JanáÄek’s monumental Glagolitic Mass launches the ±«Óãtv Proms with thunderous spiritual drama. Karina Canellakis conducts the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in one of the 20th century’s great choral masterpieces.
JanáÄek’s monumental Glagolitic Mass launches the ±«Óãtv Proms with thunderous spiritual drama. Karina Canellakis conducts the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in one of the 20th century’s great choral masterpieces.
Soloist Joshua Bell performs Dvořák’s lively, folk-infused Violin Concerto, paired with another 19th-century Czech classic, Smetana’s symphonic suite Má vlast – a colourful celebration of a nation’s landscape, history and identity.
Soloist Joshua Bell performs Dvořák’s lively, folk-infused Violin Concerto, paired with another 19th-century Czech classic, Smetana’s symphonic suite Má vlast – a colourful celebration of a nation’s landscape, history and identity.
Take a musical trip to the Moon with favourite CBeebies characters and presenters. A brand-new work by Hans Zimmer – film music’s living legend – is the centrepiece of a Prom celebrating this weekend’s 50th anniversary of the manned Moon landing.
Take a musical trip to the Moon with favourite CBeebies characters and presenters. A brand-new work by Hans Zimmer – film music’s living legend – is the centrepiece of a Prom celebrating this weekend’s 50th anniversary of the manned Moon landing.
The scope, symbolism and the sheer thrill of space travel are all celebrated here by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Holst’s The Planets is framed by an exhilarating Minimalist masterpiece by John Adams and Samuel Barber’s elegiac Violin Concerto.
The scope, symbolism and the sheer thrill of space travel are all celebrated here by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Holst’s The Planets is framed by an exhilarating Minimalist masterpiece by John Adams and Samuel Barber’s elegiac Violin Concerto.
Take a musical trip to the Moon with favourite CBeebies characters and presenters. A brand-new work by Hans Zimmer – film music’s living legend – is the centrepiece of a Prom celebrating this weekend’s 50th anniversary of the manned Moon landing.
Take a musical trip to the Moon with favourite CBeebies characters and presenters. A brand-new work by Hans Zimmer – film music’s living legend – is the centrepiece of a Prom celebrating this weekend’s 50th anniversary of the manned Moon landing.
Pagan dances meet the music of the spheres. Stravinsky’s riotous ballet score contrasts with Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s luminous Metacosmos and Britten’s elegiac Violin Concerto. Edward Gardner conducts musicians from the Juilliard and Royal Academy of Music.
Pagan dances meet the music of the spheres. Stravinsky’s riotous ballet score contrasts with Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s luminous Metacosmos and Britten’s elegiac Violin Concerto. Edward Gardner conducts musicians from the Juilliard and Royal Academy of Music.
Woodstock, the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, The Beatles’ final album to be recorded 1969 was a key year, and here the ±«Óãtv Concert Orchestra turns the clock back to explore the film and popular music of 1969 and revive the soundtrack of a special summer.
Youthful passion and illicit love collide in Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet and the lyrical outpourings of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Mark Wigglesworth conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, with Nicola Benedetti as soloist.
Youthful passion and illicit love collide in Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet and the lyrical outpourings of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Mark Wigglesworth conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, with Nicola Benedetti as soloist.
One of Europe’s greatest orchestras returns to the Proms. In the first of two concerts they pair two contrasting symphonies – Beethoven’s joyous Second and Shostakovich’s Fifth, written under the shadow of his public humiliation under Stalin's regime.
One of Europe’s greatest orchestras returns to the Proms. In the first of two concerts they pair two contrasting symphonies – Beethoven’s joyous Second and Shostakovich’s Fifth, written under the shadow of his public humiliation under Stalin's regime.
This second concert by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra pairs Sibelius’s tempestuous First Symphony with the deeply felt emotions of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto, closing with Strauss’s waltz-filled Der Rosenkavalier suite.
This second concert by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra pairs Sibelius’s tempestuous First Symphony with the deeply felt emotions of Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto, closing with Strauss’s waltz-filled Der Rosenkavalier suite.
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto traces the evolution of Finland’s classical tradition, from improvised folk beginnings to the sophisticated brilliance of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. The concert closes with the composer’s nature-inspired Fifth Symphony.
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto traces the evolution of Finland’s classical tradition, from improvised folk beginnings to the sophisticated brilliance of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. The concert closes with the composer’s nature-inspired Fifth Symphony.
Excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s first great ballet score include the colourful sequence of national dances and the heartbreaking final scene. Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini features pianist Juan Pérez Floristán.
Excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s first great ballet score include the colourful sequence of national dances and the heartbreaking final scene. Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini features pianist Juan Pérez Floristán.
An opportunity to hear excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake in a more relaxed, family-friendly environment. Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini features pianist Juan Pérez Floristán.
An opportunity to hear excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake in a more relaxed, family-friendly environment. Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini features pianist Juan Pérez Floristán.
Tchaikovsky’s much-loved ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, with its thrilling Scherzo, and Sibelius’s colourful Karelia suite, are joined by Mieczysław Weinberg’s Cello Concerto, which remained unperformed until after Stalin’s death. Sol Gabetta is the soloist.
