Ian Bostridge, Elizabeth Kenny and Fretwork perform galliards and laments by John Dowland, and James Gilchrist and Ruby Hughes perform songs by Benjamin Britten.
17-11-2024
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim joins Martha Argerich at the piano to perform Schubert in this extract from the 2016 BBC Proms.
17-11-2024
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Huge hits Dog Days Are Over and You've Got the Love feature in this dramatic reimagining of the international star’s groundbreaking first album. Titled Symphony of Lungs, ...
19-10-2024
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Virtuoso horn player Felix Klieser, who was born without arms and plays the instrument with his toes, makes his Proms debut with Mozart’s sunny Concerto No 4. \n\nKirill K ...
29-09-2024
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Mozart was a child prodigy who rejected norms and rewrote the rule book. Tonight’s concert opens with the overture from The Marriage of Figaro, an opera that changed music ...
29-09-2024
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A musical mystery awaits at the Royal Albert Hall as Scotland’s premiere baroque ensemble, the Dunedin Consort, led by John Butt, unveil the musical inspiration behind Moz ...
22-09-2024
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Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season’s glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.\n \nAn incredible summer of conce ...
14-09-2024
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Katie Derham hosts classical music's biggest annual party. Highlights include American opera star Angel Blue, who lends her golden tones to Puccini's best-loved arias, and Briti ...
14-09-2024
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Unmissable moments from the five-star 2024 BBC Proms season, celebrating a season of first-rate performers and an eclectic musical line-up. Enjoy the familiar, the unexpected, t ...
13-09-2024
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A celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall this summer, chosen by Tom Service, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show ...
08-09-2024
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The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and more in a concert of smash hits celebrating one of the greatest composers of all time. Ensemble Resonanz make their Proms debut on the R ...
07-09-2024
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The Pink Panther, Moon River and more as the BBC Proms mark the centenary of one of the greatest composers in the history of film and TV - Henry Mancini. \n\nIn this celebration ...
06-09-2024
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Superstar soloists Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Leonidas Kavakos (violin) and Emanuel Ax (piano) come together as a classical supergroup to present a programme of sublime musicality and ch ...
01-09-2024
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Break out the sequins and channel the spirit of Studio 54 in this rafters-shaking celebration of disco’s heyday at the Royal Albert Hall.\n\nSingers Vula Malinga, Elisabet ...
31-08-2024
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To celebrate the 200th anniversary of this extraordinary piece, Aurora Orchestra take to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall with a signature memorised performance, led by conduc ...
30-08-2024
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To celebrate the 200th anniversary of this extraordinary piece, Aurora Orchestra take to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall with a signature memorised performance, led by conduc ...
30-08-2024
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Journey through the solar system with Holst’s imaginative musical depiction of the planets, past mighty Mars and glorious Jupiter.\n\nIn the first half, we're down on eart ...
25-08-2024
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For their only live UK concert this year, the soulful singer joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a night the audience won’t forget. To mark ten years since the release of ...
24-08-2024
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Mendelssohn’s enchanting music in an exciting, modern semi-staged production of Shakespeare’s masterpiece, Mozart’s famous Clarinet Concerto and for the first ...
23-08-2024
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Sir Antonio Pappano’s first Prom as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra brings Britten’s War Requiem, an emblem of hope after mass destruction, to the R ...
18-08-2024
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Edith Bowman presents a night of music from contemporary films, celebrating a new golden age of screen composers. \n\nThe last few years have seen blockbuster scores emerge from ...
16-08-2024
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Always one of the most exciting Proms of the summer, the brightest young stars in classical music take over the stage of the Royal Albert Hall as the National Youth Orchestra of ...
11-08-2024
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Superstar siblings Sheku and Braimah, and captivating Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes, perform an eclectic and surprising playlist from Brahms to Bob Marley.\n\nThe ...
