Richard Baker introduces a live stereo broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall, shared between BBC2 and Radio 3, of the first half of tonight's Henry Wood Promenade Concert, marking the commencement of the 89th season. The program features Bee…

Richard Baker introduces the performance, the first of this year's BBC1 broadcasts from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, London. John Lill performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor with the BBC Philharm…

Richard Baker introduces the second broadcast of this year's BBC1 series from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Simon Rattle conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra, with principal cellist Raymond Owens, in Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. A…

Richard Baker introduces the BBC's third performance of the season at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, featuring mezzo-soprano Janet Baker and tenor Hermann Winkler as soloists in Mahler's symphonic song-cycle, *Das Lied von der Erde* (Th…

Captured from this year's Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall, this performance features Marie Slorach (soprano), Stephen Roberts (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), David Wilson-Johnson (speaker), the BBC Singers, the BBC Symphony Chorus,…

Richard Baker introduces tonight's performance at the Henry Wood Promenade Concert, featuring works by two of America's most beloved composers: Bernstein's Overture to *Candide*, and Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F, with soloist Steven de Gr…

Richard Baker introduces the fifth broadcast of this year's BBC1 series from the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, led by Kenneth Sillito, performs Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony under the direction …

Richard Baker introduces the final recording of this year's Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Pinchas Zukerman is the featured soloist, performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, accompanied by the BBC Symphony…

The concluding moments of what is often hailed as the world's premier music festival typically feature a powerful sequence of pieces. These include Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, followed by Walton’s Suite: Facade. A…