Documentary showing the apparently self-confident Edward Elgar as a brilliant but neurotic musician with a chip on his shoulder about his lowly origins and his Catholic religion. Show more
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Chorus, conducted by Karina Canellakis, perform Janácek’s Glagolitic Mass in the second half of First Night of the Proms 2019. Show more
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Karina Canellakis, perform Dvorak’s The Golden Spinning Wheel and a commission commemorating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings. Show more
Suzy Klein introduces the BBC Philharmonic and Omer Meir Wellber in a performance of works by Ben-Haim, Schumann, Schoenberg and, with Yeol Eum Son, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 15 in B flat, K450. Show more
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs music by Vaughan Williams, Brahms and a new work - a birthday tribute to conductor Martyn Brabbins - inspired by Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations. Show more
Katie Derham presents flavours of Finland, Russia and Germany from three 20th-century favourites, featuring Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Show more
BBC 2016 Young Musician winner Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Elgar's passionate Cello Concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and their music director Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla. Show more
A 150th anniversary tribute to Sir Henry Wood, founder-conductor of the Proms, featuring many of the works he both premiered and arranged across nearly 50 years of the festival. Show more
Katie Derham is joined by soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn to relive her 2012 performance when she joined John Wilson and his orchestra to celebrate the sounds of Broadway. Show more
The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, with Fatma Said, Kathryn Rudge, Sunnyboy Dladla and David Shipley in Mozart's Requiem. Show more
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra led by Thomas Dausgaard performs Mozart's ever-popular Clarinet Concerto and Mahler's famous Fifth Symphony. Show more
The Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela play Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony and symphonic dances from West Side Story. Show more
Jonathon Heyward conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in music by Laura Jurd, Jessie Montgomery and, with Nicola Benedetti, Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto. Show more
Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra return to the Proms with an evening celebrating one of the trailblazers of 20th-century music, Igor Stravinsky. Show more
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov, perform Beethoven's Second Symphony and Ah! Perfido, with soprano Lucy Crowe, and a world premiere by George Lewis. Show more
In a Proms first, Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra performing Mozart's final three symphonies. Show more
Documentary. Fashion photographer Rankin and artist Alison Lapper explore how digital photography, social media and selfie culture have affected people's sense of identity. Show more
Tom Service presents a performance of Elgar's much-loved Cello Concerto, composed in the wake of the First World War, with French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras as soloist. Show more
A new work from Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan, whose Fourth Symphony was written for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to their conductor Donald Runnicles. Show more
World-renowned pianist and Bach specialist Sir Andras Schiff returns to the BBC Proms with a performance of Bach's Book Two of The Well-Tempered Clavier. Show more