/11-inspired What Did We See? and closes with Brahms’s sunny Second Symphony. Paul Lewis joins Ben Gernon and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic for Beethoven’s 'Emperor' Concerto.
An exploration of the relationships between birds and humans, with prize-winning authors Tim Birkhead and Helen Macdonald. Hosted by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Lucy Powell.
Mark Elder conducts the ±á²¹±ô±ôé in Stravinsky's colourful symphonic poem The Song of the Nightingale and the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird. Wagner's Tannhäuser overture opens the Prom, which also features Debussy’s sensual cantata La damoiselle élue.
Mark Elder conducts the ±á²¹±ô±ôé in Stravinsky's colourful symphonic poem The Song of the Nightingale and the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird. Wagner's Tannhäuser overture opens the Prom, which also features Debussy’s sensual cantata La damoiselle élue.
Writer Melissa Harrison and archaeologist Francis Pryor contemplate contemporary British landscapes and the challenges of rural life today.
Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Pastoral Symphony sit alongside music by Holst and Parry’s stirring Fifth Symphony in this centenary celebration of Hubert Parry – father of 20th-century English music. Martyn Brabbins conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW.
Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Pastoral Symphony sit alongside music by Holst and Parry’s stirring Fifth Symphony in this centenary celebration of Hubert Parry – father of 20th-century English music. Martyn Brabbins conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW.
Shahidha Bari introduces a series of the best comic readings from literature to tie in with Beethoven’s penchant for ‘musical jokes’.
Teodor Currentzis and his period-instrument ensemble MusicAeterna are ripping up the classical rulebook with thrilling, award-winning results. Their all-Beethoven programme pairs the vivacious Second Symphony with the highly charged Fifth.
Teodor Currentzis and his period-instrument ensemble MusicAeterna are ripping up the classical rulebook with thrilling, award-winning results. Their all-Beethoven programme pairs the vivacious Second Symphony with the highly charged Fifth.
Bring all the family along to sing Kerry Andrew’s Ten Pieces song 'No Place Like'. No experience of singing required.
Discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces in the annual Ten Pieces Proms. CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Naomi Wilkinson presents a thrilling musical adventure for all the family, featuring music by Elgar, Dvořák, Copland and more.
Discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces in the annual Ten Pieces Proms. CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Naomi Wilkinson presents a thrilling musical adventure for all the family, featuring music by Elgar, Dvořák, Copland and more.
A chance for children to pose questions to leading musicians from across the Proms season and to find out more about what it takes to make it in music!
Discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces in the annual Ten Pieces Proms. CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Naomi Wilkinson presents a thrilling musical adventure for all the family, featuring music by Elgar, Dvořák, Copland and more.
Discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces in the annual Ten Pieces Proms. CÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Naomi Wilkinson presents a thrilling musical adventure for all the family, featuring music by Elgar, Dvořák, Copland and more.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Session with MiloÅ¡ Karadaglić open to young musicians aged 14-25.
Traditional Arabic music meets jazz and folk in this kaleidoscopic celebration of the evocative voice of the oud – the ancient Middle-Eastern lute. Oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros makes his Proms debut combining traditional works with a world premiere.
Traditional Arabic music meets jazz and folk in this kaleidoscopic celebration of the evocative voice of the oud – the ancient Middle-Eastern lute. Oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros makes his Proms debut combining traditional works with a world premiere.
Abbie Garrington and Dan Richards discuss the appeal of the mountains and how wild landscapes have inspired creativity.
Ilan Volkov and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish SO lead a dramatic journey through the Bavarian mountains in Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony. There’s sonic spectacle and sensation from Mozart and Georg Friedrich Haas in works that manipulate both texture and space.
Ilan Volkov and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish SO lead a dramatic journey through the Bavarian mountains in Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony. There’s sonic spectacle and sensation from Mozart and Georg Friedrich Haas in works that manipulate both texture and space.
Novelists John Lanchester and Diana Evans discuss depicting contemporary London in their fiction.
Symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams offer two contrasting musical portraits of London. Boisterous urban energy pulses through Haydn’s final Symphony, No. 104, while Vaughan Williams shows us the city in more contemplative mood.
Symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams offer two contrasting musical portraits of London. Boisterous urban energy pulses through Haydn’s final Symphony, No. 104, while Vaughan Williams shows us the city in more contemplative mood.
Leading reggae and dancehall producer Mister Savona brings together some of Cuba and Jamaica’s most influential musicians for a concert combing the sounds of roots reggae, dub and dancehall with son, salsa and Afro-Cuban to create a new musical fusion.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Session with British folk group The Unthanks open to young musicians aged 14-21.
Ahead of tonight’s performance of Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Sir John Tusa and Marina Frolova-Walker discuss the cultural repercussions started by the upheaval across the Iron Curtain 50 years ago.
Strauss’s virtuosic, vividly autobiographical tone-poem puts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW and conductor Otto Tausk in the spotlight. They are joined by cellist Daniel Müller-Schott for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. A Prelude from Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers opens the concert.
Strauss’s virtuosic, vividly autobiographical tone-poem puts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW and conductor Otto Tausk in the spotlight. They are joined by cellist Daniel Müller-Schott for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. A Prelude from Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers opens the concert.
Composer Joby Talbot discusses his new guitar concerto which is receiving its world premiere this evening and is joined by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to look at the relationship between music and dance,
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Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić is the soloist in a new concerto by Joby Talbot, whose dancing rhythms take inspiration from Karadaglić’s Balkan heritage. The dance continues with Act I of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet The Nutcracker.
Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić is the soloist in a new concerto by Joby Talbot, whose dancing rhythms take inspiration from Karadaglić’s Balkan heritage. The dance continues with Act I of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet The Nutcracker.
Two great queens – Cleopatra and Dido – are the inspiration for this concert by Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska and period ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. Operatic arias by Handel and Cavalli are framed by instrumental works from the period.
Two great queens – Cleopatra and Dido – are the inspiration for this concert by Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska and period ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. Operatic arias by Handel and Cavalli are framed by instrumental works from the period.
Join us for a rousing session of folk songs from across Britain and Ireland. No experience of singing is required.
Poets Gillian Clarke and Peter Mackay discuss the folk tales of Britain and Ireland.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra collaborates with some of the folk world’s leading musicians, including Julie Fowlis, The Unthanks and Sam Lee, in a concert that celebrates traditional music while also looking to the future of this ever-evolving genre.
A staged performance of Stravinsky’s First World War music theatre piece The Soldier’s Tale. William Conway conducts the Hebrides Ensemble in this tale of a young man who sells his soul to the Devil.
A staged performance of Stravinsky’s First World War music theatre piece The Soldier’s Tale. William Conway conducts the Hebrides Ensemble in this tale of a young man who sells his soul to the Devil.
Join musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at this unique and friendly event for teenagers hosted by the NYO’s Young Promoters – a great chance to find out about the music in this evening’s Prom.
A staged performance of Stravinsky’s First World War music theatre piece The Soldier’s Tale. William Conway conducts the Hebrides Ensemble in this tale of a young man who sells his soul to the Devil.
A staged performance of Stravinsky’s First World War music theatre piece The Soldier’s Tale. William Conway conducts the Hebrides Ensemble in this tale of a young man who sells his soul to the Devil.
George Benjamin and the National Youth Orchestra in a concert of orchestral masterworks that includes Debussy’s La Mer and Ligeti’s mesmerising Lontano. Pianist Tamara Stefanovich is the soloist in Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand.
George Benjamin and the National Youth Orchestra in a concert of orchestral masterworks that includes Debussy’s La Mer and Ligeti’s mesmerising Lontano. Pianist Tamara Stefanovich is the soloist in Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand.
Join professional musicians to create your own music inspired by this afternoon's Prom.
Over two concerts in one day, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra present Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos alongside six newly commissioned companion works, to create a brand-new musical cycle, heard here in the UK for the first time.
Over two concerts in one day, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra present Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos alongside six newly commissioned companion works, to create a brand-new musical cycle, heard here in the UK for the first time.
Poets Sandeep Parmar and Sean O’Brien talk to Catherine Fletcher about contemporary re-workings of classical stories and what it means to take on part of the canon – as the Prom concert creates a new way to hear Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos.
In the second of two concerts, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are joined by soloists to complete their new musical cycle pairing Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos with newly composed companion pieces.
