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A live Proms edition of 成人快手 Radio 3鈥檚 In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty 鈥� with interviews and live performances from artists appearing this season.

This year鈥檚 festival kicks off with Tchaikovsky鈥檚 鈥楻omeo and Juliet鈥� Fantasy-Overture before Sol Gabetta performs Elgar鈥檚 Cello Concerto. Finally, hear one of the greatest cantatas of the 20th century 鈥� Prokofiev鈥檚 'Alexander Nevsky'.

Join Mary King and the 成人快手 Singers to sing excerpts from Mussorgsky鈥檚 Boris Godunov. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential.

Proms Lecture: Four years after the spectacular opening of the London Olympics, writer of the Opening Ceremony, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, reflects on the cultural legacy of the Games.

Bryn Terfel leads the cast in The Royal Opera鈥檚 production of Mussorgsky鈥檚 masterful study of the power and vulnerability of a tsar. Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

If you鈥檝e been inspired by the 成人快手 Proms and want to begin playing an instrument, come along to Imperial College to try out one of three fun instruments for beginners.

Join Mary King and the 成人快手 Singers to sing excerpts from Faur茅鈥檚 Requiem with musicians from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Tom Service presents a live edition of 成人快手 Radio 3鈥檚 The Listening Service, exploring the way music takes us to altered states of mind and spirit.

The Choir of King鈥檚 College Cambridge joins forces with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for music including Faur茅鈥檚 Requiem and Haydn鈥檚 Mass in Time of War.

The Proms kicks off its celebrations of Dutilleux鈥檚 centenary with a performance of his *Ainsi la nuit* performed by the Vertavo Quartet. Pianist Paul Lewis and cellist Bj酶rg Lewis join the quartet for a chamber version of Mozart鈥檚 Piano Concerto No.12.

Marking the bicentenary of Charlotte Bront毛鈥檚 birth, her biographer Claire Harman and Yorkshire-born novelist and author of Chocolat Joanne Harris discuss her life and work.

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This evening鈥檚 programme opens with Ravel鈥檚 叠辞濒茅谤辞 and closes with Strauss鈥檚 Der Rosenkavalier suite. In between there鈥檚 a rare chance to hear Galina Ustvolskaya鈥檚 Third Symphony.

Ahead of tonight鈥檚 performance of Beethoven鈥檚 Missa solemnis, this first in a series of archive film screenings features Myra Hess鈥檚 1954 Celebrity Recital.

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the massed forces of the 成人快手 Philharmonic, the 贬补濒濒茅 Choir and Manchester Chamber Choir for Beethoven鈥檚 choral masterpiece. Soloists include soprano Camilla Nylund and tenor Stuart Skelton.

In the second ever Gospel Prom, hear some of the best Gospel music on offer, courtesy of the London Community Gospel Choir, the London Adventist Chorale and the V9 Collective.

Composer, director and translator Jeremy Sams introduces Poulenc鈥檚 Stabat mater.

Marc Minkowski conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra and 成人快手 Singers in Poulenc鈥檚 choral masterpiece, the Stabat Mater, and Stravinsky鈥檚 *Pulcinella* Suite.

Join Stephanie Jordan, Dance Research Professor at the University of Roehampton, for an introduction to tonight鈥檚 Strictly Prom.

Katie Derham 鈥� who reached the final in the most recent series of Strictly Come Dancing 鈥� presents a Prom dedicated to all things ballroom, tango and waltz. Gavin Sutherland conducts.

Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry featuring emerging UK talent. Featuring The Southern Cone Quintet.

This year marks the centenary of the death of the great American writer Henry James, who visited and fell in love with Italy at the age of 26. Novelist and Henry James expert Philip Hensher reflects on his writing.

The French early music ensemble brings Mendelssohn鈥檚 鈥業talian鈥� Symphony and Mozart鈥檚 Symphony No.39 to the Proms, in their first appearance at the festival. J茅r茅mie Rhorer conducts.

Naomi Wilkinson presents a lively Prom to introduce younger listeners to some of the greatest classical music 鈥� including Wagner鈥檚 鈥楻ide of the Valkyries鈥�, music from Bizet鈥檚 *Carmen* and Vaughan Williams鈥檚 *The Lark Ascending*.

Join Mary King and members of the 成人快手 Singers to sing the famous spirituals from Tippett鈥檚 A Child of Our Time.

Tippett expert Oliver Soden introduces A Child of Our Time and discusses the life and work of the composer.

Conductor Mark Wigglesworth pairs the finale of Wagner鈥檚 opera *Die Walk眉re* with Michael Tippett鈥檚 *Child of our Time*, a pacifist oratorio infused with American spirituals.

