The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under its new principal conductor Vasily Petrenko performs Tchaikovsky's famous Piano Concerto No 1 with Stephen Hough as soloist. Show more
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Highlights from the five Proms in the Park events, taking place in Hyde Park, Hillsborough Castle, Glasgow Green, Singleton Park in Swansea and Buile Hill Park in Salford.
A prom celebrating the four major composers whose anniversaries are being marked throughout the year: Purcell, Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Show more
Janice Forsyth presents live music from violinist Nicola Benedetti, mezzo soprano Karen Cargill, the National Youth Girls Choir of Scotland, Salsa Celtica and the BBC SSO.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Clive Anderson introduces the final concert of the 2009 Proms season. The evening gets under way with a Flourish of Fireworks by Oliver Knussen. Show more
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Clive Anderson introduces the spectacular climax to the 2009 Proms season, with American conductor David Robertson. Show more
From Hillsborough Castle, Noel Thompson introduces Northern Ireland's biggest classical music party of the year, featuring James and Jeanne Galway and the Ulster Orchestra. Show more
From the BBC Proms 2009 season, the sounds of East meeting West with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and his cross-cultural Silk Road Ensemble. Show more
The Monteverdi Choir and John Eliot Gardiner perform four Bach motets and from the Proms Chamber series, Alina Ibragimova (violin) and Maxim Rysanov (viola) play Bach solo works. Show more
1 hour, 45 minutes
The Netherlands Wind Ensemble perform trademark contemporary works by Steve Martland and Louis Andriessen as well as the London premiere of a piece by Cornelis de Bondt. Show more
1 hour, 30 minutes
David Hill conducts the BBC Singers, Ed Lyon (tenor) and David Goode (organ) in a celebration of composer Peter Maxwell Davies's 75th birthday. With Westerlings; Solstice of Light. Show more
Catherine Bott presents a late-night jazz Prom from the 2009 season, in which pianist and composer Stan Tracey recreates the biblical version of the Big Bang. Stan Tracey: Genesis. Show more
1 hour
From the BBC Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents a late-night Prom marking the 75th birthday of composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle given at the Royal Albert Hall in August. Show more
From the BBC Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents a concert devoted to the music of American minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7. Show more
1 hour, 15 minutes
From the Proms 2009 season, Petroc Trelawny presents the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain in a specially devised programme including Jerusalem and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. Show more
Sara Mohr-Pietsch profiles the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition 2009. The winners get a chance to compose a new piece for the Last Night of the Proms. Show more
1 hour, 30 minutes
From the Royal Albert Hall. The players of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain make their Proms debut with a specially-devised programme. Listeners can join in, too. Show more
Handel's oratorio Samson, which tells the story of the last days of the Israelite warrior. Harry Bicket conducts, with Susan Gritton as Dalila and Mark Padmore as Samson. Show more
1 hour, 30 minutes
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra play Mendelssohn's Octet and Berg's Chamber Concerto, a musical monument to friendship. Show more
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. A Prom devoted to the music of minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass: Violin Concerto; Symphony No 7 (A Toltec Symphony - UK premiere). Show more