In the second of two concerts, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are joined by soloists to complete their new musical cycle pairing Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos with newly composed companion pieces.
Lullabies, dreams and sleep are themes that drift through this night-inspired concert of English song. Dame Sarah Connolly makes her Proms recital debut with music by Vaughan Williams and Howells as well as a world premiere by Benjamin Britten.
Lullabies, dreams and sleep are themes that drift through this night-inspired concert of English song. Dame Sarah Connolly makes her Proms recital debut with music by Vaughan Williams and Howells as well as a world premiere by Benjamin Britten.
An introduction to Ives' Symphony No. 2 with musicologist J.P.E. Harper Scott.
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A great American orchestra marks Leonard Bernstein’s 100th-anniversary year with a concert of 20th-century American classics including Bernstein’s exhilarating Candide overture and Ives’s lyrical Second Symphony.
A great American orchestra marks Leonard Bernstein’s 100th-anniversary year with a concert of 20th-century American classics including Bernstein’s exhilarating Candide overture and Ives’s lyrical Second Symphony.
Presenter Tom Service, Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra take their audience inside Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony – taking it apart to reveal its intricate construction, before putting it back together again in a complete performance from memory.
Presenter Tom Service, Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra take their audience inside Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony – taking it apart to reveal its intricate construction, before putting it back together again in a complete performance from memory.
The Revd Lucy Winkett and writer Katy Hamilton introduce Brahms' A German Requiem.
Richard Farnes conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and soloists Golda Schultz and Johan Reuter in Brahms’s much-loved Requiem. Marking Thea Musgrave’s 90th birthday, the performance opens with her dramatic Phoenix Rising.
Richard Farnes conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and soloists Golda Schultz and Johan Reuter in Brahms’s much-loved Requiem. Marking Thea Musgrave’s 90th birthday, the performance opens with her dramatic Phoenix Rising.
Film-maker and biographer Humphrey Burton explores Aaron Copland's influence on Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein, in conversation with musicologist Heather Wiebe.
This transatlantic programme from Juanjo Mena and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic pairs Britten’s evocative Sea Interludes and his exquisite orchestral song-cycle Les Illuminations with music by their American colleagues and contemporaries Copland and Barber.
This transatlantic programme from Juanjo Mena and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic pairs Britten’s evocative Sea Interludes and his exquisite orchestral song-cycle Les Illuminations with music by their American colleagues and contemporaries Copland and Barber.
Celebrating the music of a modern New York, the Heritage Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley present the sound of NYC. With guest artists drawn from across the Big Apple, expect anything from pagan-gospel and disco-punk to feminist rap or DIY indie.
Stephen Fry and John Deathridge introduce Wagner's 'Die Walküre'.
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra take a journey from the aphoristic brilliance of Webern through the bittersweet beauty of Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Symphony, to Wagner’s expansive music-drama Die Walküre.
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra take a journey from the aphoristic brilliance of Webern through the bittersweet beauty of Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Symphony, to Wagner’s expansive music-drama Die Walküre.
Chaos and doom as featured in the Old Testament are examined by Joe Moshenska and novelist Salley Vickers. They look at the “weeping prophet†Jeremiah ahead of tonight's Bernstein Symphony, which sets texts from the Book of Lamentations.
Bernstein’s emotive First Symphony is the work that put the young composer on the map. Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia here pair it with another symphonic debut – Mahler’s arresting, visionary First Symphony.
Bernstein’s emotive First Symphony is the work that put the young composer on the map. Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia here pair it with another symphonic debut – Mahler’s arresting, visionary First Symphony.
Join us to explore the songs and story of Bernstein's West Side Story. For ages 12-18. Booking required.
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Bernstein’s West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. This most popular of musicals updates the story of Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the action to the warring white American and Puerto Rican gangs of Manhattan.
Bernstein’s West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. This most popular of musicals updates the story of Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the action to the warring white American and Puerto Rican gangs of Manhattan.
Critic and broadcaster David Benedict and musicologist Sophie Redfern introduce Bernstein's West Side Story.
Bernstein’s West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. This most popular of musicals updates the story of Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the action to the warring white American and Puerto Rican gangs of Manhattan.
Bernstein’s West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. This most popular of musicals updates the story of Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the action to the warring white American and Puerto Rican gangs of Manhattan.
