1antimuzak
Sunday 24th August 2025 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 14:00 to 16:15 (2 hours and 15 minutes long)
Mäkelä Conducts Mozart, Prokofiev & Bartók.
Petroc Trelawny presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw and violinist Janine Jansen in Mozart, Prokofiev and Bartók. For their second concert Ma?kela and the Amsterdam orchestra are joined by celebrated musician Jansen, back at the Proms for the first time in more than a decade as soloist in Prokofiev's effervescent Violin Concerto No 1. A lyrical refuge from the storm of the Russian Revolution, the concerto stands in contrast to Barto?k's Concerto for Orchestra - another heir of conflict, but one that grapples and wrestles with darkness with thrilling virtuosity. Mozart's Paris Symphony is no less of an orchestral showcase, a musical calling card from an ambitious 22-year-old determined to dazzle. Mozart: Symphony No 31 in D, Paris. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1 in D. c 2.40 Interval. Writer, broadcaster and researcher Leah Broad joins Petroc to look ahead to the highlights of the forthcoming week at the BBC Proms. c 3.00 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra. Janine Jansen (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 14:00 to 16:15 (2 hours and 15 minutes long)
Mäkelä Conducts Mozart, Prokofiev & Bartók.
Petroc Trelawny presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Royal Concertgebouw and violinist Janine Jansen in Mozart, Prokofiev and Bartók. For their second concert Ma?kela and the Amsterdam orchestra are joined by celebrated musician Jansen, back at the Proms for the first time in more than a decade as soloist in Prokofiev's effervescent Violin Concerto No 1. A lyrical refuge from the storm of the Russian Revolution, the concerto stands in contrast to Barto?k's Concerto for Orchestra - another heir of conflict, but one that grapples and wrestles with darkness with thrilling virtuosity. Mozart's Paris Symphony is no less of an orchestral showcase, a musical calling card from an ambitious 22-year-old determined to dazzle. Mozart: Symphony No 31 in D, Paris. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 1 in D. c 2.40 Interval. Writer, broadcaster and researcher Leah Broad joins Petroc to look ahead to the highlights of the forthcoming week at the BBC Proms. c 3.00 Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra. Janine Jansen (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Klaus Mäkelä (conductor).
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2antimuzak
Tuesday 26th August 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Sibelius's Second.
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Andris Nelsons, with Hilary Hahn in Dvorak's Violin Concerto. Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Part: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten. Dvorák: Violin Concerto in A minor. 7.50 During the interval Ian Skelly is joined by tonight's star violinist, Hilary Hahn, and writer Katy Hamilton, to talk about playing Dvorak and the rich heritage of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. 8.10 Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D.
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Sibelius's Second.
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Andris Nelsons, with Hilary Hahn in Dvorak's Violin Concerto. Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Part: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten. Dvorák: Violin Concerto in A minor. 7.50 During the interval Ian Skelly is joined by tonight's star violinist, Hilary Hahn, and writer Katy Hamilton, to talk about playing Dvorak and the rich heritage of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. 8.10 Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D.
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3antimuzak
Wednesday 27th August 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:15 (3 hours and 45 minutes long)
The Marriage of Figaro from Glyndebourne.
Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducted by Riccardo Minasi perform Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro 170' (semi-staged; sung in Italian). Interval: During the interval the writer and broadcaster Flora Willson joins Andrew McGregor to discuss the genesis of Mozart's operatic setting of Da Ponte's libretto about the nuptials of the servant Figaro and his bride-to-be, Susanna. Tommaso Barea (Figaro), Huw Montague (Rendall Count), Louise Alder (Countess), Johanna Wallroth (Susanna), Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo), Madeleine Shaw (Marcellina), Adèle Charvet (Cherubino), Elisabeth Boudreault (Barbarina), Alexander Vassiliev (Antonio), Vincent Ordonneau (Don Curzio), Robert Forrest (Don Basilio). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Talia Stern, conductor Riccardo Minasi.
(Live)
Time: 18:30 to 22:15 (3 hours and 45 minutes long)
The Marriage of Figaro from Glyndebourne.
