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The festival opens with a choir of 450 and two great portraits of the sea: Sakari Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams鈥檚 A Sea Symphony and Britten鈥檚 Four Sea Interludes as well as the world premiere of Julian Anderson鈥檚 Harmony. Pianist Stephen Hough plays Paganini variations by Rachmaninov and by featured composer Lutos艂awski.

In its 50th-anniversary year, Doctor Who returns to the Proms with a spectacular concert featuring Murray Gold鈥檚 music for the series, plus pieces by Bach, Bizet and Debussy, and a special performance of one of the most iconic theme tunes in television history.聽Performed by the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Ben Foster, the Prom includes a host of alien friends and foes plus a very special appearance by Matt Smith.

In its 50th-anniversary year, Doctor Who returns to the Proms with a spectacular concert featuring Murray Gold鈥檚 music for the series, plus pieces by Bach, Bizet and Debussy, and a special performance of one of the most iconic theme tunes in television history.聽Performed by the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Ben Foster, the Prom includes a host of alien friends and foes plus a very special appearance by Matt Smith.

Fran莽ois-Xavier Roth and Les Si猫cles trace the history of French dance music 鈥� on period instruments 鈥� from the Court of the Sun King at Versailles to the riotous 1913 Paris premiere of Stravinsky鈥檚 ballet The Rite of Spring.

Jonathan Nott conducts the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 5, whose Adagietto is a tender tribute to his wife, Alma. The Arditti Quartet joins the orchestra for the UK premiere of Helmut Lachenmann鈥檚 vast and atmospheric Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied.

Inspired by daybreak on the Kent coast, David Matthews鈥檚 A Vision of the Sea opens the 大象传媒 Philharmonic鈥檚 Prom with Juanjo Mena. Nobuyuki Tsujii is the soloist in Rachmaninov鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 2, a passionate upbeat to Nielsen鈥檚 life-affirming 鈥業nextinguishable鈥� Symphony.

Thomas Ad猫s conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra, Christianne Stotijn and Simon Keenlyside in the world premiere of his Totentanz, a work inspired by a mural destroyed in the Second World War bombing of L眉beck. Britten鈥檚 Sinfonia da Requiem and Lutos艂awski鈥檚 Cello Concerto complete a programme of remembrance and survival.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, in Rachmaninov鈥檚 Second Symphony and Mozart鈥檚 elegant 鈥楬affner鈥� Symphony. Jan Lisiecki plays Schumann鈥檚 intimate Piano Concerto in the first of Pappano鈥檚 two Proms.

Sir Antonio Pappano, the Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, and soprano Maria Agresta celebrate Verdi鈥檚 bicentenary with the Four Sacred Pieces, the original version of the Requiem鈥檚 鈥楲ibera me鈥�, a touching Ave Maria setting and the orchestral version of the great opera composer鈥檚 String Quartet.

The newly formed National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America makes its Proms debut under the baton of Valery Gergiev in Sean Shepherd鈥檚 Magiya and Shostakovich鈥檚 Tenth Symphony. Violinist Joshua Bell is the soloist in Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto.

Juanjo Mena and the 大象传媒 Philharmonic present a programme of dance music spanning Beethoven鈥檚 Seventh Symphony, John McCabe鈥檚 Joybox, Ravel鈥檚 叠辞濒茅谤辞 and Falla鈥檚 Spanish ballet The Three-Cornered Hat.

Semyon Bychkov and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra interrupt the Ring cycle to explore Wagner鈥檚 intoxicating tragedy Tristan and Isolde, a turning point in the history of Romantic music. Robert Dean Smith and Violeta Urmana are the illicit lovers.

The UK premiere of Colin Matthews鈥檚 Turning Point opens the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales鈥檚 first Prom with Thomas S酶nderg氓rd. Daniel Hope plays Prokofiev鈥檚 Violin Concerto No. 2, the quicksilver antipode to Shostakovich鈥檚 monumental Symphony No. 11, 鈥楾he Year 1905鈥�.