Join professional musicians to create your own music inspired by Ten Pieces II.

Naomi Wilkinson presents a lively Prom to introduce younger listeners to some of the greatest classical music 鈥� including Wagner鈥檚 Ride of the Valkyries, music from Bizet鈥檚 Carmen and Vaughan Williams鈥檚 The Lark Ascending.

Continuing our series of archive film screenings, pianists Solomon (1956) and Claudio Arrau (1960) perform works by Beethoven (Piano Sonatas in F minor, Op. 57, 鈥楢ppassionata鈥�, and in C minor, Op. 111) and an Impromptu by Schubert.

The world premiere of a new work by Magnus Lindberg is the curtain raiser for this LPO Prom, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski. Miah Persson and Christopher Purves are among the soloists in Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony.

Cellist Guy Johnston and friends perform a lunchtime chamber concert encompassing the music of Brahms, Villa-Lobos, Elgar and Julius Klengel.

Ahead of Glyndebourne鈥檚 performance of The Barber of Seville, New Generation Thinker Alun Withey and historian Kathryn Hughes contemplate the role and politics of shaving in 18th- and 19th-century Europe.

Glyndebourne Festival Opera returns to the Proms with Rossini鈥檚 delightful comedy. Baritone Bj枚rn B眉rger leads a cast that also includes soprano Danielle de Niese and Taylor Stayton.

Learn to scratch with world champion DJ Mr Switch.

Composers in Conversation: Anthony Payne, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year, discusses his new work, Of Land, Sea and Sky, and talks about his influences and inspirations; with live performance and discussion.

Tchaikovsky鈥檚 symphonic work inspired by The Tempest opens the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 third Prom, before a world premiere by Anthony Payne and Ray Chen鈥檚 performance of Bruch鈥檚 Violin Concerto

In the first of a series of talks about Shakespeare and aspects of professional life examined in his plays, Colonel Tim Collins OBE and Professor Emma Smith discuss the depiction of soldiers and war in Shakespeare鈥檚 work.

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Jac van Steen and the 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales perform music by Dukas and a Michael Berkeley world premiere before Prokofiev鈥檚 dramatic ballet Romeo and Juliet.

In the second event focussing on Shakespeare and aspects of professional life, the Rt Revd and Rt Hon, Richard Chartres, Bishop of London and Professor Ewan Fernie from Birmingham University discuss the place of the Church and clergymen in Shakespeare.

Robert Levin performs Beethoven鈥檚 Fourth Piano Concerto with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra before they turn their attention to Brahms鈥檚 First Symphony.

Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry featuring emerging UK talent.

In the 50thanniversary year of Bernard Haitink鈥檚 first appearance at the Proms, join us for a screening of his 1987 Prom with the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra.

Bernard Haitink celebrates 50 years since his first Proms appearance with a performance of Mahler鈥檚 monumental Third Symphony. Sarah Connolly is the soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

The Proms pays tribute to David Bowie, the rock and pop legend, who died at the age of 69 in January this year and whose influence was felt in every field of the arts.

Join Mary King and members of the 成人快手 Singers to sing excerpts from Berlioz鈥檚 Romeo and Juliet.

Ahead of the performance of Berlioz鈥檚 'Romeo and Juliet', readings of Shakespeare and his Elizabethan contemporaries.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir in Berlioz鈥檚 choral symphony inspired by Shakespeare鈥檚 heart-breaking play.

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

Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra return to the Proms to perform Richard Strauss鈥檚 Oboe Concerto and Mozart鈥檚 鈥楯upiter鈥� Symphony. Tom Service presents.

Continuing our exploration of the ways in which Shakespeare portrayed aspects of professional life, Geoffrey Robertson QC talks about the law and lawyers. With readings from Bill Paterson

Ravel鈥檚 Mother Goose Suite opens a programme which also includes a 成人快手 commission by Lera Auerbach and Debussy鈥檚 incidental music for King Lear and La mer. Edward Gardner conducts.

Actor and Erik Satie-fan Alistair McGowan presents an evening of music by the inimitable French composer, whose 150th anniversary falls this year. Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and singer Jean Delescluse perform.

Veteran sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world non-stop single-handedly, talks about the sea, shipwrecks and sea captains depicted in Shakespeare鈥檚 plays.

John Storg氓rds conducts a varied programme, opening with the UK premiere of J枚rg Widmann鈥檚 Armonica and including Schumann鈥檚 Violin Concerto and Nielsen鈥檚 Symphony No. 5.

Novelist Patricia Duncker and New Generation Thinker Clare Walker-Gore of Trinity College, Cambridge, discuss George Eliot, her travels in 19th-century Germany and the music she refers to in her novels and diaries.