Glyndebourne Festival Opera conducted by Riccardo Minasi perform Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro 170' (semi-staged; sung in Italian). Interval: During the interval the writer and broadcaster Flora Willson joins Andrew McGregor to discuss the genesis of Mozart's operatic setting of Da Ponte's libretto about the nuptials of the servant Figaro and his bride-to-be, Susanna. Tommaso Barea (Figaro), Huw Montague (Rendall Count), Louise Alder (Countess), Johanna Wallroth (Susanna), Alessandro Corbelli (Bartolo), Madeleine Shaw (Marcellina), Adèle Charvet (Cherubino), Elisabeth Boudreault (Barbarina), Alexander Vassiliev (Antonio), Vincent Ordonneau (Don Curzio), Robert Forrest (Don Basilio). Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Talia Stern, conductor Riccardo Minasi.
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4antimuzak
Friday 29th August 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Khatia Buniatishvili Plays Tchaikovsky.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with conductor Jaime Martín and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili perform music by Margaret Sutherland, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Sutherland: Haunted Hills. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor. 8.25pm Interval. Ian Skelly finds out about the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Australian music scene, with the orchestra's new CEO Richard Wigley and musicians from the orchestra. 8.45pm Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 in D major.
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Khatia Buniatishvili Plays Tchaikovsky.
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra with conductor Jaime Martín and pianist Khatia Buniatishvili perform music by Margaret Sutherland, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Sutherland: Haunted Hills. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor. 8.25pm Interval. Ian Skelly finds out about the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Australian music scene, with the orchestra's new CEO Richard Wigley and musicians from the orchestra. 8.45pm Dvorak: Symphony No. 6 in D major.
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5antimuzak
Saturday 30th August 2025
Time: 11:00 to 13:00 (2 hours long)
BBC Proms: Folk Songs and Dances.
Linton Stephens presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Ryan Bancroft conducts the wind, brass and percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra in folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold. They also perform Gunther Schuller's eclectic trombone concerto Eine kleine Posaunenmusik, with its hints of jazz and daring technical demands, with the LSO's former principal trombone Peter Moore the soloist. Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite. Schuller: Eine kleine Posaunenmusik. c 11.35 Interval. Lt Col Lauren Petritz-Watts is the first-ever female director of the Royal Corps of Army Music and she talks to Linton about the importance of folk music in works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold and Percy Grainger that was specifically commissioned by the armed forces. Tippett: Triumph - A paraphrase on music from The Mask of Time. Arnold: English Dances, Set No 1 (version for wind band). Grainger: The Lads of Wamphray. Trad. arr. Grainger: Country Gardens. Grainger: A Lincolnshire Posy. Peter Moore (trombone), London Symphony Orchestra wind, brass and percussion, Ryan Bancroft (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 11:00 to 13:00 (2 hours long)
BBC Proms: Folk Songs and Dances.
Linton Stephens presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Ryan Bancroft conducts the wind, brass and percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra in folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold. They also perform Gunther Schuller's eclectic trombone concerto Eine kleine Posaunenmusik, with its hints of jazz and daring technical demands, with the LSO's former principal trombone Peter Moore the soloist. Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite. Schuller: Eine kleine Posaunenmusik. c 11.35 Interval. Lt Col Lauren Petritz-Watts is the first-ever female director of the Royal Corps of Army Music and she talks to Linton about the importance of folk music in works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold and Percy Grainger that was specifically commissioned by the armed forces. Tippett: Triumph - A paraphrase on music from The Mask of Time. Arnold: English Dances, Set No 1 (version for wind band). Grainger: The Lads of Wamphray. Trad. arr. Grainger: Country Gardens. Grainger: A Lincolnshire Posy. Peter Moore (trombone), London Symphony Orchestra wind, brass and percussion, Ryan Bancroft (conductor).
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6antimuzak
Saturday 30th August 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:30 (3 hours long)
Handel's Alexander's Feast.
