Radio 3's Proms Countdown

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Andrew Mcgregor

20240914

Andrew McGregor continues the countdown to the Last Night celebrations with highlights from the season, and a glimpse behind the scenes at the Royal Albert Hall. He also looks forward to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3., which includes broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition.

Andrew's highlights, from the fifth and sixth weeks of the 2024 Proms season, including Britten's War Requiem, Bach's St John Passion with the Bach Collegium Japan, Dalia Stasevska conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius' 5th Symphony, the BBC Singers celebrating their centenary, and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

Andrew McGregor continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall

[LISTEN NOW]

Georgia Mann

20240719

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms, Georgia Mann soaks up the atmosphere as she plays a super-charged playlist of great music showcasing the pieces and artists coming up across the Proms season.

Georgia is joined live by guests including double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku, founder of Chineke! orchestra, which this year brings Duke Ellington's jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and pianist-composer Stewart Goodyear's celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, to the Proms. There's also exclusive live music from superb vocal ensembles The King's Singers and Voces8, who are at the Royal Albert Hall this morning rehearsing for their Prom on Sunday.

Plus, we'll hear specially recorded voice notes from multi-talented violinist/counter-tenor/conductor Jakub Józef Orliński, who'll be performing in a Late Night Prom with baroque ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, and Dame Evelyn Glennie, who brings Jennifer Higdon's exuberant Percussion Concerto to the Proms at Bristol Beacons.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Georgia Mann plays tracks from some of the great works and artists coming up across the season.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Prom, Georgia Mann looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the season, with live guests including double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku, founder of Chineke! Orchestra which this year brings Duke Ellington's jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, pianist-composer Stewart Goodyear's celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, and Tchaikovsky's heartbreaking ‘Pathétique' Symphony to the Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms, Georgia Mann looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the season.

Georgia Mann

20240914

Ending the 2024 BBC Proms season in style, live from the Royal Albert Hall in the build-up to the Last Night, Georgia Mann plays highlights from the season, and looks forward to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3, which includes broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition.

Proms highlights from the third week of the season include Sakari Oramo conducting Holst with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson's Sinfonia of London, music from Purcell's Fairy Queen, and John Storgards conducting Schumann with the BBC Philharmonic.

Georgia Mann continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall

[LISTEN NOW]

Georgia Mann Live From The Royal Albert Hall

20250718

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms.

[LISTEN NOW]

Hannah French

20240914

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Hannah French plays highlights from the season as the Last Night audience queues up, and looks forward to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3, which includes the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition.

Proms highlights from the penultimate week of the season include Martyn Brabbins conducting a moving tribute Sir Andrew Davis with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven from the superstar piano trio of Emmanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma, the Berlin Philarmonic with Kirill Petrenko, and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle.

Including:

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 movements

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat major (3rd mvt)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

Hannah French continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall.

[LISTEN NOW]

Jess Gillam

20240914

Ending the 2024 BBC Proms season in style, live from the Royal Albert Hall, Jess Gillam plays highlights from the season, and counts us down to the Last Night of the Proms. As the audience begins to come into the hall for the Last Night celebrations, Jess reflects on some the best performances from the last week of the season, from Choral Day to a celebration of BBC Young Composer in Nottingham, Chineke! and Andras Schiff playing Bach's Art of Fugue. And, looking ahead, Jess previews some of the world class live music featuring on Radio 3 throughout the autumn.

Jess Gillam continues a day of celebration, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

Jess Gillam counts us down to the Last Night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

[LISTEN NOW]

Katie Derham Live From The Royal Albert Hall

20250718

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham counts down to the First Night of the Proms with live music and guests.

The last lap of the roving mic is taken by Katie Derham. She'll chat to the Prommers in the queue, and have a live listen-in to the BBC Symphony Orchestra's First Night of the Proms rehearsal. Plus the Wigfield Brass Quintet from the Royal College of Music perform live.

Katie counts down to the First Night of the Proms with live music and guests.

[LISTEN NOW]

Linton Stephens

20240719

Live from the Royal Albert Hall following the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Linton Stephens looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the festival including, Sibelius's violin concerto performed by Luxembourgish Violinist Alena Baeva with Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Dinis Sousa at the Glasshouse, Gateshead as part of the Proms at the Glasshouse weekend.