Historians Saul David and Laura Rowe talk about the causes and effects of the First World War and the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, ahead of a performance of the Lament written by Frank Bridge as a memorial.
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A concert from Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields includes Mendelssohn’s charming A Midsummer Night’s Dream overture and Beethoven’s graceful Fourth Symphony. Bell himself is the soloist in Saint-Saëns’s Third Violin Concerto.
A concert from Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields includes Mendelssohn’s charming A Midsummer Night’s Dream overture and Beethoven’s graceful Fourth Symphony. Bell himself is the soloist in Saint-Saëns’s Third Violin Concerto.
Musicologist Kate Kennedy introduces Vaughan Williams’s 1936 Cantata.
The conflict of war runs through this concert by Edward Gardner and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Vaughan Williams’s beautiful cantata Dona nobis pacem and Lili Boulanger’s Pour les funerailles d’un soldat frame Elgar’s elegiac Cello Concerto.
The conflict of war runs through this concert by Edward Gardner and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Vaughan Williams’s beautiful cantata Dona nobis pacem and Lili Boulanger’s Pour les funerailles d’un soldat frame Elgar’s elegiac Cello Concerto.
Award-winning British percussionist Colin Currie joins forces with dynamic contemporary music specialists, the JACK Quartet, for a programme of 20th- and 21st-century works, including world premieres by Simon Holt and Suzanne Farrin.
Award-winning British percussionist Colin Currie joins forces with dynamic contemporary music specialists, the JACK Quartet, for a programme of 20th- and 21st-century works, including world premieres by Simon Holt and Suzanne Farrin.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Leah Broad and musicologist Tim Howell introduce Sibelius's Fifth Symphony.
Georgian virtuoso Khatia Buniatishvili is the soloist in Grieg's ever-popular Piano Concerto, joining Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra for a Prom that also includes Sibelius's stirring Fifth Symphony and Arvo Pärt's Third Symphony.
Georgian virtuoso Khatia Buniatishvili is the soloist in Grieg's ever-popular Piano Concerto, joining Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra for a Prom that also includes Sibelius's stirring Fifth Symphony and Arvo Pärt's Third Symphony.
New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes and philosopher Mark Vernon compare figures from the past and present who have searched for a sense of transcendence and experienced ecstatic states, ahead of tonight's performance of Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy.
Daniel Barenboim and his West–Eastern Divan Orchestra return for a concert that includes Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with soloist Lisa Batiashvil Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy and the London premiere of David Robert Coleman’s Looking for Palestine.
Daniel Barenboim and his West–Eastern Divan Orchestra return for a concert that includes Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with soloist Lisa Batiashvil Scriabin’s The Poem of Ecstasy and the London premiere of David Robert Coleman’s Looking for Palestine.
French music specialists Caroline Rae and Caroline Potter introduce Lili Boulanger's Du fond de l'abime and talk about the composer's life and music.
This all-French programme from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra includes the Debussy’s languorously lovely Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Lili Boulanger’s powerful setting of Psalm 130, as well as Ravel’s µþ´Ç±ôé°ù´Ç.
This all-French programme from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra includes the Debussy’s languorously lovely Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune and Lili Boulanger’s powerful setting of Psalm 130, as well as Ravel’s µþ´Ç±ôé°ù´Ç.
Martin Handley explores the life of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with David Nice introducing his favourite recordings of the Orchestra with its founder, Ernest Ansermet.
Geneva’s Orchestre de la Suisse Romande celebrates its 100th anniversary with its Proms debut. Renaud Capuçon is the soloist in Ravel’s Second Violin Sonata. Stravinsky’s colourful ballet Petrushka and Debussy’s Jeux complete this colourful programme.
Geneva’s Orchestre de la Suisse Romande celebrates its 100th anniversary with its Proms debut. Renaud Capuçon is the soloist in Ravel’s Second Violin Sonata. Stravinsky’s colourful ballet Petrushka and Debussy’s Jeux complete this colourful programme.
Classical music gets a swing in its step in this all-American concert by the UK’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Gershwin’s intoxicating Rhapsody in Blue – an exhilarating mix of jazz rhythms and classical virtuosity.Classical music gets a swing in its step in this all-American concert by the UK’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Gershwin’s intoxicating Rhapsody in Blue – an exhilarating mix of jazz rhythms and classical virtuosity.