Hanna French presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Peter Whelan conducts the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Chorus in Handel's Alexander's Feast, with soloists Hilary Cronin, Hugh Cutting and Stuart Jackson. Award-winning Baroque dynamos Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, praised for their stylish verve and rich insight and charisma, make their Proms debut with a Handel rarity that celebrates the power of music itself. Alexander's Feast is an oratorio of operatic intensity, setting John Dryden's poem about musician Timotheus, who stirred Alexander the Great to destructive revenge. The piece is heard for the first time at the Proms in the three-part version the composer made for performances in Dublin in 1742. In the interval, Julia Hartley discusses what is known about the real Alexander and the way Persia has inspired opera composers. Handel: Alexander's Feast - 1742 version (sung in English). Hilary Cronin (soprano), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Irish Baroque Chorus, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:30 (3 hours long)
Handel's Alexander's Feast.
Hanna French presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Peter Whelan conducts the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Chorus in Handel's Alexander's Feast, with soloists Hilary Cronin, Hugh Cutting and Stuart Jackson. Award-winning Baroque dynamos Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra, praised for their stylish verve and rich insight and charisma, make their Proms debut with a Handel rarity that celebrates the power of music itself. Alexander's Feast is an oratorio of operatic intensity, setting John Dryden's poem about musician Timotheus, who stirred Alexander the Great to destructive revenge. The piece is heard for the first time at the Proms in the three-part version the composer made for performances in Dublin in 1742. In the interval, Julia Hartley discusses what is known about the real Alexander and the way Persia has inspired opera composers. Handel: Alexander's Feast - 1742 version (sung in English). Hilary Cronin (soprano), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Irish Baroque Chorus, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Peter Whelan (conductor).
(Live)
7antimuzak
Sunday 31st August 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Pekka Kuusisto and Katarina Barruk.
Andrew McGregor presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Pekka Kuusisto directs the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra with singer Katarina Barruk, guitarist Arnljot Nordvik and drummer Christer Jørgensen in a programme that reflects on human injustice. Shostakovich wrote his String Quartet No 8 in Dresden, contemplating the Allied bombing of the city during the Second World War, while for some the work also speaks of the oppression of the Soviet people under Stalin's rule. In a different time and place, singer and composer Katarina Barruk - one of only a handful of remaining speakers of the Ume Sámi language - is a living beacon for her native tongue and culture, performing songs that combine the traditional and the modern. Katarina Barruk: Songs based on the joik indigenous song-type from Sábmie. Tippett: Divertimento on Sellinger's Round. Philip Glass: String Quartet No 3, Mishima - Blood Oath (fifth movement). Hannah Kendall: Weroon Weroon (UK premiere). Bach arr. Reger: Chorale Prelude - O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross, BWV 622. Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation - The Beech Tree (fifth movement). c 8.05 Interval. Andrew is joined by harpsichordist and music director Joseph McHardy, who picks some highlights from the week ahead at the BBC Proms, a week that includes a performance of Shostakovich's blistering opera The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, St Vincent and the Jules Buckley orchestra, and Simon Rattle conducting Chineke! Orchestra in Shostakovich's 10th Symphony. c 8.25 Arvo Pärt: Fratres. Shostakovich arr. R Barshai: Chamber Symphony (from String Quartet No 8). Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Katarina Barruk (vocals), Arnljot Nordvik (guitar), Christer Jørgensen (drums), Pekka Kuusisto (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Pekka Kuusisto and Katarina Barruk.