09-08-2024
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A glittering programme including Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, which celebrates its centenary this year, plus Barber’s Adagio for Strings, recorded live from the Roya ...
04-08-2024
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Messiaen’s vibrant and electrifying Turangalila Symphony is performed in the splendour of the Royal Albert Hall. The kaleidoscopic programme also includes a spellbinding w ...
02-08-2024
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Clive Myrie presents a celebration of one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century. Featuring some of the songs that Vaughan brought to fame, including Misty, If You Could ...
28-07-2024
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First performed 150 years ago, Verdi’s masterpiece roars into the Royal Albert Hall for its anniversary celebrations. This emotional rollercoaster isn’t just a mourn ...
26-07-2024
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History is made tonight at the Proms as Sir Mark Elder takes to the Royal Albert Hall stage for his final performance as music director of The Hallé after a quarter of a ...
21-07-2024
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa makes a rare appearance at the Proms to sing two romantic arias by Massenet, and octogenarian Russian pianist Tatyana Nikolaeva, making her Proms debut, play ...
21-07-2024
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Clive Myrie and special guests launch the 2024 BBC Proms season with Beethoven’s famous Fifth Symphony. A dazzling all-female line-up features pianist extraordinaire Isata ...
19-07-2024
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The roof of the Royal Albert Hall nearly comes off in this special Prom dedicated to northern soul, curated by Wigan’s Stuart Maconie and Manchester’s Joe Duddell.\n ...
16-06-2024
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Daniel Barenboim's complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies reaches its climactic conclusion. \n\nThe ninth 'choral' symphony, with its passionate vision of human reconciliation, ...
24-03-2024
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Clara Amfo introduces a prom which celebrates the jazz and blues legend Nina Simone. The Metropole Orkest is led by Jules Buckley, and they are joined by Ledisi, Lisa Fischer an ...
25-02-2024
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Joining Beethoven Unleashed, a year-long, BBC-wide marathon marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, a BBC Grand Virtual Orchestra made up of over 300 BBC music ...
26-11-2023
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Unmissable Moments from the BBC Proms 2023 season. Take a whistlestop tour through eight weeks of world-class music making with standout performances from the spectacular array ...
10-09-2023
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It’s party time at the Royal Albert Hall as the 2023 BBC Proms season wraps up in rousing style at the most exhilarating classical music celebration of the year. \n\nSuper ...
09-09-2023
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It’s the climactic conclusion of the 2023 Proms season. On stage, superstar cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and world-renowned Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen join the BBC Symp ...
09-09-2023
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Celebrating cutting-edge classical works, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show, Tom Service, chooses his standout moments of premieres and commissions from this year&rsqu ...
03-09-2023
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A spellbinding evening of music and magic in fantasy, myths and legends. Immerse yourself in a journey through the realms of beloved fantasy soundtracks from film, TV and gaming ...
02-09-2023
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A treat for the senses as Chineke! Orchestra makes its hotly anticipated annual Proms outing, this year conducted by Anthony Parnther. Europe’s first majority Black and et ...
01-09-2023
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History is made tonight at the Proms as Sir Simon Rattle takes to the Royal Albert Hall stage for his final UK performance as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra.\n\ ...
30-08-2023
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Mindful Mix at the Proms offers an evening of exquisite harmonies, tranquil tones and soothing soundscapes from a gloriously lit Royal Albert Hall.\n\nThe perfectly blended voca ...
27-08-2023
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Two memorable performances of Mozart concertos from the Proms in 2006, the year which marked the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, played by two outstanding soloists. \ ...
27-08-2023
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Legendary conductor John Wilson and his orchestral supergroup, the Sinfonia of London, continue the 150th anniversary celebrations of Rachmaninov. His much-loved Second Piano Co ...
25-08-2023
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After stealing the show on First Night of the Proms last year, soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha joins the National Youth Orchestra for a night of joyously defiant music. Str ...
