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大象传媒 Proms Session with British folk group The Unthanks open to young musicians aged 14-21.

Ahead of tonight鈥檚 performance of Dvo艡谩k's Cello Concerto, Sir John Tusa and Marina Frolova-Walker discuss the cultural repercussions started by the upheaval across the Iron Curtain 50 years ago.

Strauss鈥檚 virtuosic, vividly autobiographical tone-poem puts the 大象传媒 NOW and conductor Otto Tausk in the spotlight. They are joined by cellist Daniel M眉ller-Schott for Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Cello Concerto. A Prelude from Ethel Smyth鈥檚 The Wreckers opens the concert.

Composer Joby Talbot discusses his new guitar concerto which is receiving its world premiere this evening and is joined by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to look at the relationship between music and dance,

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Guitarist Milo拧 Karadagli膰 is the soloist in a new concerto by Joby Talbot, whose dancing rhythms take inspiration from Karadagli膰鈥檚 Balkan heritage. The dance continues with Act I of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 beloved ballet The Nutcracker.

Two great queens 鈥� Cleopatra and Dido 鈥� are the inspiration for this concert by Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska and period ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. Operatic arias by Handel and Cavalli are framed by instrumental works from the period.

Join us for a rousing session of folk songs from across Britain and Ireland. No experience of singing is required.

Poets Gillian Clarke and Peter Mackay discuss the folk tales of Britain and Ireland.

The 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra collaborates with some of the folk world鈥檚 leading musicians, including Julie Fowlis, The Unthanks and Sam Lee, in a concert that celebrates traditional music while also looking to the future of this ever-evolving genre.

A staged performance of Stravinsky鈥檚 First World War music theatre piece The Soldier鈥檚 Tale. William Conway conducts the Hebrides Ensemble in this tale of a young man who sells his soul to the Devil.

Join musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at this unique and friendly event for teenagers hosted by the NYO鈥檚 Young Promoters 鈥� a great chance to find out about the music in this evening鈥檚 Prom.

A staged performance of Stravinsky鈥檚 First World War music theatre piece The Soldier鈥檚 Tale. William Conway conducts the Hebrides Ensemble in this tale of a young man who sells his soul to the Devil.

George Benjamin and the National Youth Orchestra in a concert of orchestral masterworks that includes Debussy鈥檚 La Mer and Ligeti鈥檚 mesmerising Lontano. Pianist Tamara Stefanovich is the soloist in Ravel鈥檚 Concerto for the Left Hand.

Join professional musicians to create your own music inspired by this afternoon's Prom.

Over two concerts in one day, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra present Bach鈥檚 six Brandenburg Concertos alongside six newly commissioned companion works, to create a brand-new musical cycle, heard here in the UK for the first time.

Poets Sandeep Parmar and Sean O鈥橞rien talk to Catherine Fletcher about contemporary re-workings of classical stories and what it means to take on part of the canon 鈥� as the Prom concert creates a new way to hear Bach鈥檚 Brandenburg Concertos.

In the second of two concerts, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are joined by soloists to complete their new musical cycle pairing Bach鈥檚 Brandenburg Concertos with newly composed companion pieces.

Lullabies, dreams and sleep are themes that drift through this night-inspired concert of English song. Dame Sarah Connolly makes her Proms recital debut with music by Vaughan Williams and Howells as well as a world premiere by Benjamin Britten.

An introduction to Ives' Symphony No. 2 with musicologist J.P.E. Harper Scott.

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A great American orchestra marks Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 100th-anniversary year with a concert of 20th-century American classics including Bernstein鈥檚 exhilarating Candide overture and Ives鈥檚 lyrical Second Symphony.

Presenter Tom Service, Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra take their audience inside Shostakovich鈥檚 Ninth Symphony 鈥� taking it apart to reveal its intricate construction, before putting it back together again in a complete performance from memory.

The Revd Lucy Winkett and writer Katy Hamilton introduce Brahms' A German Requiem.

Richard Farnes conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and soloists Golda Schultz and Johan Reuter in Brahms鈥檚 much-loved Requiem. Marking Thea Musgrave鈥檚 90th birthday, the performance opens with her dramatic Phoenix Rising.