He is joined by BBC Open music trainees, Soosan Lolavar and Sarah Victoria Moffatt as they reflect on their own experience of attending the first night and how they have soaked up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall after the First Night of the BBC Proms 2024.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Linton Stephens reflects on the First Night of the Proms and, with the season now under way, looks forward to the many great Proms still to come.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall after the First Night of the BBC Proms, 2024.

Mark Forrest Live From The Royal Albert Hall

20250718

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms.

[LISTEN NOW]

Petroc Trelawny

20240719

Join Petroc Trelawny live from the Royal Albert Hall as the new day begins. He'll witness the hall door's opening just after 7am and explore the Stage, Arena and Gallery as they are prepared for this evening's First Night of the BBC Proms 2024.

He also looks ahead to another amazing season of live music-making in the hall, on Sounds and BBC Radio 3, highlighting great concerts including:

Elgar's Cello Concerto, which Finnish soloist Senja Rummukainen brings to the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Holst's Jupiter from the Planets, the complete suite performed at the Proms by the young musicians of the Sibelius Academy Orchestra and Royal College of Music Choir and Orchestra, under Sakari Oramo

Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with the complete incidental music coming to the Proms under the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Choir of Scotland's chamber choir, and conductor Gemma New, in a concert that also includes Mozart's Clarinet Concerto performed by Anthony McGill.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the BBC Proms, 2024.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Petroc Trelawny looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the season.

Petroc Trelawny

20240914

Ending the 2024 BBC Proms season in style, Petroc Trelawny witnesses preparations for the final rehearsal at the Royal Albert Hall, and plays highlights from the season. He also looks forward to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3, which includes broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition.

Highlight from the Proms focus on the fourth week of the season, and include the National Youth Orchestra playing Mahler's 1st Symphony, Daniel Barenboim conducting the West Eastern Divan Orchestra, 21st-Century Soundtracks with the London Contemporary Orchestra, and Quatour Van Kuijk at the Proms in Belfast.

Petroc Trelawny continues a day of celebration, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

[LISTEN NOW]

Roll Out Of Bed Into Classical Music

20250718

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show live from Salford, including BBC Radio 3's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, in a new work for the BBC Philharmonic British-Armenian composer Kristina Arakelyan celebrates ‘the year of the aurora', with the Northern Lights being visible unusually far south more often in 2024 than in any other year of the century so far.

You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@BBC.co.uk

To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play 3 Breakfast

Join Tom McKinney live from the Royal Albert Hall ahead of the First Night of the Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms.

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@BBC.co.uk

[LISTEN NOW]

Sean Rafferty

20240719

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the Proms, Sean Rafferty dives into the musical treats of the summer.

With just two and a half hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, Sean looks ahead to some of the musical delights in store across the season, including Brahms's Violin Concerto, which stellar soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter will play with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim, Beethoven symphonies in chamber arrangements with Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax, and Handel's great oratorio Messiah conducted by John Butt on the special Proms Choral Day.

But first, as the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Sean and special guests, including American soprano Angel Blue, who will be one of the stars at this year's Last Night of the Proms, as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall for the final countdown to the BBC Proms 2024.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Sean Rafferty looks forward to the great music and artists coming to the Proms this summer.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms, Sean Rafferty looks forward to the great music and artists coming to the Proms this summer.

Tom Mckinney

20240719

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the Proms, Tom McKinney dives into the musical treats of the summer.

With just five and a half hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, Tom looks ahead to some of the musical delights in store across the season, including the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 with the dynamic period-instrument band Ensemble Resonanz, the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Kirill Petrenko bringing Smetana's sweeping tone poem Ma Vlast, and the annual Glyndebourne Opera visit with Bizet's tune-packed crowd-pleaser Carmen.

As the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Tom and special guests - Paraorchestra conductor Charles Hazlewood and The National Youth Orchestra's Associate Conductor Tess Jackson - as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall and eagerly anticipate the imminent grand commencement of the 2024 BBC Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Tom McKinney looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the season.

