The Royal Albert Hall welcomes BBC2 tomorrow evening at 7:30 pm for the opening of the 94th season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. Michael Berkeley previews the ten concerts scheduled for broadcast this summer, introducing a unifying …

The 94th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts opens with a live, stereo broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall. Sir John Pritchard conducts Verdi's Requiem, a masterpiece that has secured its place as one of the most beloved choral work…

"I love the Proms," Leonard Bernstein had announced after his debut last September with the Vienna Philharmonic. "The audience is incredible, the atmosphere unique." Tonight, returning to the Royal Albert Hall at age seventy, Bernstein c…

A triptych of music painted in exotic hues. The richly scented and sensual works of Debussy and Scriabin provide a backdrop to the world premiere of a new orchestral composition that explores the more rugged aspects and history of Austra…

Nigel Kennedy introduced them, and since its inception in 1983, the Lyons Opera Orchestra has swiftly established itself as a notable presence on the European musical landscape. Now, led by its founder and Music Director, John Eliot Gardine…

Tonight, a television premiere unites one of the world's most distinguished composers and one of its greatest violinists. The program features *Chain 2*, a violin concerto by the Polish composer Witold Lutosławski in all but title. The s…

Tonight's Prom takes place in the more intimate setting of St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, where Anthony Rooley and his Consort of Musicke present a specially curated program of Italian madrigals. Reflecting this year's literary theme, the…

Tonight marks the opening of the 94th season of the Henry Wood Proms, featuring the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra under its new Chief Conductor, Riccardo Chailly. The first half presents Mozart: the overture to *Idomeneo*, followed by P…

The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, a cornerstone of European musical tradition, is presented here by John Tusa. Under the leadership of Principal Conductor Kurt Masur, the orchestra performs Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3. The work, known …

This week, American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas assumes his new role as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. Prior to tonight's performance of Mahler’s *Das klagende Lied*, he offers insight into the genesis of this rem…

From the Royal Albert Hall in London, television and radio broadcast the entire concert, offering a complete experience of musical artistry and national pride, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by RODNEY FRIEND, the BBC Singers…

Following the suite from William Walton's score for the film of Henry V, and Percy Grainger's distinctive arrangements of "Molly on the Shore," "Danny Boy," and "Shepherd's Hey," as well as Stanford's "Drake's Drum" from Songs of the Sea, c…

Earlier this year, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra of Manchester performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the 1988 Promenade Concerts. In the first of two scheduled programs, they will present Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D mi…

The second of two broadcasts features the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra of Manchester performing Gustav Mahler's *Das Lied von der Erde*, recorded during this year's Promenade Concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Kurt Sanderling conduc…