## Elektra The BBC Proms The concert season commences with a live performance of Richard Strauss's dramatic one-act opera, broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Andrew Davis, Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, le…

Tonight’s Prom commemorates anniversaries of two celebrated nationalist composers, Grieg and Tchaikovsky, yet opens with Stravinsky’s vibrant ballet score, *Petrushka*, in its original 1911 iteration. During the intermission, a visit to …

The Virtuosi di Roma, renowned as one of the world’s foremost chamber orchestras, present an evening dedicated to baroque music. Tonight’s concert features five concertos, including Boccherini's celebrated cello concerto, performed with…

Tonight's Prom features Claudio Abbado conducting the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, an ensemble composed of musicians from across the globe, nurtured by Abbado himself. The concert opens with Mussorgsky's dramatic *Songs and Dances of …

The exceptional American trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his septet, a collective of internationally renowned jazz musicians, will perform a late-night concert as part of the Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall. Marsalis notes that "The Pr…

Under the direction of Mariss Jansons, the Oslo Philharmonic has ascended to the ranks of Europe’s leading orchestras. Their concert this evening at London's Royal Albert Hall opens with an unusual composition by Russian composer Alfred Sch…

The first half of this afternoon’s concert, broadcast live on BBC1, offers an engaging program for a younger audience. Raymond Leppard conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Benjamin Britten’s widely beloved *The Young Person’s Guide to the…

Simon Rattle is closely associated with two ensembles: the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. The latter will make their debut at the Proms with a performance of Schoenberg's early and vibr…

The concluding concert of this year's BBC Proms, a consistently British tradition, features a program entirely devoted to British composers. The first half begins with Holst's ballet music from *A Perfect Fool*, followed by Arnold's Clarine…

The second half of tonight’s concert promises a stirring climax. However, before the celebratory exuberance of "Pomp and Circumstance," "Sea Songs," and "Rule, Britannia!," the program offers moments of deeper musical engagement. Part tw…

Summer's finest moments. The proms feature the BBC Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Raymond Leppard, performing Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2, the "Little Russian," and Ravel's *Sheherazade*, with soprano Judith Howarth.