With just five and a half hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, Tom looks ahead to some of the musical delights in store across the season, including Mozart's Jupiter Symphony with crack period-instrument band Ensemble Resonanz, the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Kirill Petrenko bringing Smetana's sweeping tone poem Ma Vlast, and the annual Glyndebourne Opera visit with Bizet's tune-packed crowd-pleaser Carmen.

As the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Tom and special guests as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall and eagerly anticipate the imminent grand commencement of the 2024 BBC Proms.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms.

Tom Mckinney Live From The Royal Albert Hall

20250718

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms.

[LISTEN NOW]

Tom Service

20240914

Live from the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Tom Service plays highlights from this year's Proms, and looks ahead to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3, which includes broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition. His live guests include the Last Night of the Proms' conductor Sakari Oramo, and soloist, soprano Angel Blue.

Highlights from the Proms include performances from the first two weeks of the season, including Voces8 and the Sound of Disco from the opening weekend, Mahler's 5th Symphony with Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra, late night song from countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, Ryan Wigglesworth conducting Elgar's 2nd Symphony with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and music from Proms at The Glasshouse.

Tom Service plays highlights from this year's Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall.

[LISTEN NOW]

Petroc Trelawny

20230714

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Petroc Trelawny explores the opening week of the 2023 season: a week of concerts that features Proms favourites Stephen Hough (piano) and Pekka Kuusisto (violin), and the festival debuts of New Generation Artist Maria Duenas (violin) and Mariza, the greatest living exponent of Portuguese fado. Beethoven's Symphony No 9 - performed at the BBC Proms every year - is paired with Helen Grime's Meditations on Joy, whose three movements are each inspired by a different poem and facet of joy, and 'Orrible Opera explores the stories behind some of opera's best-loved tunes in the company of characters from Horrible Histories.

Georgia Mann

20230714

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Georgia Mann explores the 2023 season through a week of concerts that includes the first outing of the Hall's mighty 9,999-pipe organ, courtesy of RAH Associate Artist and TikTok organ phenomenon Anna Lapwood. Roof-raising choral highlights include Orff's Carmina Burana, his extravagant musical celebration of the pleasures of springtime, youth, wine and sex, Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio Elijah, and the all-encompassing sonic experience that is John Adams' Harmonium.

Linton Stephens

20230714

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Linton Stephens looks ahead to some highlights of this year's season, including the annual joyous visit from the National Youth Orchestra, superstar pianist Yuja Wang in music by Rachmaninov, and the devastating performance of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites which earned rave reviews at this year's Glyndebourne Festival.

Plus we'll hear tracks from some of the many other great artists featured this season including John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London, South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and violinist James Ehnes.

Penny Gore

20230714

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Penny Gore looks ahead to some of the great music and artists coming up this season - including the hotly anticipated return of Sir Andras Schiff with the Budapest Festival Orchestra in piano concertos by Schumann and Bartok. Another pianist, Martin Helmchen, makes his Proms debut with Brahms's Concerto No.2 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo, who are also bringing Mahler's epic Symphony No.3 to the Proms. Dazzling violinist Isabelle Faust joins Les Siecles for a concerto by Ligeti, and the brilliant Jules Buckley returns with a Prom celebrating the genius of singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder.

Elizabeth Alker

20230714

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Elizabeth Alker looks ahead to some of the highlights of this year's season, including Simon Rattle's last concerts as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, with Schumann's Das Paradies und Die Peri and Mahler's Symphony No.9, and the Academy of Ancient Music bringing Handel's oratorio Samson. And we'll hear tracks from some of the many other great artists featured this season including the Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andris Nelsons with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Sean Rafferty

20230714

Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the Proms, Sean Rafferty dives into the musical treats of the summer.

With two hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, the Proms Countdown reaches the final week when the mighty festival culminates with the biggest classical music party in the world: starring cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, soprano Lise Davidsen, conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