20-08-2023
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Celebrated pianist Sir András Schiff plays Schumann's much-loved Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms alongside the world-famous Budapest Festival Orchestra and their founder- ...
18-08-2023
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Following their breathtaking performance at last year’s Proms, power couple Yuja Wang and conductor Klaus Mäkelä return to the Royal Albert Hall for one of the m ...
11-08-2023
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Star pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason makes her solo Proms debut with Prokofiev’s thrilling third piano concerto. At just 27 years old, Isata delights in this fiendish work, ful ...
06-08-2023
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Grammy Award-winning jazz legend Dee Dee Bridgewater joins trumpeter Sean Jones and Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra, comprising outstanding young musicians f ...
04-08-2023
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South Korean virtuoso Bomsori Kim makes her Proms debut performing Bruch’s ever-popular First Violin Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic in an evening of music inspired by ...
30-07-2023
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Celebrating the musical legacy of Bollywood, the Proms pays tribute to Lata Mangeshkar, the voice behind the hit songs that defined Indian cinema’s greatest films. \n\nSu ...
28-07-2023
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Beethoven’s monumental Choral Symphony, with its famous Ode to Joy finale, takes centre stage at the Royal Albert Hall. \n\nRyan Wigglesworth is at the helm of the BBC Sco ...
23-07-2023
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The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and their conductor laureate, Tadaaki Otaka, perform perhaps the most famous classical symphony ever written, with its foreboding opening mot ...
21-07-2023
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Electrifying violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto rips up the rule book to play Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons like you’ve never heard it before. He is joined by i ...
16-07-2023
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Clive Myrie is joined by special guests Sandi Toksvig and Anna Lapwood for the First Night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall. 2023’s eight-week musical extrava ...
14-07-2023
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International sensation Barry Manilow plays Proms in Hyde Park with a career spanning over 50 years, a catalogue of hits and accompaniment from the BBC Concert Orchestra.
10-06-2023
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In Aretha Franklin’s six-decade career, she won 18 Grammys and was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Celebrating what would have been the singe ...
09-06-2023
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In the centenary year of the BBC, the Proms brings a celebration of its world-famous Natural History Unit through the years, from Sir David Attenborough’s pioneering early ...
21-05-2023
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Petroc Trelawny introduces a concert in which Bach's St John Passion is performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Elliot Gardiner.\n\ ...
17-04-2023
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Take a whistlestop tour through the very best music from the 2022 Proms season in this one-off special. Eight weeks of world-class concerts become just 100 minutes of standout p ...
29-12-2022
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Pete Tong takes charge of the BBC Radio 1 Prom and decides to employ the Heritage Orchestra to play a selection of Ibiza classics. The Royal Albert Hall has never seen anything ...
05-11-2022
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Petroc Trelawny and special guests introduce a Prom that promises to be one of the most poignant and moving of the season as the Royal Albert Hall becomes the first stop on a wo ...
25-09-2022
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Superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti takes to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall tonight with a very special Proms premiere performance of a concerto written specially for her b ...
09-09-2022
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BBC Proms favourite Chineke! Orchestra is back on the Royal Albert Hall stage for a concert of music by Beethoven and celebrated American composer George Walker, whose centenary ...
04-09-2022
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Public Service Broadcasting – a band who bring wit, invention and multimedia spectacle to the stage – return to the Proms after their previous, staggeringly innovati ...
02-09-2022
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Sir Simon Rattle makes an emotional appearance at the Proms at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra. \n\nIn a deeply personal programme, Sir Simon and the orchestra perform ...
28-08-2022
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Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Cynthia Erivo takes the Proms by storm as she sings the great American songbook of the 1950s and 60s. \n\nBacked by the BBC Concert ...
27-08-2022
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Legendary conductor Marin Alsop returns to the BBC Proms stage for the first time since 2018 to lead the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in a programme of fiery repertoire that ...
21-08-2022
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The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain returns to the Royal Albert Hall for its annual appearance at the Proms to perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and the concer ...