Andrew McGregor presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Pekka Kuusisto directs the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra with singer Katarina Barruk, guitarist Arnljot Nordvik and drummer Christer Jørgensen in a programme that reflects on human injustice. Shostakovich wrote his String Quartet No 8 in Dresden, contemplating the Allied bombing of the city during the Second World War, while for some the work also speaks of the oppression of the Soviet people under Stalin's rule. In a different time and place, singer and composer Katarina Barruk - one of only a handful of remaining speakers of the Ume Sámi language - is a living beacon for her native tongue and culture, performing songs that combine the traditional and the modern. Katarina Barruk: Songs based on the joik indigenous song-type from Sábmie. Tippett: Divertimento on Sellinger's Round. Philip Glass: String Quartet No 3, Mishima - Blood Oath (fifth movement). Hannah Kendall: Weroon Weroon (UK premiere). Bach arr. Reger: Chorale Prelude - O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde gross, BWV 622. Caroline Shaw: Plan & Elevation - The Beech Tree (fifth movement). c 8.05 Interval. Andrew is joined by harpsichordist and music director Joseph McHardy, who picks some highlights from the week ahead at the BBC Proms, a week that includes a performance of Shostakovich's blistering opera The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, St Vincent and the Jules Buckley orchestra, and Simon Rattle conducting Chineke! Orchestra in Shostakovich's 10th Symphony. c 8.25 Arvo Pärt: Fratres. Shostakovich arr. R Barshai: Chamber Symphony (from String Quartet No 8). Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Katarina Barruk (vocals), Arnljot Nordvik (guitar), Christer Jørgensen (drums), Pekka Kuusisto (conductor).
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8antimuzak
Monday 1st September 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth.
Martin Handley presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as John Storgårds conducts the BBC Singers, the BBC Philharmonic, the English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus and star soloists in Shostakovich's The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. Amanda Majeski stars as Katerina - the defiant Lady Macbeth - with tenor Nicky Spence as her lover Sergey, and Brindley Sherratt as the brutal patriarch Boris. During the interval, cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett talks to Martin about the opera and its cultural context in Stalin's Russia. Amanda Majeski (soprano: Katerina), Brindley Sherratt (bass: Boris/Ghost of Boris), John Findon (tenor: Zinovy), Thomas Mole (bass: Mill-hand/Priest), Nicky Spence (tenor: Sergey), Ava Dodd (soprano: Aksinya/Convict), Ronald Samm (tenor: Shabby peasant), Alaric Green (baritone: Steward), Chuma Sijeqa (bass-baritone: Police sergeant), William Morgan (tenor: Teacher), Willard White (bass-baritone: Old Convict), Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo: Sonyetka), BBC Singers, Chorus of English National Opera, Brass Section of the Orchestra of English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds (conductor), Ruth Knight (director).
(Live)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth.
Martin Handley presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as John Storgårds conducts the BBC Singers, the BBC Philharmonic, the English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus and star soloists in Shostakovich's The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. Amanda Majeski stars as Katerina - the defiant Lady Macbeth - with tenor Nicky Spence as her lover Sergey, and Brindley Sherratt as the brutal patriarch Boris. During the interval, cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett talks to Martin about the opera and its cultural context in Stalin's Russia. Amanda Majeski (soprano: Katerina), Brindley Sherratt (bass: Boris/Ghost of Boris), John Findon (tenor: Zinovy), Thomas Mole (bass: Mill-hand/Priest), Nicky Spence (tenor: Sergey), Ava Dodd (soprano: Aksinya/Convict), Ronald Samm (tenor: Shabby peasant), Alaric Green (baritone: Steward), Chuma Sijeqa (bass-baritone: Police sergeant), William Morgan (tenor: Teacher), Willard White (bass-baritone: Old Convict), Niamh O'Sullivan (mezzo: Sonyetka), BBC Singers, Chorus of English National Opera, Brass Section of the Orchestra of English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds (conductor), Ruth Knight (director).
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9antimuzak
Friday 5th September 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Rattle Conducts Chineke!
Simon Rattle conducts Chineke! Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 and music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Valerie Coleman and George Walker. Linton Stephens presents, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula. Valerie Coleman: Fanfare for Uncommon Times. George Walker: Pageant and Proclamation. 8.15pm During the interval the pianist and music director Allyson Devenish joins Linton Stephens to focus on tonight's orchestra, Chineke!, and to shed light on the music of George Walker. 8.35pm Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor Chineke! Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle.
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Rattle Conducts Chineke!
