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Proms 2024

Proms Extra

Proms Extra are fun participatory events, for all ages and musical ability, that happen around the Proms concerts, including free workshops, talks and special events at the Imperial College Union. Proms Extra events enhance your engagement with the concert programmes by providing context and insight, creating entry points and making the music more accessible to new and veteran audiences alike.
Calendar

Proms Extra Calendar

By Year

  • Fri 14 Jul 2017

    • 16:30
      Imperial College Union

      A live Proms edition of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3's In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: In Tune
  • Sat 15 Jul 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      First in a series of Proms Extra talks exploring emotional themes in the arts, with Thomas Dixon and Wiebke Thormählen.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Sun 16 Jul 2017

  • Mon 17 Jul 2017

  • Tue 18 Jul 2017

  • Wed 19 Jul 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      Author Richard Davenport-Hines and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Daisy Hay consider how opium became a stimulus to creativity in 19th-century Paris.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Thu 20 Jul 2017

  • Fri 21 Jul 2017

  • Sat 22 Jul 2017

  • Sun 23 Jul 2017

  • Mon 24 Jul 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      Ahead of tonight's recreation of his 500th Prom, an introduction to the career of Malcolm Sargent.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Tue 25 Jul 2017

    • 16:45
      Imperial College Union

      An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Kate Kennedy, Tony Palmer and Martin Handley.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Wed 26 Jul 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      First in a three-part series in which pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris explores a particular musical theme connected with the following Prom.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Fri 28 Jul 2017

  • Sun 30 Jul 2017

    • 10:00
      Royal Albert Hall

      Join Mary King, members of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales to sing excerpts from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential. Suitable for ages 16-plus.

      Proms Extra: Sing
    • 17:15
      Imperial College Union

      A literary complement to the music in tonight’s Prom, with Lawrence Norfolk.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Mon 31 Jul 2017

    • 17:30
      Imperial College Union

      From the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ archive, a film exploring the life and music of Monteverdi.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Film
  • Tue 1 Aug 2017

  • Wed 2 Aug 2017

    • 17:15
      Imperial College Union

      The third in our series of talks looking at mood and emotion. Seán Williams and Rachel Hewitt explore the ideas of the German writer Friedrich Schiller whose essay On Naïve And Sentimental Poetry lies behind John Adams’ music in tonight’s Prom.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Thu 3 Aug 2017

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  • Sun 6 Aug 2017

  • Mon 7 Aug 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      Irving Finkel of the British Museum talks about the Babylonian history behind Belshazzar’s Feast and the stories he has deciphered from cuneiform tablets.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Tue 8 Aug 2017

  • Wed 9 Aug 2017

    • 17:15
      Imperial College Union

      Readings by acclaimed actor Christopher Eccleston reflecting the heroism of the British volunteers of The International Brigades during The Spanish Civil War relating to Britten’s impassioned choral piece ‘Ballad of Heroes’.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Reading
  • Thu 10 Aug 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Erik Levi and Laura Tunbridge.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Fri 11 Aug 2017

  • Sat 12 Aug 2017

  • Mon 14 Aug 2017

  • Tue 15 Aug 2017

    • 17:15
      Imperial College Union

      Ahead of tonight's premiere of Thomas Larcher's Insomnia, a discussion on the subject of sleep. With novelist AL Kennedy and sports sleep expert Nick Littlehales.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Wed 16 Aug 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      Novelist Elif Åžafak and New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari with an introduction to the figure of the djinni (genie) in Arabic mythology, ahead of tonight's performance of Franck's Les Djinns.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Thu 17 Aug 2017

  • Fri 18 Aug 2017

  • Sat 19 Aug 2017

  • Sun 20 Aug 2017

  • Mon 21 Aug 2017

  • Tue 22 Aug 2017

  • Wed 23 Aug 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      Sarah Dillon introduces readings about arriving in the USA - from Francis Spufford's recreation of 18th century New York in Golden Hill, to Kafka's first impressions of the States - she'll explore the wonder and excitement of encountering the New World.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Reading
  • Thu 24 Aug 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      An introduction to the music of Charles Mingus with Geoffrey Smith, Catherine Tackley and Georgia Mann.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Fri 25 Aug 2017

    • 16:45
      Imperial College Union

      As the Proms welcomes the Orchestra of La Scala, tonight's talk with Natalie Haynes focuses on Ancient Rome.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Sat 26 Aug 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Jan Smaczny, Gavin Plumley and Louise Fryer.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Sun 27 Aug 2017

  • Mon 28 Aug 2017

    • 12:30
      Imperial College Union

      Join Mary King and members of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Singers to rehearse excerpts from Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito. Experience in sight-reading or a knowledge of the piece is an advantage but not essential. Suitable for ages 16-plus.

      Proms Extra: Sing
    • 17:15
      Imperial College Union

      An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Timothy Jones and Nicholas Till.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Tue 29 Aug 2017

  • Wed 30 Aug 2017

  • Thu 31 Aug 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      A literary introduction to Lord Byron's Manfred with novelist Benjamin Markovits and Dr Anna Camilleri.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Fri 1 Sep 2017

    • 16:45
      Imperial College Union

      Shahidha Bari is joined by novelist Richard T Kelly and actor Tim McInnerny to introduce a series of readings from well and lesser known unfinished works, a theme of this year’s ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Reading
  • Sat 2 Sep 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      An interview with Booker Prize-winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst about his forthcoming novel, The Sparsholt Affair.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Sun 3 Sep 2017

  • Mon 4 Sep 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      The final talk in our series with pianist and broadcaster David Owen Norris, exploring a particular musical theme connected with the following Prom.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Tue 5 Sep 2017

  • Wed 6 Sep 2017

    • 17:15
      Imperial College Union

      A look back over the 2017 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms season with David Pickard and Craig Hassall.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Thu 7 Sep 2017

    • 16:45
      Imperial College Union

      ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms 2017 Poetry Competition winners are announced by the judges TS Eliot prize-winning poet Jacob Polley, director of the Poetry Society Judith Palmer and poet and presenter Ian McMillan. The winning poems will be read by Imogen Stubbs.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Poetry Competition
  • Fri 8 Sep 2017

    • 17:45
      Imperial College Union

      An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Gavin Plumley and David Wyn Jones.

      Also part of
      Proms 2017
      Proms Extra: Talk
  • Sat 9 Sep 2017