Film-maker and biographer Humphrey Burton explores Aaron Copland's influence on Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein, in conversation with musicologist Heather Wiebe.

This transatlantic programme from Juanjo Mena and the 大象传媒 Philharmonic pairs Britten鈥檚 evocative Sea Interludes and his exquisite orchestral song-cycle Les Illuminations with music by their American colleagues and contemporaries Copland and Barber.

Celebrating the music of a modern New York, the Heritage Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley present the sound of NYC. With guest artists drawn from across the Big Apple, expect anything from pagan-gospel and disco-punk to feminist rap or DIY indie.

Stephen Fry and John Deathridge introduce Wagner's 'Die Walk眉re'.

Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra take a journey from the aphoristic brilliance of Webern through the bittersweet beauty of Mahler鈥檚 unfinished Tenth Symphony, to Wagner鈥檚 expansive music-drama Die Walk眉re.

Chaos and doom as featured in the Old Testament are examined by Joe Moshenska and novelist Salley Vickers. They look at the 鈥渨eeping prophet鈥� Jeremiah ahead of tonight's Bernstein Symphony, which sets texts from the Book of Lamentations.

Bernstein鈥檚 emotive First Symphony is the work that put the young composer on the map. Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia here pair it with another symphonic debut 鈥� Mahler鈥檚 arresting, visionary First Symphony.

Join us to explore the songs and story of Bernstein's West Side Story. For ages 12-18. Booking required.

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Bernstein鈥檚 West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. This most popular of musicals updates the story of Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the action to the warring white American and Puerto Rican gangs of Manhattan.

Critic and broadcaster David Benedict and musicologist Sophie Redfern introduce Bernstein's West Side Story.

Bernstein鈥檚 West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. This most popular of musicals updates the story of Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the action to the warring white American and Puerto Rican gangs of Manhattan.

Historians Saul David and Laura Rowe talk about the causes and effects of the First World War and the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, ahead of a performance of the Lament written by Frank Bridge as a memorial.

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A concert from Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields includes Mendelssohn鈥檚 charming A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream overture and Beethoven鈥檚 graceful Fourth Symphony. Bell himself is the soloist in Saint-Sa毛ns鈥檚 Third Violin Concerto.

Musicologist Kate Kennedy introduces Vaughan Williams鈥檚 1936 Cantata.

The conflict of war runs through this concert by Edward Gardner and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Vaughan Williams鈥檚 beautiful cantata Dona nobis pacem and Lili Boulanger鈥檚 Pour les funerailles d鈥檜n soldat frame Elgar鈥檚 elegiac Cello Concerto.

Award-winning British percussionist Colin Currie joins forces with dynamic contemporary music specialists, the JACK Quartet, for a programme of 20th- and 21st-century works, including world premieres by Simon Holt and Suzanne Farrin.

大象传媒 Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Leah Broad and musicologist Tim Howell introduce Sibelius's Fifth Symphony.

Georgian virtuoso Khatia Buniatishvili is the soloist in Grieg's ever-popular Piano Concerto, joining Paavo J盲rvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra for a Prom that also includes Sibelius's stirring Fifth Symphony and Arvo P盲rt's Third Symphony.

New Generation Thinker Hetta Howes and philosopher Mark Vernon compare figures from the past and present who have searched for a sense of transcendence and experienced ecstatic states, ahead of tonight's performance of Scriabin鈥檚 Poem of Ecstasy.

Daniel Barenboim and his West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra return for a concert that includes Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto with soloist Lisa Batiashvil Scriabin鈥檚 The Poem of Ecstasy and the London premiere of David Robert Coleman鈥檚 Looking for Palestine.

French music specialists Caroline Rae and Caroline Potter introduce Lili Boulanger's Du fond de l'abime and talk about the composer's life and music.

This all-French programme from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra includes the Debussy鈥檚 languorously lovely Pr茅lude 脿 l鈥檃pr猫s-midi d鈥檜n faune and Lili Boulanger鈥檚 powerful setting of Psalm 130, as well as Ravel鈥檚 叠辞濒茅谤辞.

Martin Handley explores the life of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, with David Nice introducing his favourite recordings of the Orchestra with its founder, Ernest Ansermet.