Simon Rattle conducts Chineke! Orchestra in Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10 and music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Valerie Coleman and George Walker. Linton Stephens presents, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Coleridge-Taylor: The Bamboula. Valerie Coleman: Fanfare for Uncommon Times. George Walker: Pageant and Proclamation. 8.15pm During the interval the pianist and music director Allyson Devenish joins Linton Stephens to focus on tonight's orchestra, Chineke!, and to shed light on the music of George Walker. 8.35pm Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor Chineke! Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle.
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10antimuzak
Saturday 6th September 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:30 (3 hours long)
Golda Schultz Sings Gershwin and Bernstein.
Martin Handley presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Robin Ticciati conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and soprano Golda Schultz in songs by Bernstein, Gershwin, Weill and Korngold. South African Schultz, the star of 2020's Last Night, returns to the Proms with songs by Bernstein, Gershwin, Weill and others. Bask in the sultry heat of the Deep South in Summertime from Porgy and Bess, and feel the intensity of first love in Somewhere from West Side Story. A programme of contrasting moods and colours also includes Schreker's sensuous Chamber Symphony - glittering and mercurial - and the bold, folk-infused dances of Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. Schreker: Chamber Symphony. Gershwin: By Strauss. Weill: Youkali (Tango Habanera). Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Summertime. Weill: Lost in the Stars - title song. c 8.20 Interval. Writer Emily MacGregor joins Martin to talk about Kurt Weill and to explore key cabaret and musical theatre hits. c 8.40 Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress- No Word from Tom. Korngold: Die tote Stadt - Marietta's Lied. Bernstein: West Side Story - Somewhere. Stravinsky: The Firebird - suite (1945 version). Golda Schultz (soprano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Robin Ticciati (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:30 (3 hours long)
Golda Schultz Sings Gershwin and Bernstein.
Martin Handley presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Robin Ticciati conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and soprano Golda Schultz in songs by Bernstein, Gershwin, Weill and Korngold. South African Schultz, the star of 2020's Last Night, returns to the Proms with songs by Bernstein, Gershwin, Weill and others. Bask in the sultry heat of the Deep South in Summertime from Porgy and Bess, and feel the intensity of first love in Somewhere from West Side Story. A programme of contrasting moods and colours also includes Schreker's sensuous Chamber Symphony - glittering and mercurial - and the bold, folk-infused dances of Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. Schreker: Chamber Symphony. Gershwin: By Strauss. Weill: Youkali (Tango Habanera). Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Summertime. Weill: Lost in the Stars - title song. c 8.20 Interval. Writer Emily MacGregor joins Martin to talk about Kurt Weill and to explore key cabaret and musical theatre hits. c 8.40 Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress- No Word from Tom. Korngold: Die tote Stadt - Marietta's Lied. Bernstein: West Side Story - Somewhere. Stravinsky: The Firebird - suite (1945 version). Golda Schultz (soprano), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Robin Ticciati (conductor).
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11antimuzak
Sunday 7th September 2025
Time: 11:00 to 13:30 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
BBC Proms: Vaughan Williams' A London Symphony.
Ian Skelly presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Respighi's Pines of Rome, Milhaud's Le boeuf sur le toit and Vaughan Williams' A London Symphony. Respighi: Pines of Rome. Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit (version for violin and orchestra). c 11.35 Interval. Kate Kennedy looks ahead to some highlights in the final week of this year's BBC Proms, a week that includes a major choral work by Arthur Bliss, two concerts from the Vienna Philharmonic and appearances by Avi Avital, the National Youth Choir and John Wilson's Sinfonia of London. c 12.00pm Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2 (A London Symphony). Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko {conductor).
(Live)
Time: 11:00 to 13:30 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
BBC Proms: Vaughan Williams' A London Symphony.
Ian Skelly presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Respighi's Pines of Rome, Milhaud's Le boeuf sur le toit and Vaughan Williams' A London Symphony. Respighi: Pines of Rome. Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit (version for violin and orchestra). c 11.35 Interval. Kate Kennedy looks ahead to some highlights in the final week of this year's BBC Proms, a week that includes a major choral work by Arthur Bliss, two concerts from the Vienna Philharmonic and appearances by Avi Avital, the National Youth Choir and John Wilson's Sinfonia of London. c 12.00pm Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 2 (A London Symphony). Arabella Steinbacher (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko {conductor).