Tchaikovsky’s much-loved ‘Pathétique’ Symphony, with its thrilling Scherzo, and Sibelius’s colourful Karelia suite, are joined by Mieczysław Weinberg’s Cello Concerto, which remained unperformed until after Stalin’s death. Sol Gabetta is the soloist.
Turbulent shifts of mood run through both Brahms’s Tragic Overture and the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde. Mozart’s Requiem – the composer’s final work, left unfinished at his early death – completes the programme.
Turbulent shifts of mood run through both Brahms’s Tragic Overture and the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde. Mozart’s Requiem – the composer’s final work, left unfinished at his early death – completes the programme.
The London Contemporary orchestra’s Late Night Prom puts a futuristic spin on the best sci-fi music for film and television. Among the soundtracks featured are those for Alien: Covenant, Gravity, Moon and Interstellar.
The London Contemporary orchestra’s Late Night Prom puts a futuristic spin on the best sci-fi music for film and television. Among the soundtracks featured are those for Alien: Covenant, Gravity, Moon and Interstellar.
John Wilson and his orchestra take us back to where it all began in a concert of classic songs and scores from the Warner Brothers studios. The programme includes music by Korngold, Loewe and Steiner, including numbers from My Fair Lady and The Sea Hawk.
John Wilson and his orchestra take us back to where it all began in a concert of classic songs and scores from the Warner Brothers studios. The programme includes music by Korngold, Loewe and Steiner, including numbers from My Fair Lady and The Sea Hawk.
The sea rolls through both Mendelssohn’s overture The Hebrides and Elgar’s sumptuous orchestral song-cycle Sea Pictures. Mussorgsky’s colourful Pictures at an Exhibition and a world premiere by Errollyn Wallen complete the programme.
The sea rolls through both Mendelssohn’s overture The Hebrides and Elgar’s sumptuous orchestral song-cycle Sea Pictures. Mussorgsky’s colourful Pictures at an Exhibition and a world premiere by Errollyn Wallen complete the programme.
The OAE celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth with music by her favourite composer Mendelssohn (including a piano concerto played on Victoria’s own piano, loaned by HM The Queen from the Royal Collection).
The OAE celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth with music by her favourite composer Mendelssohn (including a piano concerto played on Victoria’s own piano, loaned by HM The Queen from the Royal Collection).
Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins the CBSO for Elgar’s passionate Cello Concerto. The orchestra marks the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg – the composer Shostakovich hailed as his successor – with a rare performance of his folk-inspired Third Symphony.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason joins the CBSO for Elgar’s passionate Cello Concerto. The orchestra marks the centenary of Mieczysław Weinberg – the composer Shostakovich hailed as his successor – with a rare performance of his folk-inspired Third Symphony.
A celebration of nature in music, inspired by the bestselling book The Lost Words. The Proms features a specially written ‘spell’ by the book’s author Robert Macfarlane and live paintings from Jackie Morris.
Town or country? That’s the choice offered by Daniel Harding and the Orchestra de Paris. Widmann’s explosive Babylon Suite invites listeners into the sonic chaos of the city, while Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 offers an evocative portrait of pastoral life.
Town or country? That’s the choice offered by Daniel Harding and the Orchestra de Paris. Widmann’s explosive Babylon Suite invites listeners into the sonic chaos of the city, while Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 offers an evocative portrait of pastoral life.
China’s Shanghai Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut with an East-meets-West concert including music by Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov’s exhilarating Symphonic Dances. Leeds Piano Competition winner Eric Lu joins them for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23.
China’s Shanghai Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut with an East-meets-West concert including music by Qigang Chen and Rachmaninov’s exhilarating Symphonic Dances. Leeds Piano Competition winner Eric Lu joins them for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a concert with a Central European accent. Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony and folk-inspired The Noonday Witch join Korngold’s unashamedly Romantic Violin Concerto. Leonidas Kavakos is the soloist.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a concert with a Central European accent. Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony and folk-inspired The Noonday Witch join Korngold’s unashamedly Romantic Violin Concerto. Leonidas Kavakos is the soloist.
B-boys and b-girls take centre-stage for a spectacular celebration of the virtuosity and variety of the music that has influenced the breaking scene since the 1970s. Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra are joined by special guests.
B-boys and b-girls take centre-stage for a spectacular celebration of the virtuosity and variety of the music that has influenced the breaking scene since the 1970s. Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra are joined by special guests.
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches’ sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion.
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches’ sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion.
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches’ sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion.
Waltz through a glittering ball, enter a feverish dream, march to your own execution, and spin into dark delirium at a witches’ sabbath. Take on the opium-infused visions of a tortured artist haunted by unrequited passion.
Beethoven’s revolutionary Fifth Symphony provides the climax of a concert by Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover that also includes music from Beethoven’s Fidelio and works by the composer’s musical forebears Bach and Handel.
Beethoven’s revolutionary Fifth Symphony provides the climax of a concert by Andrew Manze and the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover that also includes music from Beethoven’s Fidelio and works by the composer’s musical forebears Bach and Handel.