Geneva鈥檚 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande celebrates its 100th anniversary with its Proms debut. Renaud Capu莽on is the soloist in Ravel鈥檚 Second Violin Sonata. Stravinsky鈥檚 colourful ballet Petrushka and Debussy鈥檚 Jeux complete this colourful programme.

Classical music gets a swing in its step in this all-American concert by the UK鈥檚 National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Gershwin鈥檚 intoxicating Rhapsody in Blue 鈥� an exhilarating mix of jazz rhythms and classical virtuosity.Classical music gets a swing in its step in this all-American concert by the UK鈥檚 National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Gershwin鈥檚 intoxicating Rhapsody in Blue 鈥� an exhilarating mix of jazz rhythms and classical virtuosity.

Composer Philip Venables introduces his new work 'Venables Plays Bart贸k', ahead of its world premiere this evening.

Sunny musical optimism from Elgar鈥檚 Introduction and Allegro and Prokofiev鈥檚 life-affirming Fifth Symphony, performed by Sakari Oramo and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto premieres a new violin concerto by Philip Venables.Sunny musical optimism from Elgar鈥檚 Introduction and Allegro and Prokofiev鈥檚 life-affirming Fifth Symphony, performed by Sakari Oramo and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto premieres a new violin concerto by Philip Venables.

Join Mary King and members of the 大象传媒 Singers to sing excerpts from Ravel's L'enfant et les sortil猫ges. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential. Booking required.

Composer and author Kerry Andrew and writer Katherine Langrish explore the symbolism in fairy stories.

Ravel鈥檚 magical opera L鈥檈nfant et les sortil猫ges follows his fairy-tale ballet Mother Goose and the oriental aura of 厂丑茅丑茅谤补锄补诲别.

Winner of the 2015 International Chopin Competition, Seong-Jin Cho makes his Proms debut with Chopin鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto. The concert opens with a UK premiere by Agata Zubel and concludes with one of the great Romantic symphonies: Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Fifth.

Writer and critic Norman Lebrecht investigates Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 relationship with the music of Mahler.

Recreating a Prom conducted by Leonard Bernstein in 1987, the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Dausgaard pair two of the best-loved and most beautiful works in the repertoire: Mozart鈥檚 Clarinet Concerto and Mahler鈥檚 Fifth Symphony.

Endings 鈥� whether of a day, a relationship or a lifetime 鈥� are the theme of this choral recital by the 大象传媒 Singers. Parry鈥檚 Songs of Farewell and music by Holst, Vaughan Williams and Parry complement a new work by Laura Mvula.

Ahead of the UK premiere of Per N酶rg氓rd鈥檚 Third Symphony, broadcaster and writer Stephen Johnson and musicologist Daniel Grimley discuss the composer and his music with Tom Service.

Strauss鈥檚 luminous Four Last Songs and Wagner鈥檚 shimmering Prelude to Act I of Parsifal set the tone for a concert rich in melody and orchestral beauty, which climaxes in Danish composer Per Norgard鈥檚 extraordinary, eclectic Third Symphony.

Composer Rolf Wallin introduces his new Violin Concerto and talks to Kate Molleson about his influences and ideas.

The VR Prom experience will take place at Beit Venues Imperial College Union, in the 鈥楳etric Bar鈥� on Tuesday 21 August. Sessions will run from19.00-23.30. Minimum age to attend is 13.

There鈥檚 a Nordic flavour to this concert from Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic that includes Sibelius鈥檚 folk-inspired Second Symphony and the world premiere of Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin鈥檚 violin concerto, with Alina Ibragimova as soloist.

The 大象传媒 Proms Inspire scheme provides a friendly environment to share ideas, participate in workshops, meet other young composers and develop your musical creativity.

Christopher Stark conducts the Aurora Orchestra in the winning pieces of the 2018 大象传媒 Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition.

Musicologists Jeremy Barham and Laura Tunbridge introduce Mahler's Fourth Symphony.

The intoxicatingly energetic Iv谩n Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra return to the Proms for the first of two concerts. Here they pair Mahler鈥檚 best-loved Symphony 鈥� the vivacious Fourth 鈥� with music by Bart贸k and Enescu.

An introduction to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture and heritage with writers Louise Doughty and Damian Le Bas.