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12antimuzak
Sunday 7th September 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Grieg's Piano Concerto.
Petroc Trelawny presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloist Lukas Sternath in Grieg's Piano Concerto, as well as music by Ruth Gipps and Bliss. Prize-winning Viennese pianist Sternath makes his Proms debut in Grieg's beloved concerto, with its heart-on-sleeve melodies and intimate lyricism. The piece is framed by two musical products of war, a haunting elegy by Vaughan Williams' pupil Ruth Gipps, inspired by a William Blake illustration of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and anniversary-composer Arthur Bliss's The Beatitudes, a cantata intended for the 1962 reopening of Coventry Cathedral. Gipps: Death on the Pale Horse. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor. c 8.10 Interval. Cellist, conductor and broadcaster Julian Lloyd Webber joins Petroc to discuss Bliss's powerful, reflective and consoling ode. c 8.30 Bliss: The Beatitudes. Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Lukas Sternath (piano), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Grieg's Piano Concerto.
Petroc Trelawny presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloist Lukas Sternath in Grieg's Piano Concerto, as well as music by Ruth Gipps and Bliss. Prize-winning Viennese pianist Sternath makes his Proms debut in Grieg's beloved concerto, with its heart-on-sleeve melodies and intimate lyricism. The piece is framed by two musical products of war, a haunting elegy by Vaughan Williams' pupil Ruth Gipps, inspired by a William Blake illustration of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and anniversary-composer Arthur Bliss's The Beatitudes, a cantata intended for the 1962 reopening of Coventry Cathedral. Gipps: Death on the Pale Horse. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor. c 8.10 Interval. Cellist, conductor and broadcaster Julian Lloyd Webber joins Petroc to discuss Bliss's powerful, reflective and consoling ode. c 8.30 Bliss: The Beatitudes. Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Laurence Kilsby (tenor), Lukas Sternath (piano), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo (conductor).
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13antimuzak
Monday 8th September 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
The Vienna Philharmonic plays Bruckner.
Martin Handley presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in music from Berg's opera Lulu and Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. One of the world's great orchestras concludes this year's triptych of ninth symphonies with the grandest of them all. Dedicated to God, Bruckner's work is the extraordinary product of a career's experience and a decade's labour - an unfinished swansong that confronts darkness even as it grasps towards heaven in music the composer himself thought the most beautiful he had ever written. The concert opens with Berg's Lulu Suite, a distillation of the composer's tragic opera into a heady and sometimes violent outpouring for orchestra. Berg: Lulu Suite (Rondo; Variations; Adagio). c 8.05 Interval. Writer and musicologist Katy Hamilton talks to Martin about why so many composers have struggled to write their ninth symphonies. c 8.30 Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor. Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor).
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
The Vienna Philharmonic plays Bruckner.
Martin Handley presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in music from Berg's opera Lulu and Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. One of the world's great orchestras concludes this year's triptych of ninth symphonies with the grandest of them all. Dedicated to God, Bruckner's work is the extraordinary product of a career's experience and a decade's labour - an unfinished swansong that confronts darkness even as it grasps towards heaven in music the composer himself thought the most beautiful he had ever written. The concert opens with Berg's Lulu Suite, a distillation of the composer's tragic opera into a heady and sometimes violent outpouring for orchestra. Berg: Lulu Suite (Rondo; Variations; Adagio). c 8.05 Interval. Writer and musicologist Katy Hamilton talks to Martin about why so many composers have struggled to write their ninth symphonies. c 8.30 Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor. Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor).
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14antimuzak
Tuesday 9th September 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 20:45 (2 hours and 15 minutes long)
The Vienna Philharmonic Plays Tchaikovsky.
The Vienna Philharmonic perform Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' Symphony and Mozart's 'Prague' Symphony with conductor Franz Welser-Möst. Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D, 'Prague'. 7.05 Interval: The cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett joins Martin Handley to talk about Tchaikovsky and his great love of tonight's other Proms composer, Mozart. 7.30 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'. Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Franz Welser-Möst.