The Mahler Chamber Orchestra returns to the 大象传媒 Proms with conductor Daniel Harding. Paul Lewis is the soloist in Mozart鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 25, its play of light and shade echoed in the same composer鈥檚 Masonic Funeral Music, Schumann鈥檚 Second Symphony and Sibelius鈥檚 Seventh.

Vadim Repin plays James MacMillan鈥檚 Violin Concerto with Donald Runnicles and the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Threaded with reels and old laments, MacMillan鈥檚 work complements the concentrated dramas of Beethoven鈥檚 鈥楥oriolan鈥� Overture and Fifth Symphony.

Mitsuko Uchida plays Beethoven鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor, Mariss Jansons. The opium-fuelled idylls and nightmares of Berlioz鈥檚 Symphonie fantastique complete one of the festival鈥檚 hottest programmes.

Hail, ice, thunder, rain 鈥� and the bark of a dog on a sunny afternoon. Iconoclastic violinist Nigel Kennedy plays Vivaldi鈥檚 endlessly fascinating set of concertos, The Four Seasons, in a Late Night Prom with players from Palestine and Poland.

A late-night feast of sinfonias, arias and chorales as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, 70 this year, conducts the singers and players of the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Bach鈥檚 Easter Oratorio and Ascension Oratorio.

Broadcast live on 大象传媒 Radio 1, 大象传媒 Radio 1Xtra and 大象传媒 Radio 3, Jules Buckley leads the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra in a collision of Fazer, Henze, Laura Mvula, Mosolov and Maverick Sabre, with guest artists from the worlds of urban and contemporary classical music.

Vasily Petrenko conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and young singers from across the British Isles in Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony, Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Walt Whitman setting Towards the Unknown Region and the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage鈥檚 Frieze.

The Fanfare No. 5 from Tippett鈥檚 The Mask of Time opens tonight's survey of 20th-century greats with the London Symphony Orchestra and Ian Bostridge, from Tippett鈥檚 Concerto for Double String Orchestra and Britten鈥檚 Les illuminations to Elgar鈥檚 Second Symphony.

Anna Caterina Antonacci sings Wagner鈥檚 Wesendonck-Lieder with Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin and the Rotterdam Philharmonic, a mini Tristan and Isolde. Tchaikovsky鈥檚 fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet and the bright colours of Prokofiev鈥檚 Fifth Symphony form a strong contrast.

The pan-European Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester returns to the 大象传媒 Proms with conductor Philippe Jordan and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in a programme of Wagner鈥檚 overture to Rienzi, Ravel鈥檚 jazz-inflected Piano Concerto in G major and Shostakovich鈥檚 Fifth Symphony.

The John Wilson Orchestra returns to the 大象传媒 Proms with a programme of Golden Age film music from Edward Newman鈥檚 鈥楽treet Scene鈥� (from How to Marry a Millionnaire) to Erich Korngold鈥檚 swashbuckling suite from Robin Hood and Franz Waxman鈥檚 A Place in the Sun.

Keith Lockhart conducts the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra in Addinsell鈥檚 Warsaw Concerto and music by Walton (Battle of Britain), William Alwyn (The True Glory), Leighton Lucas (Ice Cold in Alex) and Richard Rodney Bennett (Lady Caroline Lamb), and a second half filled with the Hollywood superheroes and space travellers.

Arvo P盲rt鈥檚 Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten opens Paavo J盲rvi鈥檚 performance with the Orchestre de Paris. Janine Jansen is the soloist in Britten鈥檚 Violin Concerto. Berlioz鈥檚 Le corsaire overture and Saint-Sa毛ns鈥檚 鈥極rgan鈥� Symphony complete a programme of vivid contrasts.

Xian Zhang directs the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi in Tchaikovsky鈥檚 symphonic drama Manfred and the overtures to La forza del destino and La traviata. Celebrated Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja sings arias from Rigoletto, Luisa Miller and I vespri siciliani.

Marin Alsop becomes the first female conductor of the Last Night of the Proms. Joyce DiDonato and Nigel Kennedy join the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra in a concert that runs from Rossini and Handel arias to a mass singalong, and from Vaughan Williams鈥檚 The Lark Ascending and rarities by Britten and Bantock to a new opener by Anna Clyne.