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Pianist Steven Osborne is the soloist in Britten鈥檚 Piano Concerto, sandwiched between Ginastera鈥檚 Ollantay and Schubert鈥檚 鈥楪reat鈥� Symphony. Juanjo Meno conducts the 成人快手 Philharmonic.

In an introduction to Bart贸k鈥檚 Duke Bluebeard鈥檚 Castle, musicologist Heather Wiebe discusses the story behind the music and the life and work of the Hungarian composer.

Cellist Alban Gerhardt performs Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Cello Concerto before the RPO and Charles Dutoit bring Bart贸k鈥檚 chilling Duke Bluebeard鈥檚 Castle to the Proms.

A literary accompaniment to tonight鈥檚 Prom, with readings from some of the leading German Romantic poets who inspired Brahms.

Peter Serkin is the soloist in Brahms鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 2, before the UK premiere of Reinbert de Leeuw鈥檚 symphonic poem Der n盲chtliche Wanderer.

Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry, featuring emerging talent. With Snowpoet and poet Holly Corfield Carr

Composers in Conversation: Helen Grime introduces the first part of her new two-part commission, Two Eardley Pictures, and talks about her inspiration and ideas.

The first part of a two-part commission by Helen Grime (see also Prom 30) opens the 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra鈥檚 first Prom. It鈥檚 followed by Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Violin Concerto and Stravinsky鈥檚 Petrushka.

This Late Night Prom spotlights the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland and features music by Duke Ellington and performances from saxophonist Iain Ballamy and singer Liane Carroll.

Join Hannah Kendall in picking apart new music from one of today's most exciting composers, Helen Grime

The Proms heads to the Chapel of St Peter and St Paul at the Old Royal Naval College for the 成人快手 Singers鈥� performance of Rossini鈥檚 sacred work. Elizabeth Watts and Kathryn Rudge are among the soloists.

Ahead of Holst鈥檚 The Planets, novelist Stephen Baxter examines the work of science-fiction writer H. G. Wells, born 150 years ago.

Edward Gardner conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the women of the City of Birmingham Youth Chorus in Strauss鈥� Also sprach Zarathustra and Holst鈥檚 The Planets. The programme opens with a new work by Iris ter Schiphorst.

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Ilan Volkov conducts Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 2 (soloist Pavel Kolesnikov) and Stravinsky鈥檚 The Firebird. Opening the programme is part 2 of Helen Grime鈥檚 new work (see also Prom 27).

Stravinsky expert Jonathan Cross examines The Rite of Spring.

The 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra presents an all-Russian programme, including Stravinsky鈥檚 The Rite of Spring. The evening begins with Prokofiev鈥檚 Scythian Suite before Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1.

Jamie Cullum shares his song-writing skills and expertise from behind the piano.

Trumpeter H氓kan Hardenberger joins members of the brass section of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for the fourth Proms Chamber Music concert of the year.

Eva Schloss, step sister of Anne Frank, reads from her memoir about surviving the Holocaust, After Auschwitz, and talks about the fate of Anne and other children during the Second World War, to whom Dutilleux鈥檚 The Shadows of Time is dedicated.

The great French composer Henri Dutilleux would have been 100 this year. The Philharmonia Orchestra marks the occasion with a performance of The Shadows of Time, alongside Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 1.

A unique opportunity to play alongside Guy Johnston in a one-off cello ensemble.

Musicologist J. P. E. Harper Scott introduces Elgar鈥檚 First Symphony.

Juanjo Mena and the 成人快手 Philharmonic celebrate Dutilleux鈥檚 centenary with 'Tout un monde lointain 鈥�' for cello and orchestra, alongside Mark Simpson鈥檚 Israfel and Elgar鈥檚 Symphony No. 1.

French music specialist Caroline Rae introduces Dutilleux鈥檚 Timbres, espace, mouvement and discusses the life and work of the composer.

Trumpeter H氓kan Hardenberger, banjo player Mats Bergstr枚m and accordionist Claudia Buder perform HK Gruber鈥檚 Busking, in a Prom which also includes Dutilleux鈥檚 Timbres, espace, mouvement and Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth Symphony.

Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry featuring emerging UK talent.

Author and musicologist Jan Smaczny introduces Dvo危谩k鈥檚 Seventh Symphony and discusses the life and work of the composer.

Thomas S酶nderg氓rd conducts the 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales in a programme that includes the world premiere of Malcolm Hayes's Violin Concerto, performed by Tai Murray, and Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Seventh Symphony.

Jamie Cullum presents an evening of late-night jazz, with performances from 成人快手 Introducing artists, the Heritage Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley.

