The eighty-fourth season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts commences with Verdi's powerful Requiem. Crafted during the composer's most fertile period, the work translates the ancient Latin text into magnificent melodies for the four solo…

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Loughran and featuring soloist Garrick Ohlsson in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, is the opening performance of this year's Henry Wood Proms, broadcast as the first of six program…

Fifty years have passed since the death of Leoš Janáček, the preeminent Czech composer of our time. Tonight's Prom celebrates this anniversary with a performance of two of his principal works, alongside music by his compatriot Dvořák. The e…

In the second of six broadcasts from this year’s Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, and with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in attendance, the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Foster, performs Béla Bartók’s Con…

The third installment in a series of six broadcasts from this year's Henry Wood Promenade Concerts featured Richard Strauss's *Symphonia Domestica*. This "Domestic Symphony" provoked considerable controversy upon its initial premiere. S…

Esther Rantzen presents the beloved Viennese Night, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Walter Susskind, with Maurice Brett as principal conductor. The concert program showcases Strauss’s celebrated works, including th…

BBC2 and Radio 3 present a stereo broadcast of the first half of tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The program features: Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major (Jupiter), K. 551 Mozart: Flute Co…

Tonight's broadcast features one of Schubert's most delightful and elegant orchestral compositions, penned when he was a mere nineteen years old: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of…

A broadcast featuring Radio 3 from the Royal Albert Hall, London. BBC Symphony Orchestra Principal Guest Conductor: Bela Dekany Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Mozart: Symphony No. 32 in C (Overture in the Italian Style, K. 318) …

The sixth and final program recorded at the 1978 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts features Richard Baker introducing one of the world’s great orchestras, making its Proms debut under the direction of its chief conductor. Sir Georg Solti con…

Richard Baker introduces the second half of tonight's concluding concert of the 84th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, broadcast in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall, featuring BBC1 and Radio 3. Sir Charles Groves conducts the BBC Sy…

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 1, the second of three installments in a series of "In Performance" broadcasts featuring Sir Georg Solti. Under his leadership, the orchestra evolved into one of the most vibr…

Tonight, The Lively Arts presents a remarkable recording of a truly radiant and majestic work. It was captured during the celebrated 1978 Proms, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by Sir Georg Solti, made its highly acclaimed appearan…