BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

Mariss Jansons conducts Dvorak and Strauss
The late Latvian maestro Mariss Jansons appeared at the Proms in 2004 with his renowned German orchestra, of which he was Chief Conductor from 2003 until the end of his...
Baroque classics from Anne Sofie von Otter and Les Musiciens du Louvre
In 2020, BBC Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades...
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra at the Proms
In 2020, BBC Radio 3 is bringing together musical greats, from the past and the present, in one extraordinary Proms season. Radio 3 is broadcasting the best of four decades...
The world premiere of John Tavener’s 20th-century classic, The Protecting Veil
Kate Molleson introduces a Prom from 1989 conducted by the late Oliver Knussen, one of the most respected figures in British contemporary music. She is also joined by the soloist...
Leif Ove Andsnes plays Beethoven
This evening we've another chance to hear a Prom from 2015 - Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra present Beethoven’s Second and Fifth piano concertos –...
Proms Chamber Music: Apollon Musagète Quartet
Former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Apollon Musagète Quartet present the European premiere of the Fifth String Quartet by one of Britain’s foremost living composers, Colin Matthews. Commissioned...
Nikolaus Harnoncourt leading the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2010 - HIROYUKI ITO/GETTY IMAGES
Beethoven’s Missa solemnis
Finding the terror alongside the spiritual awe, the questioning doubt as well as the faith, Beethoven’s mighty Missa solemnis is a work of visceral power – a public statement of...
Proms Chamber Music: Jeremy Denk
Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists – a musician the New York Times hails as someone ‘you want to hear no matter what he performs’. In 2015 he...
Beethoven’s Leonore – a landmark performance
Beethoven’s only opera is a passionate musical protest against political oppression that also celebrates the power of human love. This performance from 1996 of the opera’s first version (it was...
Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden
The Staatskapelle Dresden and its Chief Conductor Christian Thielemann open with Beethoven’s most radiant, smiling work, his sublime Violin Concerto, in the sure hands of Nikolaj Znaider. After the interval...
First Night of the BBC Proms 2020
Tonight sees the launch of six weeks of highlights from the past three decades of the Proms, featuring memorable performances from an array of the world’s greatest soloists, orchestras and...
Proms in the Park – London leg, Hyde Park – hosted by Michael Ball and including Barry Manilow and Aida Garifullina
In September 2007 I asked how Proms in the Park fitted the strap-line of “The World’s greatest classical music festival”; twelve years later that connection, tenuous at the time, has...
Prom 75: Sakari Oramo conducts The Last Night of the Proms, with Jamie Barton, BBC Singers, Symphony Chorus & Symphony Orchestra
And so to the Last Night of the Proms. From one of the best new commissions as an opener, via a surprising wordless paean to democracy and a vocal soloist...
Prom 74: Beethoven Night – NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover conducted by Andrew Manze, with Elizabeth Watts – Fidelio, Ah! Perfido & Symphony 5 … Handel Fireworks, Bach/Elgar
It was commercial necessity that dictated the original Proms mix of classical favourites, contemporary ‘novelties’ and popular ballads. In much the same way the local tradition of composer-themed nights had...
Prom 73: Symphonie fantastique/orchestral theatre staging – Baynton/Aurora/Collon [2/2]
A bare stage – save for percussion on the top riser (with six covered mystery items), a couple of harps stage-right and risers with chairs obviously for cellos and basses...
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