The season of the 83rd Henry Wood Promenade Concerts opens with works by British composers, and is honored by the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Kent. National Anthem (arranged by Britten) Tippett: Concerto…

BBC Two and Radio 3 will present a live stereo broadcast of the first half of tonight’s Henry Wood Promenade Concert, emanating from the Royal Albert Hall in London. The program features Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 in D major, (Paris) (K. 2…

Humphrey Burton reports from one of the concerts that inaugurated this year's Jubilee season at the Henry Wood Proms, featuring British music. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is led by ALAN TRAVERSE, with Sir Charles Groves c…

Joan Bakewell introduces a segment from one of the concerts showcasing British music that inaugurated this year's Jubilee season at the Henry Wood Proms. The performance features Henry Purcell's "Hail, bright Cecilia," a song celebrating…

Angela Rippon introduces Peter Maxwell Davies' *St Thomas Wake*, a foxtrot for orchestra. She discusses this engaging and unconventional work, which brings together a jazz band with a symphony orchestra, transforming an Elizabethan Pavane t…

Michael Rodd presents a segment from the current Jubilee Season of Henry Wood Proms, featuring the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conducted by Christopher Seaman and led by musical director Ivey Dickson. They perform Gustav Hols…

Brian Redhead introduces Berlioz’s Te Deum, a monumental and triumphant composition for solo tenor, three choirs, organ, and orchestra. The performance is conducted by Colin Davis, a dedicated advocate for Berlioz’s music, with John Brown l…

Esther Rantzen presents the final installment of this year's Sunday Proms, the beloved Viennese Night Orchestra. Michael Davis leads the orchestra, conducted by James Loughran. Sheila Armstrong joins them as soprano soloist. The prog…

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral) concludes the Henry Wood Proms season on the penultimate night—a tradition maintained since Sir Henry Wood’s time. BBC2, in association with Radio 3, will broadcast the Ninth Symphony live i…

The closing concert of the 83rd season of Henry Wood Promenade concerts, broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall, will feature BBC Radio 1 joining Radio 3 in stereo and quadraphony for the second half. James Loughran conducts the BBC Symp…

Robin Ray presents Boulez at the Royal Albert Hall Pierre Boulez conducts two significant works of the 20th century in his final concert as Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, recorded during this year's Proms. The pr…