Documentary series examining the musical icons of the 80s. Marc Almond and Dave Ball of Soft Cell remember the drink, drugs, break-ups and breakdowns, as well as the hits. Show more
Manchester trio Doves perform an exciting collaboration with the London Bulgarian Choir and are also joined onstage by celebrated North Indian classical musician Baluji Shrivastav. Show more
Cover versions of Bob Dylan songs from the BBC archives, with Joan Baez, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Hollies, Adele, Julie Felix, Richie Havens, Bryan Ferry and KT Tunstall. Show more
An archive celebration of BBC studio performances from the British bands that broke through courtesy of punk, with Dr Feelgood, Buzzcocks, Joy Division and many more. Show more
The BBC Concert Orchestra perform music from the movies, including Walton's score for Battle of Britain, David Arnold's Independence Day end titles and John Williams's Star Wars. Show more
Icelandic pianist VÃkingur Ólafsson joins the Philharmonia for his Proms debut, performing JS Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor and Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C Minor. Show more
Saxophonist, composer and rising star Nubya Garcia performs at the Royal Albert Hall, with a set drawing on her acclaimed album Source, recently nominated for the Mercury Prize. Show more
First transmitted in 2018. The world premiere of Five Telegrams, with music by Anna Meredith and amazing digital projections marking the centenary of the end of World War I. Show more
The BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Stephen Bell collaborate with leading musicians in this celebration of the diverse folk scenes and songbooks of the British Isles. Show more
Michael Morpurgo joins the Kanneh-Masons for a unique, dramatically staged performance of Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of the Animals. Show more
Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in a programme that includes both Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and the Fifth, plus two short works by Pierre Boulez. Show more
Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra perform Beethoven's compact Eighth and expansive Seventh symphonies. Barenboim's son Michael performs a work by Pierre Boulez. Show more
The Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra performs a prelude from Wagner's Parsifal, Alban Berg's Violin Concerto, the Rosenkavalier Suite by Richard Strauss and Ravel's La valse. Show more
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles perform Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and Bruckner's 8th Symphony. Presented by Charles Hazlewood. Show more
French orchestra Les Siècles perform Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and works that influenced the 20th century avant-garde, from Rameau's Les Indes Galantes to Delibes' Coppélia. Show more
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme which features his own new work Totentanz, Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem and Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto. Show more
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Edith Bowman opens the Electric Proms 2008 in style, introducing legendary American songwriter Burt Bacharach at the Roundhouse in London's Camden Town. With Adele and Beth Rowley. Show more
Semyon Bychkov conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, the opera that marked a defining moment in the evolution of modern music. Show more
New sounds from the Proms including the premieres of John McCabe's Joybox and Mark-Anthony Turnage's Frieze, plus Murray Gold's new composition to mark Doctor Who's 50th birthday. Show more
An all-Russian programme of Prokofiev and Shostakovich, performed by Danish conductor Thomas Sondergard with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the Royal Albert Hall. Show more