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Suzy Klein presents a live Proms edition of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3’s In Tune, featuring artists from the season.

Hannah Conway presents stories and music based on Oliver Jeffers’s Lost and Found.

Doctor Who enthusiast Matthew Sweet looks back over 50 years of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ series.

Join the Proms Family Orchestra and Chorus in creating its own Doctor Who soundtrack.

A discussion on the history of French ballet from Lully to Stravinsky and an examination of The Rite of Spring, 100 years after its premiere, with Jane Pritchard, Dance Historian at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Conductor Kenneth Woods introduces a selection of readings about Gustav Mahler, including the composer’s letters, reviews and biographies. Rana Mitter presents.

Louise Fryer speaks to David Matthews about his new commission and Daniel Grimley gives an introduction to Nielsen and his ‘Inextinguishable’ Symphony No. 4.

Polish is the third most spoken language in the UK, after English and Welsh, and the 2011 census found over half a million Poles living in Britain. But you don't need to speak Polish in order to embrace Polish culture, thanks to a current boom in translating Polish novels into English. Rana Mitter asks the Polish-born writers Eva Hoffman and A.M. Bakalar to provide a guide to the most exciting writing coming out of Poland today.

Join Rachel Leach on an epic climb up an Alpine mountain, from twilight to nightfall with every tiny detail described along the way.

Louise Fryer is joined by composer and musicologist William Mival to discuss Rachmaninov and his Symphony No. 2.

Explore Rachmaninov’s great music together with your family in the Family Orchestra & Chorus - a retrospective look at Prom 10 on Friday 19 July.

Experience some of the vocal writing of Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces with Mary King.

Sean Shepherd talks about his new commission and working with the NYO-USA. Gerard McBurney introduces Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Elaine Padmore for an introduction to Die Walküre.

What makes Falstaff so irresistible to writers and composers? Timothy West talks about his experiences of playing one of Shakespeare's greatest characters.

Step into the heat of Spain as Rachel Leach re-tells the story of Falla's most popular ballet, featuring a beautiful lady, an angry husband and a man with a three-cornered hat!

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Mark Berry (Royal Holloway, University of London) for an introduction to tonight's opera, Siegfried.

Wagner's stage directions are notorious: giant dragons; underwater singing; horses on stage; storms; destruction by raging fires. Designer Peter Mumford and Dr John Snelson of the ROH discuss the solutions available to 21st century artists and some famous 19th and 20th century stagings. Presented by Anne McElvoy and including readings by David Rintoul. Guests include Philip Hoare, Jamila Gavin and Elizabeth Gray. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Plus events.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Sarah Lenton for an introduction to Götterdämmerung.

John le Carré, one of the greatest spy novelists, celebrates 50 years since the publication of his groundbreaking Cold War espionage novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, with Anne McElvoy.

James Jolly explores Mozart's life in Vienna and the city's influences on the music in tonight's programme.

The writers Simon Heffer and Andrew O'Hagan discuss the halcyon days of light music at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and beyond with Matthew Sweet. With its jaunty melodies and cascading strings, they restore it to its proper place: the heart of British musical life. Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Plus events.

Rana Mitter introduces an anthology of unexpected readings from the letters and autobiography of the English composer Michael Tippett, with guests Ivan Hewett and Oliver Soden.

Naresh Sohal, in conversation with Andrew McGregor, discusses his ´óÏó´«Ã½ commission and introduces his chamber works.

Robert Crawford and Fiona Stafford discuss how the Romantic movement linked Beethoven with the poetry of Scottish writers such as Burns, James Macpherson and Walter Scott.

Hannah Conway presents stories and music based on Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back.

Sing extracts from Tannhäuser with Mary King.

An introduction to Wagner's Tannhäuser, with James Jolly.

Edward Cowie discusses his ´óÏó´«Ã½ commission with Andrew McGregor prior to its world premiere and introduces performances of his chamber works.

Create your own coronation music in the style of two British greats - Rubbra and Walton - with Rachel Leach and professional musicians.