But first, as the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Sean and his special guests as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall for the final countdown to the BBC Proms 2023.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
	Andrew Mcgregor	20240914	Andrew McGregor continues the countdown to the Last Night celebrations with highlights from the season, and a glimpse behind the scenes at the Royal Albert Hall. He also looks forward to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3., which includes broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition. Andrew's highlights, from the fifth and sixth weeks of the 2024 Proms season, including Britten's War Requiem, Bach's St John Passion with the Bach Collegium Japan, Dalia Stasevska conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius' 5th Symphony, the BBC Singers celebrating their centenary, and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Andrew McGregor continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall [LISTEN NOW] [LISTEN NOW] [LISTEN NOW] [LISTEN NOW] [LISTEN NOW] [LISTEN NOW]
	Georgia Mann	20240719	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms, Georgia Mann soaks up the atmosphere as she plays a super-charged playlist of great music showcasing the pieces and artists coming up across the Proms season. Georgia is joined live by guests including double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku, founder of Chineke! orchestra, which this year brings Duke Ellington's jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and pianist-composer Stewart Goodyear's celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, to the Proms. There's also exclusive live music from superb vocal ensembles The King's Singers and Voces8, who are at the Royal Albert Hall this morning rehearsing for their Prom on Sunday. Plus, we'll hear specially recorded voice notes from multi-talented violinist/counter-tenor/conductor Jakub Józef Orliński, who'll be performing in a Late Night Prom with baroque ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, and Dame Evelyn Glennie, who brings Jennifer Higdon's exuberant Percussion Concerto to the Proms at Bristol Beacons. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Georgia Mann plays tracks from some of the great works and artists coming up across the season. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Prom, Georgia Mann looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the season, with live guests including double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku, founder of Chineke! Orchestra which this year brings Duke Ellington's jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, pianist-composer Stewart Goodyear's celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, and Tchaikovsky's heartbreaking ‘Pathétique' Symphony to the Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms, Georgia Mann looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the season.
	Georgia Mann	20240914	Ending the 2024 BBC Proms season in style, live from the Royal Albert Hall in the build-up to the Last Night, Georgia Mann plays highlights from the season, and looks forward to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3, which includes broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition. Proms highlights from the third week of the season include Sakari Oramo conducting Holst with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson's Sinfonia of London, music from Purcell's Fairy Queen, and John Storgards conducting Schumann with the BBC Philharmonic. Georgia Mann continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall Proms highlights from the third week of the season include Sakari Oramo conducting Holst with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson's Sinfonia of London, music from Purcell's Fairy Queen, and John Storgards conducting Sibelius with the BBC Philharmonic. [LISTEN NOW]
	Georgia Mann Live From The Royal Albert Hall	20250718	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms. [LISTEN NOW] [LISTEN NOW] [LISTEN NOW]
	Hannah French	20240914	Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Hannah French plays highlights from the season as the Last Night audience queues up, and looks forward to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3, which includes the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition. Proms highlights from the penultimate week of the season include Martyn Brabbins conducting a moving tribute Sir Andrew Davis with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven from the superstar piano trio of Emmanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma, the Berlin Philarmonic with Kirill Petrenko, and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle. Including: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 movements BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Anton Bruckner: Symphony No 4 in E flat major (3rd mvt) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Hannah French continues a day of celebration live from the Royal Albert Hall. [LISTEN NOW]
	Jess Gillam	20240914	Ending the 2024 BBC Proms season in style, live from the Royal Albert Hall, Jess Gillam plays highlights from the season, and counts us down to the Last Night of the Proms. As the audience begins to come into the hall for the Last Night celebrations, Jess reflects on some the best performances from the last week of the season, from Choral Day to a celebration of BBC Young Composer in Nottingham, Chineke! and Andras Schiff playing Bach's Art of Fugue. And, looking ahead, Jess previews some of the world class live music featuring on Radio 3 throughout the autumn. Jess Gillam continues a day of celebration, live from the Royal Albert Hall. Jess Gillam counts us down to the Last Night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall. [LISTEN NOW]
	Katie Derham Live From The Royal Albert Hall	20250718	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham counts down to the First Night of the Proms with live music and guests. The last lap of the roving mic is taken by Katie Derham. She'll chat to the Prommers in the queue, and have a live listen-in to the BBC Symphony Orchestra's First Night of the Proms rehearsal. Plus the Wigfield Brass Quintet from the Royal College of Music perform live. Katie counts down to the First Night of the Proms with live music and guests. [LISTEN NOW]