Classical music gets a swing in its step in this all-American concert by the UK’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Gershwin’s intoxicating Rhapsody in Blue – an exhilarating mix of jazz rhythms and classical virtuosity.Classical music gets a swing in its step in this all-American concert by the UK’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Gershwin’s intoxicating Rhapsody in Blue – an exhilarating mix of jazz rhythms and classical virtuosity.
Composer Philip Venables introduces his new work 'Venables Plays Bartók', ahead of its world premiere this evening.
Sunny musical optimism from Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Prokofiev’s life-affirming Fifth Symphony, performed by Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto premieres a new violin concerto by Philip Venables.Sunny musical optimism from Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Prokofiev’s life-affirming Fifth Symphony, performed by Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto premieres a new violin concerto by Philip Venables.
Sunny musical optimism from Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Prokofiev’s life-affirming Fifth Symphony, performed by Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto premieres a new violin concerto by Philip Venables.Sunny musical optimism from Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Prokofiev’s life-affirming Fifth Symphony, performed by Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto premieres a new violin concerto by Philip Venables.
Join Mary King and members of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers to sing excerpts from Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential. Booking required.
Composer and author Kerry Andrew and writer Katherine Langrish explore the symbolism in fairy stories.
Ravel’s magical opera L’enfant et les sortilèges follows his fairy-tale ballet Mother Goose and the oriental aura of ³§³óé³óé°ù²¹³ú²¹»å±ð.
Ravel’s magical opera L’enfant et les sortilèges follows his fairy-tale ballet Mother Goose and the oriental aura of ³§³óé³óé°ù²¹³ú²¹»å±ð.
Winner of the 2015 International Chopin Competition, Seong-Jin Cho makes his Proms debut with Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto. The concert opens with a UK premiere by Agata Zubel and concludes with one of the great Romantic symphonies: Tchaikovsky’s Fifth.
Winner of the 2015 International Chopin Competition, Seong-Jin Cho makes his Proms debut with Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto. The concert opens with a UK premiere by Agata Zubel and concludes with one of the great Romantic symphonies: Tchaikovsky’s Fifth.
Writer and critic Norman Lebrecht investigates Leonard Bernstein’s relationship with the music of Mahler.
Recreating a Prom conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1987, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Dausgaard pair two of the best-loved and most beautiful works in the repertoire: Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.
Recreating a Prom conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1987, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Dausgaard pair two of the best-loved and most beautiful works in the repertoire: Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.
Endings – whether of a day, a relationship or a lifetime – are the theme of this choral recital by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Parry’s Songs of Farewell and music by Holst, Vaughan Williams and Parry complement a new work by Laura Mvula.
Endings – whether of a day, a relationship or a lifetime – are the theme of this choral recital by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Parry’s Songs of Farewell and music by Holst, Vaughan Williams and Parry complement a new work by Laura Mvula.
Ahead of the UK premiere of Per Nørgård’s Third Symphony, broadcaster and writer Stephen Johnson and musicologist Daniel Grimley discuss the composer and his music with Tom Service.
Strauss’s luminous Four Last Songs and Wagner’s shimmering Prelude to Act I of Parsifal set the tone for a concert rich in melody and orchestral beauty, which climaxes in Danish composer Per Norgard’s extraordinary, eclectic Third Symphony.
Strauss’s luminous Four Last Songs and Wagner’s shimmering Prelude to Act I of Parsifal set the tone for a concert rich in melody and orchestral beauty, which climaxes in Danish composer Per Norgard’s extraordinary, eclectic Third Symphony.
Composer Rolf Wallin introduces his new Violin Concerto and talks to Kate Molleson about his influences and ideas.
The VR Prom experience will take place at Beit Venues Imperial College Union, in the ‘Metric Bar’ on Tuesday 21 August. Sessions will run from19.00-23.30. Minimum age to attend is 13.
There’s a Nordic flavour to this concert from Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic that includes Sibelius’s folk-inspired Second Symphony and the world premiere of Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin’s violin concerto, with Alina Ibragimova as soloist.
There’s a Nordic flavour to this concert from Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic that includes Sibelius’s folk-inspired Second Symphony and the world premiere of Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin’s violin concerto, with Alina Ibragimova as soloist.