The Aurora Orchestra, under Nicholas Collon, performs the winning entries in this year's ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath and the publication of her novel, The Bell Jar, the writer, Lavinia Greenlaw and the critic, Sally Bayley, look back on the legacy of a remarkable poet with readings by Buffy Davis.   Born in Boston in 1932 Plath moved to England to study at Cambridge where she met and married the poet Ted Hughes. Her first collection of poems, Colossus, was published here in 1960. In 1962 she wrote most of the poems which would form her best known collection, Ariel. She died in February 1963 during one of the most severe winters on record in Britain. Ariel and The Bell Jar were published after her death.   Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music as part of this year's Proms Plus events.

Mary King explores Britten's mastery of word-setting in his vocal writing.

An introduction to tonight's Urban Classic Prom.

Helen Wallace and Amanda Glauert discuss Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and its link with the Royal Philharmonic Society.

Louise Fryer talks to Stephen Johnson and musicologist Kate Kennedy about Vaughan Williams and introduces A London Symphony.

Take an imaginary stroll through an art gallery with Rachel Leach and hear 15 pictures brought to life as music.

Ian Skelly talks to Marina Frolova-Walker and Rosamund Bartlett about Tchaikovsky and his world, looking at the influences in his life at the time of writing his Third Symphony.

Dame Monica Mason, former direcor of the Royal Ballet, who partnered Rudolf Nureyev in Hamlet, celebrates his life and legacy.

Louise Fryer talks to Oliver Soden about Tippett's own libretto for The Midsummer Marriage and the influence on the opera of poet T. S. Eliot.

Explore the vocal writing in Brahms's A German Requiem with Mary King. Suitable for singers familiar with the work who want to get some vocal tips!

Laura Tunbridge looks at Brahms and the works performed in tonight's concert.

Create a piece of music together with your family, inspired by the music in this evening's Prom.

Louise Fryer presents an introduction to tonight's programme with a focus on Stravinsky's The Firebird.

Kenneth Hamilton, concert pianist and Professor of Music at Cardiff University, looks at the story of the Romantic piano concerto, and at Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in G minor.

Benjamin Britten's compositions were inspired by the work of many poets and novelists. Actor Samuel West and writer Alexandra Harris explore the relationship between Britten's words and music.

Param Vir discusses Cave of Luminous Mind with Andrew McGregor prior to its world premiere and introduces performances of his chamber works given by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.

James Jolly talks to Fiona McKnight, Archivist of the Serge Prokofiev Archive at Goldsmiths, University of London, about Prokofiev and his Fifth Symphony.

Andrew McGregor talks to Nick Reyland about Lutosławski, Panufnik and their place in the history of Polish culture.

Join Rachel Leach and professional musicians to discover the hidden stories within the music of tonight’s Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!

Martin Handley presents an introduction to Wagner’s epic and final opera, Parsifal, with Stephen Johnson.

Join Mary King for a sing through some great tunes from musicals and movies to get you in the toe-tapping mood for this evening's Hollywood Rhapsody Prom! Suitable for all.

Film composer Debbie Wiseman and writer David Benedict talk to Matthew Sweet about the ways in which film-makers have created mood with music from the very first days of silent film to the contemporary CGI blockbuster.

Charlotte Seither discusses her commisssion with Andrew McGregor and introduces performances of her chamber works given by musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Stephen Johnson talks about Peter Eötvös’s DoReMi and introduces Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7

Find out the real meaning of Strauss’s epic Also sprach Zarathustra, along with the stories behind The Witch of Atlas and Pohjola’s Daughter in this introductory talk for families with Rachel Leach.

Matthew Sweet considers the ways in which film composers have risen to the challenge of capturing the sound of dark matter and distant planets.

Create, explore and play music inspired by today’s Family Prom with a team of professional musicians. Suitable for all the family.

Martin Handley talks to Paul Kildea about Britten and his place in 20th-century music.

Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, and poet Paul Farley discuss one of the most influential of the Thirties Poets, Louis MacNeice, who worked with Benjamin Britten during his time as a ´óÏó´«Ã½ producer.

Join Proms Director Roger Wright and Chris Cotton, Chief Executive of the Royal Albert Hall, as they look back over the 2013 season with Petroc Trelawny.

Ian Skelly presents a discussion on Verdi and the orchestra, plus an introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Manfred.

Poet Don Paterson and Radio 3 presenter Ian McMillan introduce the winning entries in this year’s Proms Poetry competition, in association with the Poetry Society. Actress Samantha Bond will read the winning poems.

A fun workshop with Mary King to get you ready for vocal action at the Last Night singalong.