	Linton Stephens	20240719	Live from the Royal Albert Hall following the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Linton Stephens looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the festival including, Sibelius's violin concerto performed by Luxembourgish Violinist Alena Baeva with Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Dinis Sousa at the Glasshouse, Gateshead as part of the Proms at the Glasshouse weekend. He is joined by BBC Open music trainees, Soosan Lolavar and Sarah Victoria Moffatt as they reflect on their own experience of attending the first night and how they have soaked up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Live from the Royal Albert Hall after the First Night of the BBC Proms 2024. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Linton Stephens reflects on the First Night of the Proms and, with the season now under way, looks forward to the many great Proms still to come. Live from the Royal Albert Hall after the First Night of the BBC Proms, 2024.
	Mark Forrest Live From The Royal Albert Hall	20250718	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms. [LISTEN NOW]
	Petroc Trelawny	20240719	Join Petroc Trelawny live from the Royal Albert Hall as the new day begins. He'll witness the hall door's opening just after 7am and explore the Stage, Arena and Gallery as they are prepared for this evening's First Night of the BBC Proms 2024. He also looks ahead to another amazing season of live music-making in the hall, on Sounds and BBC Radio 3, highlighting great concerts including: Elgar's Cello Concerto, which Finnish soloist Senja Rummukainen brings to the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Holst's Jupiter from the Planets, the complete suite performed at the Proms by the young musicians of the Sibelius Academy Orchestra and Royal College of Music Choir and Orchestra, under Sakari Oramo Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with the complete incidental music coming to the Proms under the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the National Youth Choir of Scotland's chamber choir, and conductor Gemma New, in a concert that also includes Mozart's Clarinet Concerto performed by Anthony McGill. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the BBC Proms, 2024. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Petroc Trelawny looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the season.
	Petroc Trelawny	20240914	Ending the 2024 BBC Proms season in style, Petroc Trelawny witnesses preparations for the final rehearsal at the Royal Albert Hall, and plays highlights from the season. He also looks forward to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3, which includes broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition. Highlight from the Proms focus on the fourth week of the season, and include the National Youth Orchestra playing Mahler's 1st Symphony, Daniel Barenboim conducting the West Eastern Divan Orchestra, 21st-Century Soundtracks with the London Contemporary Orchestra, and Quatour Van Kuijk at the Proms in Belfast. Petroc Trelawny continues a day of celebration, live from the Royal Albert Hall. [LISTEN NOW]
	Roll Out Of Bed Into Classical Music	20250718	Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show live from Salford, including BBC Radio 3's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, in a new work for the BBC Philharmonic British-Armenian composer Kristina Arakelyan celebrates ‘the year of the aurora', with the Northern Lights being visible unusually far south more often in 2024 than in any other year of the century so far. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@BBC.co.uk To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play 3 Breakfast Join Tom McKinney live from the Royal Albert Hall ahead of the First Night of the Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms. Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@BBC.co.uk [LISTEN NOW]
	Sean Rafferty	20240719	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the Proms, Sean Rafferty dives into the musical treats of the summer. With just two and a half hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, Sean looks ahead to some of the musical delights in store across the season, including Brahms's Violin Concerto, which stellar soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter will play with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim, Beethoven symphonies in chamber arrangements with Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax, and Handel's great oratorio Messiah conducted by John Butt on the special Proms Choral Day. But first, as the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Sean and special guests, including American soprano Angel Blue, who will be one of the stars at this year's Last Night of the Proms, as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall for the final countdown to the BBC Proms 2024. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Sean Rafferty looks forward to the great music and artists coming to the Proms this summer. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 Proms, Sean Rafferty looks forward to the great music and artists coming to the Proms this summer.
