Tonight, BBC Television broadcasts from the 1982 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts for the first time. The BBC Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Günther Herbig, will perform Schubert's Ninth Symphony, the 'Great' in C major. The program is …

Richard Baker introduces the first recording of this season's Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, featuring Joaquin Achucarro as soloist in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2. James Loughran conducts the Hall6 Orchestra, with leader Martin Milner. The…

Richard Baker introduces the second recording of this season from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, featuring The Nash Ensemble conducted by Lionel Friend. Katia and Marielle Labeque take the solo roles in Saint-Saëns’ *The Carnival of …

Richard Baker introduces the third installment of this season’s recordings from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts: a performance by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Groves. The program features Mendelssohn's beloved Viol…

Richard Baker introduces the fourth recording of this season’s Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, featuring the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra conducted by Günther Herbig. The soloist in this performance is Radu Lupu, who will play Beethov…

Richard Baker introduces the fifth concert of this season's Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury in an offering of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, *Trial by J…

Richard Baker introduces tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert, a program showcasing early compositions by two of Russia’s most significant composers: Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Remarkably, both works are designated Opus 10. Michel Bér…

Sir Georg Solti leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of David Nolan, in Beethoven's Mass in D, the *Missa solemnis*. Typically, the final concert before the Last Night of the Proms features Beethoven’s Choral Symphon…

Richard Baker introduces the concluding performances of the 88th season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. BBC Television, in association with Radios 2 and 3, will broadcast the entire traditional celebration live in stereo, directly fro…