19-08-2022
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Eva Ollikainen conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a Prom featuring three composers and three unique responses to the landscapes surrounding them.\n\nElgar’s much-loved Cello ...
14-08-2022
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Superstar pianist Yuja Wang returns to the BBC Proms to pay homage to the ultimate piano virtuoso, Franz Liszt, with the Hungarian composer's first sparkling concerto for the in ...
12-08-2022
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For the first time, the BBC Proms dedicates an entire concert to gaming music. Conductor Robert Ames leads the electronically enhanced Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in this speci ...
05-08-2022
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Magic and mischief at the Proms as Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra bring Dukas's much-loved The Sorcerer's Apprentice, to kick-start an evening of highly visual mu ...
31-07-2022
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Andrew Manze conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a Prom with an atmospheric nautical theme.\n\nDoreen Carwithen’s powerful and vivid overture depicts the harsh ...
29-07-2022
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The Royal Albert Hall is in a particularly regal mood, as Clive Myrie, with special guests, presents a Prom of music written for royal occasions in honour of the Queen’s p ...
24-07-2022
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Radio 1 presents this late-night Prom, featuring Ivor Novello and Mobo Awards-nominated Kojey Radical. The genre-defying London musician, poet and visual artist released his deb ...
22-07-2022
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The eagerly anticipated return of audience favourite John Wilson kicks off BBC Four's 2022 Proms season. He conducts award-winning orchestra Sinfonia of London in a packed all-B ...
17-07-2022
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Clive Myrie and special guests present the first night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall. The eight-week season of exceptional music is kicking off with a bang as co ...
15-07-2022
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Jacob Collier's musical career has been meteoric. Still only 23, the multi-instrumentalist has been hailed as a musical genius and jazz prodigy, picking up two Grammy awards for ...
02-05-2022
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Live from the Royal Albert Hall Clive Anderson introduces a Prom celebrating 75 years of classic MGM film musicals. Songs from unforgettable movies including The Wizard of Oz, G ...
30-01-2022
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Katie Derham presents a dazzling evening of musical hits from the Golden Age of Broadway, including showstoppers from South Pacific, Oklahoma!, Carousel, High Society and Anythi ...
02-01-2022
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Marking the eightieth birthday of one of Broadway's great innovators, the first ever all-Sondheim Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert includes excerpts from hit shows A L ...
27-12-2021
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The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform Mozart's overture to the Marriage of Figaro and Ravel pieces including Rapsodie espagnol, Pavane for a Dead Princess and Bolero.
19-12-2021
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A celebration of the Broadway sound with music from Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Frank Loesser and Leonard Bernstein performed by John Wilson. Retur ...
05-12-2021
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Katie Derham hosts continued live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall, at the climax of the world’s greatest classical music festival. Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidoro ...
11-09-2021
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Katie Derham welcomes a live audience back to the Royal Albert Hall for the climax of the world’s greatest classical music festival, the Last Night of the Proms.\n\nLatvia ...
11-09-2021
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Bach’s profound choral masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion, transcends eras and faiths with its exploration of courage, compassion, sacrifice and redemption. Here, it crow ...
10-09-2021
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Suzy Klein presents a glorious evening of music inspired by Vienna. John Wilson conducts the award-winning Sinfonia of London in Johann Strauss’s sumptuous overture to Die ...
09-09-2021
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Marking his sixtieth appearance at the Proms, Sir John Eliot Gardiner directs the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in a celebration of the early works of Handel ...
05-09-2021
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Former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo joins star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his siblings at the Royal Albert Hall for a unique, dramatically staged performance o ...
04-09-2021
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Genre-defying Ghanaian-American musician Moses Sumney makes his Proms debut with conductor Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra as they perform new orchestral arrangemen ...
03-09-2021
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The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra returns for their second Prom of the season under the baton of Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov, with a programme that collides the old ...
02-09-2021
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