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Inspire scheme provides a friendly environment to share ideas, participate in workshops, meet other young composers and develop your musical creativity.
Christopher Stark conducts the Aurora Orchestra in the winning pieces of the 2018 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition.
Musicologists Jeremy Barham and Laura Tunbridge introduce Mahler's Fourth Symphony.
The intoxicatingly energetic Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra return to the Proms for the first of two concerts. Here they pair Mahler’s best-loved Symphony – the vivacious Fourth – with music by Bartók and Enescu.
The intoxicatingly energetic Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra return to the Proms for the first of two concerts. Here they pair Mahler’s best-loved Symphony – the vivacious Fourth – with music by Bartók and Enescu.
An introduction to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture and heritage with writers Louise Doughty and Damian Le Bas.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!
Dance to the Gypsy rhythms of Hungarian folk music in works by Liszt and Sarasate, while Brahms’s dramatic First Symphony, with its transcendent finale, is at the heart of this second concert by Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Dance to the Gypsy rhythms of Hungarian folk music in works by Liszt and Sarasate, while Brahms’s dramatic First Symphony, with its transcendent finale, is at the heart of this second concert by Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Conductor and musicologist John Butt introduces Bruckner's Symphony No. 5.
Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Mozart’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 21, with its trickling slow movement and quick-witted levity. In the second half, Sakari Oramo conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO in Bruckner’s monumental Fifth Symphony.
Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Mozart’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 21, with its trickling slow movement and quick-witted levity. In the second half, Sakari Oramo conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO in Bruckner’s monumental Fifth Symphony.
Join Ed Price and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers to sing music by Bernstein. No experience of singing is required. This event is now fully booked.
An introduction to Bernstein's On The Town with Broadway expert Edward Seckerson.
Launching a Bernstein bank-holiday weekend on what would have been the composer’s 100th birthday, John Wilson conducts Bernstein’s hit Broadway musical On The Town, which follows the adventures of three sailors on shore leave in 1944.
Launching a Bernstein bank-holiday weekend on what would have been the composer’s 100th birthday, John Wilson conducts Bernstein’s hit Broadway musical On The Town, which follows the adventures of three sailors on shore leave in 1944.
Play Shostakovich side by side with members of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
Play Shostakovich side by side with members of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
Michael Brandon and Tony Turner star in a staged reading of the last long interview with composer Leonard Bernstein, taken from the book Dinner with Lenny by Jonathan Cott.
The Proms revisits one of Bernstein’s groundbreaking televised concert-presentations – The Sound of An Orchestra – reimagining it for the 21st century. Conductor Joshua Weilerstein rebuilds the classical orchestra from the ground up.
The Proms revisits one of Bernstein’s groundbreaking televised concert-presentations – The Sound of An Orchestra – reimagining it for the 21st century. Conductor Joshua Weilerstein rebuilds the classical orchestra from the ground up.
The Bernstein centenary celebrations continue with the UK premiere of unfinished ballet Conch Town – source for West Side Story’s 'America'. Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta serves up plenty of musical wit in the composer’s quirky song-cycle La bonne cuisine.
The Bernstein centenary celebrations continue with the UK premiere of unfinished ballet Conch Town – source for West Side Story’s 'America'. Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta serves up plenty of musical wit in the composer’s quirky song-cycle La bonne cuisine.
James Redwood and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra present a Relaxed Prom with music by Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Holst. All are welcome – adults and children, those with autism, learning disabilities, dementia and sensory impairments.
An examination of W. H. Auden’s 1947 poem The Age of Anxiety (which was set by Leonard Bernstein) with poets Glyn Maxwell and Polly Clark. Hosted by Matthew Sweet.
Bernstein-protégée Marin Alsop returns to the Proms with one of the great American symphony orchestras to perform a politically charged programme that includes Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony alongside Bernstein’s own Second Symphony.
Bernstein-protégée Marin Alsop returns to the Proms with one of the great American symphony orchestras to perform a politically charged programme that includes Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony alongside Bernstein’s own Second Symphony.
Award-winning author Sebastian Faulks talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel Paris Echo.
The Rotterdam Philharmonic celebrate their 100th anniversary with a performance of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. In the first half, Yefim Bronfman joins Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the orchestra as soloist in Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto.
