成人快手 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.
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,
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!
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.
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.
Join professional musicians to create your own music inspired by this afternoon's Prom.
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.
An introduction to Ives' Symphony No. 2 with musicologist J.P.E. Harper Scott.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!
The Revd Lucy Winkett and writer Katy Hamilton introduce Brahms' A German Requiem.
Film-maker and biographer Humphrey Burton explores Aaron Copland's influence on Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein, in conversation with musicologist Heather Wiebe.
Stephen Fry and John Deathridge introduce Wagner's '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.
Join us to explore the songs and story of Bernstein's West Side Story. For ages 12-18. Booking required.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!
Critic and broadcaster David Benedict and musicologist Sophie Redfern introduce Bernstein's West Side Story.
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.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!
Musicologist Kate Kennedy introduces Vaughan Williams鈥檚 1936 Cantata.
成人快手 Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Leah Broad and musicologist Tim Howell introduce Sibelius's Fifth 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.
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.
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.
Composer Philip Venables introduces his new work 'Venables Plays Bart贸k', ahead of its world premiere this evening.
Join Mary King and members of the 成人快手 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.
Writer and critic Norman Lebrecht investigates Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 relationship with the music of Mahler.
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.
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.
The 成人快手 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 成人快手 Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition.
Musicologists Jeremy Barham and Laura Tunbridge introduce Mahler's Fourth Symphony.
An introduction to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture and heritage with writers Louise Doughty and Damian Le Bas.
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!
Conductor and musicologist John Butt introduces Bruckner's Symphony No. 5.
Join Ed Price and the 成人快手 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.
Play Shostakovich side by side with members of the 成人快手 Concert Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop. THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED.
Play Shostakovich side by side with members of the 成人快手 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.
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.
Award-winning author Sebastian Faulks talks to Anne McElvoy about his new novel Paris Echo.
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 成人快手 New Generation Thinker Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough.
A special showcase of live music from 成人快手 Music Introducing artists.
Ivan Hewett and William Mival introduce Berio's Sinfonia.