Laura Tunbridge offers an insight into Brahms鈥檚 Fourth Symphony in the context of the other works in tonight鈥檚 programme.

Thomas S酶nderg氓rd conducts a varied programme, ranging from Stokowski鈥檚 orchestral transcription of Bach鈥檚 Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor to the world premiere of Huw Watkins鈥檚 Cello Concerto. The evening closes with Brahms鈥檚 Symphony No. 4.

Join professional musicians to create your own music inspired by this evening鈥檚 Prom.

Join Edward Price and members of the 成人快手 Singers to explore some of the most famous songs by lyricist Ira Gershwin.

Jonathan Cohen directs a concert of early vocal music inspired by the works of Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago this year. The programme includes music by Purcell, Blow, Locke and Draghi.

Edward Seckerson introduces the music of tonight鈥檚 Gershwin Prom.

John Wilson returns to the Proms with a programme celebrating one of the greatest song-writing duos of all time: George and Ira Gershwin. On the songlist for tonight 鈥� 鈥楩unny Face鈥�, 鈥楨mbraceable You鈥�, 鈥業 Got Rhythm鈥� and many more.

Jonathan Cohen directs a concert of early vocal music inspired by the works of Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago this year. The programme includes music by Purcell, Blow, Locke and Draghi.

Charlotte Bray discusses her new work 'Falling in the Fire'.

The Proms continues its Mahler strand with a performance of the iconic Fifth Symphony by the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Also on the programme is Haydn鈥檚 Symphony No. 34 and the world premiere of Charlotte Bray鈥檚 Falling in the Fire.

Two of the most exciting early music groups around 鈥� viol consort Fretwork and vocal ensemble Stile Antico 鈥� team up for an hour of Renaissance and Baroque music at Cadogan Hall.

The Aurora Orchestra performs the winning pieces of the 2016 成人快手 Proms Inspire Young Composers鈥� Competition.

Musicologist John Deathridge discusses Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 8.

Thomas Ad猫s conducts his own Lieux retrouv茅s alongside Prokofiev鈥檚 鈥楥lassical鈥� Symphony, Francisco Coll鈥檚 Four Iberian miniatures and Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No.8.

Composers in Conversation: Colin Matthews, 70 this year, discusses his *Berceuse for Dresden* and talks about his influences and inspirations.

Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler鈥檚 masterpiece for orchestra and voice 鈥� with soloists Alice Coote and Gregory Kunde. In the first half there鈥檚 a rare opportunity to hear Berlioz鈥檚 King Lear Overture and Colin Matthews鈥檚 Berceuse for Dresden.

This Late Night Prom intersperses the work of J. S. Bach 鈥� including the motet 鈥楰omm, Jesu, komm鈥� 鈥� with that of Estonian composer Arvo P盲rt, including his 鈥楴unc dimittis鈥�. Harry Christophers conducts.

Musicologist Barbara Eichner explores Wagner鈥檚 writing for the orchestra.

Legendary pianist Martha Argerich 鈥� who celebrates her 75th birthday this year 鈥� joins the West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra to perform Liszt鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1, before an all-Wagner second half.

What is it like to perform Shakespeare? And how does the playwright portray the profession he knew best? Actor and director Michael Pennington discusses Shakespeare on stage.

The 成人快手 Concert Orchestra performs some of the best music written for Shakespeare adaptations on the stage and screen 鈥� from Joby Talbot鈥檚 ballet The Winter鈥檚 Tale to Bernstein鈥檚 West Side Story and Cole Porter鈥檚 Kiss Me, Kate.

Georgia Mann presents informal late-night music and poetry, featuring emerging talent.

Nigel Simeone introduces Jan谩鈭俥k鈥檚 opera The Makropulos Affair.

Soprano Karita Mattila stars in this performance of Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 fascinating opera about immortality, death and finding meaning in life. Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra.

Join Mary King and the 成人快手 Singers to sing excerpts from Mozart鈥檚 Mass in C minor. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential.

Andrew Gourlay conducts the London Sinfonietta in a performance of a new piece by David Sawer.

Timothy Jones introduces Mozart鈥檚 Mass in C minor.

Mahler鈥檚 搁眉肠办别谤迟-尝颈别诲别谤 is paired with Mozart鈥檚 Mass in C minor 鈥� the 鈥楪reat鈥�. Soprano Carolyn Sampson and bass Matthew Rose are among the soloists. They鈥檙e joined by the 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and conducted by Ilan Volkov.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this afternoon鈥檚 Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!

A new work by Piers Hellawell opens the Ulster Orchestra鈥檚 Prom, before a performance of Haydn鈥檚 Cello Concerto No. 1, with soloist Narek Hakhnazaryan, and Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Fifth Symphony.