The Rotterdam Philharmonic celebrate their 100th anniversary with a performance of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony. In the first half, Yefim Bronfman joins Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the orchestra as soloist in Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto.
Ahead of tonight's premiere of Iain Bell’s 'Aurora', Nathan Case and Melanie Windridge discuss the latest scientific research into the aurora borealis with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough.
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a sequence of Strauss songs, Elgar’s heat-soaked In the South overture and the percussive energy of Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a sequence of Strauss songs, Elgar’s heat-soaked In the South overture and the percussive energy of Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Following his performance of Book 1 in 2017, distinguished pianist and Bach specialist Sir András Schiff returns to present the complete Book 2 of J. S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier.
Following his performance of Book 1 in 2017, distinguished pianist and Bach specialist Sir András Schiff returns to present the complete Book 2 of J. S. Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier.
A special showcase of live music from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Music Introducing artists.
Verdi’s mighty Requiem is an “opera in church vestments†a work full of musical fire and drama. Andres Orozco-Estrada conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and an international team of soloists including soprano Lisa Davidsen.
Verdi’s mighty Requiem is an “opera in church vestments†a work full of musical fire and drama. Andres Orozco-Estrada conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and an international team of soloists including soprano Lisa Davidsen.
Ivan Hewett and William Mival introduce Berio's Sinfonia.
Semyon Bychkov and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO present three 20th-century classics. The primal rhythms of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring meet ballroom sophistication in Ravel’s La Valse, while Berio’s Sinfonia is a gorgeous patchwork of musical fragments.
Semyon Bychkov and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO present three 20th-century classics. The primal rhythms of Stravinsky’s ballet The Rite of Spring meet ballroom sophistication in Ravel’s La Valse, while Berio’s Sinfonia is a gorgeous patchwork of musical fragments.
Senegalese cultural icon Youssou Ndour makes his Proms debut in a special late-night appearance. He’s joined by his group Le Super Étoile de Dakar for a performance embracing his signature mix of Cuban rumba, hip hop, jazz and soul.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to music found in the Proms this year. Bring your instrument and join in!
A concert performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s one-act comic masterpiece Trial By Jury in the magnificent theatre of Alexandra Palace. Promming tickets will be available from 9am online only.
A concert performance of Gilbert & Sullivan’s one-act comic masterpiece Trial By Jury in the magnificent theatre of Alexandra Palace. Promming tickets will be available from 9am online only.
Musicologist and broadcaster Erik Levi introduces Schmidt's Symphony No. 4.
The Berlin Philharmonic perform for the first time in London under Chief Conductor Designate Kirill Petrenko. They are joined by pianist Yuja Wang for Prokofiev’s explosive Third Piano Concerto, and the programme also includes music by Dukas and Schmidt.
The Berlin Philharmonic perform for the first time in London under Chief Conductor Designate Kirill Petrenko. They are joined by pianist Yuja Wang for Prokofiev’s explosive Third Piano Concerto, and the programme also includes music by Dukas and Schmidt.
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and the CBSO Chorus perform Mahler’s Third Symphony. The sunniest and most joyful of all the composer’s symphonies, the work teems with colour and life.
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and the CBSO Chorus perform Mahler’s Third Symphony. The sunniest and most joyful of all the composer’s symphonies, the work teems with colour and life.
Ahead of tonight's performance of Strauss’s 'Death and Transfiguration', novelists Patricia Duncker and Belinda Bauer consider sex and death in literature. Hosted by Matthew Sweet.
Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra pair Beethoven’s much-loved Seventh Symphony “the apotheosis of the dance†two contrasting Strauss tone poems: the passionate Don Juan and the contemplative Death and Transfiguration.
Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra pair Beethoven’s much-loved Seventh Symphony “the apotheosis of the dance†two contrasting Strauss tone poems: the passionate Don Juan and the contemplative Death and Transfiguration.
Hear some of the Berliner Philharmonic’s finest players perform as soloists in a concert of 20th-century French chamber music. Includes music by Ravel and centenary composers Debussy and Lili Boulanger, as well as a world premiere by Slovenia’s Nina Senk.
Hear some of the Berliner Philharmonic’s finest players perform as soloists in a concert of 20th-century French chamber music. Includes music by Ravel and centenary composers Debussy and Lili Boulanger, as well as a world premiere by Slovenia’s Nina Senk.