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Dance to the Gypsy rhythms of Hungarian folk music in works by Liszt and Sarasate, while Brahms鈥檚 dramatic First Symphony, with its transcendent finale, is at the heart of this second concert by Iv谩n Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

Conductor and musicologist John Butt introduces Bruckner's Symphony No. 5.

Benjamin Grosvenor is the soloist in Mozart鈥檚 lyrical Piano Concerto No. 21, with its trickling slow movement and quick-witted levity. In the second half, Sakari Oramo conducts the 大象传媒 SO in Bruckner鈥檚 monumental Fifth Symphony.

Join Ed Price and the 大象传媒 Singers to sing music by Bernstein. No experience of singing is required. This event is now fully booked.

An introduction to Bernstein's On The Town with Broadway expert Edward Seckerson.

Launching a Bernstein bank-holiday weekend on what would have been the composer鈥檚 100th birthday, John Wilson conducts Bernstein鈥檚 hit Broadway musical On The Town, which follows the adventures of three sailors on shore leave in 1944.

Play Shostakovich side by side with members of the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.

Play Shostakovich side by side with members of the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.

Michael Brandon and Tony Turner star in a staged reading of the last long interview with composer Leonard Bernstein, taken from the book Dinner with Lenny by Jonathan Cott.

The Proms revisits one of Bernstein鈥檚 groundbreaking televised concert-presentations 鈥� The Sound of An Orchestra 鈥� reimagining it for the 21st century. Conductor Joshua Weilerstein rebuilds the classical orchestra from the ground up.

The Bernstein centenary celebrations continue with the UK premiere of unfinished ballet Conch Town 鈥� source for West Side Story鈥檚 'America'. Mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta serves up plenty of musical wit in the composer鈥檚 quirky song-cycle La bonne cuisine.

James Redwood and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra present a Relaxed Prom with music by Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and Holst. All are welcome 鈥� adults and children, those with autism, learning disabilities, dementia and sensory impairments.

An examination of W. H. Auden鈥檚 1947 poem The Age of Anxiety (which was set by Leonard Bernstein) with poets Glyn Maxwell and Polly Clark. Hosted by Matthew Sweet.

Bernstein-prot茅g茅e Marin Alsop returns to the Proms with one of the great American symphony orchestras to perform a politically charged programme that includes Shostakovich鈥檚 Fifth Symphony alongside Bernstein鈥檚 own Second Symphony.

Award-winning author Sebastian Faulks talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel Paris Echo.

The Rotterdam Philharmonic celebrate their 100th anniversary with a performance of Bruckner鈥檚 Fourth Symphony. In the first half, Yefim Bronfman joins Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the orchestra as soloist in Liszt鈥檚 Second Piano Concerto.

Ahead of tonight's premiere of Iain Bell鈥檚 'Aurora', Nathan Case and Melanie Windridge discuss the latest scientific research into the aurora borealis with 大象传媒 New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough.

Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra present a sequence of Strauss songs, Elgar鈥檚 heat-soaked In the South overture and the percussive energy of Bartok鈥檚 Concerto for Orchestra.

Following his performance of Book 1 in 2017, distinguished pianist and Bach specialist Sir Andr谩s Schiff returns to present the complete Book 2 of J. S. Bach鈥檚 The Well-Tempered Clavier.

A special showcase of live music from 大象传媒 Music Introducing artists.

Verdi鈥檚 mighty Requiem is an 鈥渙pera in church vestments鈥� a work full of musical fire and drama. Andres Orozco-Estrada conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and an international team of soloists including soprano Lisa Davidsen.

Ivan Hewett and William Mival introduce Berio's Sinfonia.

Semyon Bychkov and the 大象传媒 SO present three 20th-century classics. The primal rhythms of Stravinsky鈥檚 ballet The Rite of Spring meet ballroom sophistication in Ravel鈥檚 La Valse, while Berio鈥檚 Sinfonia is a gorgeous patchwork of musical fragments.

Senegalese cultural icon Youssou Ndour makes his Proms debut in a special late-night appearance. He鈥檚 joined by his group Le Super 脡toile de Dakar for a performance embracing his signature mix of Cuban rumba, hip hop, jazz and soul.