	Tom Mckinney	20240719	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the Proms, Tom McKinney dives into the musical treats of the summer. With just five and a half hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, Tom looks ahead to some of the musical delights in store across the season, including the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 with the dynamic period-instrument band Ensemble Resonanz, the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Kirill Petrenko bringing Smetana's sweeping tone poem Ma Vlast, and the annual Glyndebourne Opera visit with Bizet's tune-packed crowd-pleaser Carmen. As the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Tom and special guests - Paraorchestra conductor Charles Hazlewood and The National Youth Orchestra's Associate Conductor Tess Jackson - as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall and eagerly anticipate the imminent grand commencement of the 2024 BBC Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms, Tom McKinney looks forward to the great music and artists coming up across the season. With just five and a half hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, Tom looks ahead to some of the musical delights in store across the season, including Mozart's Jupiter Symphony with crack period-instrument band Ensemble Resonanz, the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Kirill Petrenko bringing Smetana's sweeping tone poem Ma Vlast, and the annual Glyndebourne Opera visit with Bizet's tune-packed crowd-pleaser Carmen. As the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Tom and special guests as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall and eagerly anticipate the imminent grand commencement of the 2024 BBC Proms. Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the 2024 BBC Proms.
	Tom Mckinney Live From The Royal Albert Hall	20250718	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms. [LISTEN NOW]
	Tom Service	20240914	Live from the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Tom Service plays highlights from this year's Proms, and looks ahead to the new autumn season of live music on Radio 3, which includes broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival and Leeds International Piano Competition. His live guests include the Last Night of the Proms' conductor Sakari Oramo, and soloist, soprano Angel Blue. Highlights from the Proms include performances from the first two weeks of the season, including Voces8 and the Sound of Disco from the opening weekend, Mahler's 5th Symphony with Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra, late night song from countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, Ryan Wigglesworth conducting Elgar's 2nd Symphony with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and music from Proms at The Glasshouse. Tom Service plays highlights from this year's Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall. [LISTEN NOW]
01	Petroc Trelawny	20230714	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Petroc Trelawny explores the opening week of the 2023 season: a week of concerts that features Proms favourites Stephen Hough (piano) and Pekka Kuusisto (violin), and the festival debuts of New Generation Artist Maria Duenas (violin) and Mariza, the greatest living exponent of Portuguese fado. Beethoven's Symphony No 9 - performed at the BBC Proms every year - is paired with Helen Grime's Meditations on Joy, whose three movements are each inspired by a different poem and facet of joy, and 'Orrible Opera explores the stories behind some of opera's best-loved tunes in the company of characters from Horrible Histories.
02	Georgia Mann	20230714	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Georgia Mann explores the 2023 season through a week of concerts that includes the first outing of the Hall's mighty 9,999-pipe organ, courtesy of RAH Associate Artist and TikTok organ phenomenon Anna Lapwood. Roof-raising choral highlights include Orff's Carmina Burana, his extravagant musical celebration of the pleasures of springtime, youth, wine and sex, Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio Elijah, and the all-encompassing sonic experience that is John Adams' Harmonium.
03	Linton Stephens	20230714	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Linton Stephens looks ahead to some highlights of this year's season, including the annual joyous visit from the National Youth Orchestra, superstar pianist Yuja Wang in music by Rachmaninov, and the devastating performance of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites which earned rave reviews at this year's Glyndebourne Festival. Plus we'll hear tracks from some of the many other great artists featured this season including John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London, South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha and violinist James Ehnes.
04	Penny Gore	20230714	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Penny Gore looks ahead to some of the great music and artists coming up this season - including the hotly anticipated return of Sir Andras Schiff with the Budapest Festival Orchestra in piano concertos by Schumann and Bartok. Another pianist, Martin Helmchen, makes his Proms debut with Brahms's Concerto No.2 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo, who are also bringing Mahler's epic Symphony No.3 to the Proms. Dazzling violinist Isabelle Faust joins Les Siecles for a concerto by Ligeti, and the brilliant Jules Buckley returns with a Prom celebrating the genius of singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder.
05	Elizabeth Alker	20230714	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the day of the First Night of the Proms, Elizabeth Alker looks ahead to some of the highlights of this year's season, including Simon Rattle's last concerts as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, with Schumann's Das Paradies und Die Peri and Mahler's Symphony No.9, and the Academy of Ancient Music bringing Handel's oratorio Samson. And we'll hear tracks from some of the many other great artists featured this season including the Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Andris Nelsons with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
06	Sean Rafferty	20230714	Live from the Royal Albert Hall on the First Night of the Proms, Sean Rafferty dives into the musical treats of the summer. With two hours to go before curtain-up on the world's biggest classical music festival, the Proms Countdown reaches the final week when the mighty festival culminates with the biggest classical music party in the world: starring cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, soprano Lise Davidsen, conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. But first, as the First Night of the Proms excitement heightens, join Sean and his special guests as they soak up the atmosphere at the Royal Albert Hall for the final countdown to the BBC Proms 2023.