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BBC Proms (1947)

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The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.

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Seasons & episodes

First Night of the Proms Part OneJul 15, 2005

BBC1 kicks off this centrepiece of the classical calendar for the first time, as Promenaders don their finery for the start of the 111th se…

First Night of the Proms Part TwoJul 15, 2005

Michael Tippett's powerful oratorio A Child of Our Time features in continuing live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The piece…

Prom 4: Richard Wagner - Die WalküreJul 18, 2005

Tenor Placido Domingo makes his long-awaited Proms debut in the Royal Opera House's new production of Wagner's epic Die Walkure, the second…

Prom 5: Michael Berkeley, Benjamin Britten and Vaughan WilliamsJul 19, 2005 · 2h 25m

BBC National Orchestra of Wales - conducted by Richard Hickox - performs a new concerto by Michael Berkeley. Soprano Susan Gritton sings fo…

Prom 6: Musgrave, Rachmaninov and NielsonJul 20, 2005

Conductor Osma Vanska returns to the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a concert in which elemental forces are at play. Thea Musgra…

Prom 8: Stravinsky, MacMillan and RavelJul 21, 2005

A performance of Stravinsky's musical fairytale The Nightingale and an extraordinary new commission for organ and orchestra by James MacMil…

Prom 9: Mozart and MahlerJul 22, 2005

The conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi is renowned for his insightful interpretations of the great German Romantic repertoire - tonight, he c…

Prom 11: Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan WilliamsJul 23, 2005

Mendelssohn's Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony (Symphony No 1) and Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No…

Prom 13: Elgar's The Dream of GerontiusJul 24, 2005

Elgar's great vision of a spiritual journey - The Dream of Gerontius - is performed by the Halle Choir, London Philharmonic Choir and Halle…

Prom 14: Tippett and ShostakovichJul 25, 2005

Michael Tippett 's mystical The Vision of St Augustine is followed by Shostakovich's Symphony No 10. Soprano Elizabeth Atherton and bariton…

Prom15: Fairy TalesJul 26, 2005

This season's theme of fairy tales is represented by Russian composer Liadov's tone-poem trilogy - Baba-Yaga, The Enchanted Lake and Kikimo…

Prom 16: Ravel, Dutilleux, Stravinsky and MussorgskyJul 27, 2005

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra play Ravel's popular Mother Goose suite. There's also a new work - Correspondences - by France's…

Prom 18: Adams, Corigliano and ProkofievJul 28, 2005

Conductor Marin Alsop and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra bring American composer John Corigliano's new concerto The Red Violin to the P…

Prom 19: Russia NightJul 29, 2005

An all-Russian line-up, with excerpts from Tchaikovsky's The Snow Maiden, followed by Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 played by the 20-…

Prom 21: Violins!! - Part 2Jul 30, 2005

Viktoria Mullova is the soloist for the world premiere of Fraser Trainer's violin concerto For the Living, in the second of today's three V…

Prom 23: Berlioz's Romeo and JulietJul 31, 2005

Shakespeare's tale of doomed young love is brought to life in Berlioz's dramatic symphony Romeo et Juliette Nan Volkov conducts the BBC SSO…

Prom 41: Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan OrchestraAug 14, 2005

Following last year's sell-out success, celebrated conductor Daniel Barenboim returns to the Royal Albert Hall with his young orchestra of…

Prom 2: Arthur Sullivan's HMS PinaforeAug 18, 2005

WS Gilbert's libretto on ignorant sea lords combines with Arthur Sullivan 's memorable melodies in one of the duo's most enduring creations…

Prom 49: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’Aug 20, 2005

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Kurt Masur conducts the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, as well as a cast of international solois…

Prom 57: Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for PeaceAug 27, 2005

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, dynamic conductor Valery Gergiev leads the World Orchestra for Peace in a concert of opera and fantasy. Fo…

Prom 59: David Zinman conducts the Tonhalle OrchestraSep 1, 2005

Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra makes a welcome return for a programme which includes music by Wagner, Beethoven and Richard Strauss. With Davi…

Prom 66: Sir Colin Davies conductions the Juilliard OrchestraSep 3, 2005

Colin Davis conducts students from London's Royal Academy of Music and New York's Juilliard School in tonight's live concert at the Royal A…

Prom 67: Zemlinsky and BrahmsSep 4, 2005

Zemlinsky's Die Seejungfrau, based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, is followed by Brahms's German Requiem, written in memo…

Prom 68: Britten, Rawsthorne and TchaikovskySep 5, 2005

Britten's Four Sea Interludes are performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under conductor Rumon Gamba. Howard Shelley is the soloi…

Prom 69: Thomas Adès and the Chamber Orchestra of EuropeSep 6, 2005

Thomas Ades. the British composer and conductor. premieres his Violin Concerto with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and soloist Anthony Mar…

Prom 71: Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraSep 7, 2005

A rare London appearance for acclaimed conductor Zubin Mehta who leads the Vienna Philharmonic as they perform Haydn's Drumroll Symphony an…

Prom 72: Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minorSep 8, 2005

In its second Proms appearance this season, the Vienna Philharmonic performs Bruckner's immense Symphony No 8 in C minor under conductor Ch…

Prom 73: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Helsinki Symphony OrchestraSep 9, 2005

The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Two French orchestral classics frame the programme, Debussy's "La Me…

Prom 74: Last Night of the PromsSep 10, 2005

Live at London's Royal Albert Hall, Alan Titchmarsh introduces the final concert in the Proms season. A nautical theme is reflected with Wa…