BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts

BBC Proms 24.07.25 BBC SO Oramo Credit Mark Allan 23
A musical bestiary – of sorts, including nightingales, both real and mechanical, a superstar violinist, a cheeky monkey and an even more cheeky medieval imp – came together for a...
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The air in Sunderland's Fire Station, an architectural testament to the city's industrious past now beautifully repurposed, crackled with an undeniable sense of occasion for the inaugural live recording of...
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On a darkened stage, a lone trombonist, dressed as a clown, lumbered on the Royal Albert Hall stage, with outsize shoes, frock coat and orange curly wig. So starts Luciano...
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Continuing the French theme of the week, whether planned or just plain serendipity, two French ensembles appeared at the Proms tonight, following Le Consort’s debut on Sunday morning and the...
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique photo credit Mark Allan 18
This evening the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, under the spirited direction of Anja Bihlmaier, presented a Prom that delved into the alternative realms of human experience: death, transfiguration, hallucinations, and dreams....
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Things that go bump in the night. Sudden squeaky sounds. Eerie shafts of moonlight peeping through the curtains. Who isn’t secretly attracted, and then often repelled, by the spookier elements...
Ravels Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Credit Chris Christodoulou Low Res 9
Mark Wigglesworth has been conducting at the Proms since 1991. On that occasion it took nearly 15 minutes to rearrange the platform for the final item in the second half,...
Vivaldi and Bach BBC Proms Photo credit Chris Christodoulou 8
Spearheading a summer of international visitors, Le Consort – headed by charismatic violinist (who first appeared in William Christie’s Les Arts Florissants at the Proms 11 years ago) – made...
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A No. 1 album and a double Grammy-win in 2023 put Samara Joy on the map, establishing the young American artist as ‘the next jazz sensation’ and ‘a legend in...
First Night of the Proms Photo credit Chris Christodoulou Low Res 16
The Proms are back and under new custodianship. Sam Jackson has replaced David Pickard as the nearest thing to a latterday William Glock and there are promising changes in the...
Prom 73 LNOP credit BBC Mark Allan 34
And so, we come to the end of the 130th season of the Proms. Sakari Oramo – for the sixth time since his first Last Night in 2014 – presided...
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Mozart’s First Symphony was composed in London in 1764 during a 16-month European tour with his father and sister. As the work of an eight-year-old it’s astonishingly mature, its three-movement...
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Sergey Prokofiev hoped his musical retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet would have ‘immediate appeal yet sound like nothing written before’. Even now, his score delivers on both fronts, showing...
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South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho, who dazzled Proms audiences earlier this season with Mozart’s ‘Jeunehomme’ Piano concerto, gives a recital of solo piano works by Ravel and Liszt. bbc.co.uk/proms No...
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‘As grand and mysterious as the Big Bang itself’ concluded Pitchfork when Florence Welch – aka Florence + The Machine – released her debut album 15 years ago, a year after attracting...