(Live)
Time: 18:30 to 20:45 (2 hours and 15 minutes long)
The Vienna Philharmonic Plays Tchaikovsky.
The Vienna Philharmonic perform Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' Symphony and Mozart's 'Prague' Symphony with conductor Franz Welser-Möst. Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D, 'Prague'. 7.05 Interval: The cultural historian Rosamund Bartlett joins Martin Handley to talk about Tchaikovsky and his great love of tonight's other Proms composer, Mozart. 7.30 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique'. Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Franz Welser-Möst.
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Wednesday 10th September 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Rachmaninov's Second Symphony.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Delyana Lazarova and cellist Anastasia Kobekina perform music by Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Lili Boulanger. Presented by Tom Service, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat. 8:15 Interval: Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2, written between 1906 and 1907, was well received but later underwent various revisions and the original manuscript was thought to be lost. How common is this for manuscripts and what can we learn from them? Lead Curator of Music Manuscripts and Archives at the British Library Chris Scobie is Tom Service's guest for the interval. 8.40 Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor. Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Delyana Lazarova.
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Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Rachmaninov's Second Symphony.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Delyana Lazarova and cellist Anastasia Kobekina perform music by Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Lili Boulanger. Presented by Tom Service, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat. 8:15 Interval: Rachmaninov's Symphony No 2, written between 1906 and 1907, was well received but later underwent various revisions and the original manuscript was thought to be lost. How common is this for manuscripts and what can we learn from them? Lead Curator of Music Manuscripts and Archives at the British Library Chris Scobie is Tom Service's guest for the interval. 8.40 Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor. Anastasia Kobekina (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Delyana Lazarova.
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16antimuzak
Friday 12th September 2025 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:15 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
John Wilson Conducts Bernstein and Ravel.
John Wilson conducts Sinfonia of London in music by Strauss, Bernstein and Ravel. Hannah French presents, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Richard Strauss: Don Juan. Leonard Bernstein: Serenade. Interval: Hannah French is joined by the director, lyricist and composer Jeremy Sams to find out more about the paradoxical life of Maurice Ravel. Famously guarded in his private life, he wrote music of brilliance and passion. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe. Sinfonia of London, conductor John Wilson. Critics have praised their Proms performances as 'breathtaking', 'blazing' and 'simply as good as it gets'. Now John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London double down with a passion-soaked programme of 20th-century orchestral showpieces. Love is the theme of a Prom that opens with history's greatest seducer, Don Juan, in Strauss's swashbuckling tone-poem and closes with the sensuous, diaphanous textures of Ravel's ballet Daphnis and Chloe. At the centre is one of Bernstein's most lyrical orchestral works. James Ehnes is the soloist in Serenade - a violin concerto by another name that muses on, and interrogates, the nature of love itself.
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:15 (2 hours and 45 minutes long)
John Wilson Conducts Bernstein and Ravel.
John Wilson conducts Sinfonia of London in music by Strauss, Bernstein and Ravel. Hannah French presents, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Richard Strauss: Don Juan. Leonard Bernstein: Serenade. Interval: Hannah French is joined by the director, lyricist and composer Jeremy Sams to find out more about the paradoxical life of Maurice Ravel. Famously guarded in his private life, he wrote music of brilliance and passion. Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe. Sinfonia of London, conductor John Wilson. Critics have praised their Proms performances as 'breathtaking', 'blazing' and 'simply as good as it gets'. Now John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London double down with a passion-soaked programme of 20th-century orchestral showpieces. Love is the theme of a Prom that opens with history's greatest seducer, Don Juan, in Strauss's swashbuckling tone-poem and closes with the sensuous, diaphanous textures of Ravel's ballet Daphnis and Chloe. At the centre is one of Bernstein's most lyrical orchestral works. James Ehnes is the soloist in Serenade - a violin concerto by another name that muses on, and interrogates, the nature of love itself.
(Live)
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