The winners of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2018 Poetry Competition are announced.
Shostakovich’s embattled Fourth Symphony – a dazzling manifesto of the composer’s modernist beliefs – is set alongside Bernstein’s intensely lyrical Serenade in this concert by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Shostakovich’s embattled Fourth Symphony – a dazzling manifesto of the composer’s modernist beliefs – is set alongside Bernstein’s intensely lyrical Serenade in this concert by Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
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.
Explore the raw sensuality and charged rhythms of the tango in all its guises. The Britten Sinfonia join forces with a tango band to take the dance from it dusty beginning in the streets of Buenos Aires right up to the present day.
Explore the raw sensuality and charged rhythms of the tango in all its guises. The Britten Sinfonia join forces with a tango band to take the dance from it dusty beginning in the streets of Buenos Aires right up to the present day.
Broadcaster and classicist Bettany Hughes and presenter Alex Clarke introduce readings from contemporary fictional incarnations of the epic stories behind Berlioz’s grand opera Les Troyens.
An all-Berlioz programme from Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his orchestra. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato takes the role of Dido in scenes from the composer’s opera Les Troyens, while violist Antoine Tamestit is the soloist for the glorious Harold in Italy.
An all-Berlioz programme from Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his orchestra. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato takes the role of Dido in scenes from the composer’s opera Les Troyens, while violist Antoine Tamestit is the soloist for the glorious Harold in Italy.
Join Director of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms David Pickard, Controller of Radio 3 Alan Davey and Louise Halliday, Director of External Affairs for the Royal Albert Hall as they look back over the 2018 Proms season.
Britten’s War Requiem is one of classical music’s most devastating musical responses to the horrors of war. Peter Oundjian and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and are joined by soloists Erin Wall, Allan Clayton and Russell Braun.
Britten’s War Requiem is one of classical music’s most devastating musical responses to the horrors of war. Peter Oundjian and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and are joined by soloists Erin Wall, Allan Clayton and Russell Braun.
Peter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars recreate the Christian office of Compline, weaving together a sung meditation spanning over 1,000 years of sacred music, including works by Arvo Part, Padilla and Gallus, and Allegri’s exquisite Miserere.
Peter Phillips and the Tallis Scholars recreate the Christian office of Compline, weaving together a sung meditation spanning over 1,000 years of sacred music, including works by Arvo Part, Padilla and Gallus, and Allegri’s exquisite Miserere.
Musicologist Suzanne Aspden introduces Handel's Theodora.
Handel’s oratorio Theodora is one of the most powerfully dramatic works the composer ever produced. An all-star cast is led by Louise Alder and Iestyn Davies as tragic lovers Theodora and Didymus. Jonathan Cohen directs his period ensemble Arcangelo.
Handel’s oratorio Theodora is one of the most powerfully dramatic works the composer ever produced. An all-star cast is led by Louise Alder and Iestyn Davies as tragic lovers Theodora and Didymus. Jonathan Cohen directs his period ensemble Arcangelo.
Poet and presenter Ian McMillan hosts a special Last Night edition of his showcase of poetry and the spoken word, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s The Verb, with guests Michael Palin, Jason Singh, Anne Dudley and Mojdeh Stoakley.
Join in the Last Night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park, hosted by Michael Ball.
Baritone Gerald Finley and saxophonist Jess Gillam join Sir Andrew Davis and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO for the musical party that is the Last Night of the Proms. The programme includes music by Stanford, Parry and Elgar.
Baritone Gerald Finley and saxophonist Jess Gillam join Sir Andrew Davis and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SO for the musical party that is the Last Night of the Proms. The programme includes music by Stanford, Parry and Elgar.
One of Scotland’s most loved musical events - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland’s Proms in the Park returns to Glasgow Green on Saturday 8 September.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms in the Park makes its return to the Titanic Slipways in Belfast. The concert will feature a mix of popular classics with the Ulster Orchestra and guests. A great finale to the Proms season in a stunning location.
One of Wales’s most loved music and family events - ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Wales’s Proms in the Park - returns to Colwyn Bay on Saturday 8 September.
This Inspire CPD (Continuing Professional Development) day is aimed at KS3 and KS4 music teachers who are looking to expand and strengthen their skills in classroom composition teaching.