Kate Molleson, Kate Romano and Gillian Moore explore 100 key musical moments that have shaped our culture from 1918 to the present day.
First performed at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953
A truly great low-voiced singer from the north
The beginning of the now familiar rituals of the final concert of the Proms season
Marian Anderson was the first African American singer to perform on the stage of the Met.
The post-war opera that baffled many within its original cast - and the audience, too.
18 June 1955 saw the world premiere of a new work with a strangely surreal title.
How a 1955 recording became one of the best-selling classical recordings of all time.
The silent end at Lake Tuusula
A 20th-century Romeo and Juliet that continues to unite audience to this very day.
A new kind of music, free from centuries of tradition.
The Oscar-winning score for David Lean's war epic.
The piano work that paints a sound picture of individual birds and their calls.
5 June, 1962, saw the birth of a wildly ambitious young opera company for Scotland.
On 30 May 1962, the queue outside Coventry Cathedral stretched all the way up the street.
The Proms performance that catapulted Jacqueline du Pr茅 into the limelight.
In September 1963, three women in Leeds started a piano competition.
Opera felt dangerously close to reality in the body and voice of Maria Callas.
One day in 1964, Steve Reich took a tape recorder into the streets of San Francisco.
A collaboration between the world's most famous violinist and Indian classical musician.
The symphony written and conducted by a stupendously precocious 15-year-old composer.
The unforgettable political drama of a Proms performance in 1968.
A new approach to music on TV from Mr. Preview
The piece that caused a mass audience walk-out at its Proms Premiere in 1969.
On 13 August 1970, Soft Machine become the first rock band ever to appear at the Proms.
