A special Proms event showcasing the Royal Albert Hall as it has never been seen before!

A live Proms edition of BBC Radio 3's In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty.

An all-British concert launches the 2018 season. Vaughan Williams atmospheric Whitman settings and Holst’s ever-popular 1918 suite The Planets sit alongside a new collaboration by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions.

Tim Whitmarsh and Judith Mackrell discuss Longus, author of Daphnis and Chloe, and the premiere production of Ravel's ballet given by the Ballet Russes in 1912.

Ravel’s sensuous mythological ballet Daphnis and Chloe meets the courtly beauty of Fauré’s Pavane in this concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Rising Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi is the soloist in Mozart’s lyrical Piano Concerto No. 27.

Ahead of tonight’s BBC Young Musician anniversary celebration, a special screening of a new film marking 40 years of the competition.

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BBC Young Musician celebrates its 40th birthday with a concert featuring illustrious past winners and finalists, including Nicola Benedetti, Freddy Kempf and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, as well as this year’s winner. With music by Ravel and Saint-Saëns.

BBC New Generation Artists the Calidore String Quartet makes their Proms debut with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. They are joined by Spanish pianist Javier Perianes for Schumann’s richly Romantic Piano Quintet in E flat major.

An introduction to Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad' Symphony with musicologists Anastasia Belina and David Nice. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s barnstorming ‘Leningrad’ Symphony – a powerful tribute to the Soviet victims of WWII. Clarinettist Mark Simpson is the soloist in Magnus Lindberg’s ferociously virtuosic Clarinet Concerto.

Musicologist Richard Langham Smith and specialist in 19th century French music and poetry Helen Abbott introduce Debussy's only completed opera.

Launching our Debussy centenary celebrations, Glyndebourne brings the composer’s luminous Symbolist opera Pelléas et Melisande – a tale of desire, jealousy and revenge – to the Proms.

In the centenary year of Leonard Bernstein's birth, the first in a series of talks exploring his life and work. Nigel Simeone, editor of 'The Leonard Bernstein Letters', discusses Bernstein as a champion of contemporary music.

Gershwin’s irrepressibly jazzy An American in Paris and Messiaen’s by turns hypnotic and orgiastic Turangalîla Symphony come together in this musical celebration of Paris. Pianist Angela Hewitt and ondes martenot player Cynthia Millar join the BBC SO.

Musicians from the Metropole Orkest talk about the life and work of the orchestra.

23-year-old vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and arranger Jacob Collier is already a multi-Grammy Award-winner. Here he teams up with Jules Buckley, the Metropole Orkest and special guests Sam Amidon and Take 6 for a special Proms performance.

Rhian Davies, Artistic Director of the Gregynog Festival, and composer Steph Power discuss the life and music of Morfydd Owen.

Mendelssohn’s precocious First Piano Concerto joins Schumann’s forward-looking Fourth Symphony and music by Lili Boulanger and Morfydd Owen – both of whom died tragically young – in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s first Prom of the season.

The London Sinfonietta celebrate their 50th anniversary with a concert of 20th-century classics, including Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question and Stravinsky’s elegant Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and WWI-themed world premieres.

An exploration of the narrative voice with Sarah Dillon and Richard Beard.

In this WWI centenary year, Georg Solti’s World Orchestra for Peace returns under Donald Runnicles with Beethoven’s Ninth – an iconic statement of brotherhood and fellowship – Britten’s haunting Sinfonia da Requiem, and a new work by Ēriks Ešenvalds.

Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna makes her Proms debut with a programme of French 19th- and 20th-century organ music, including Widor’s thrilling Organ Symphony with its virtuoso Toccata, and works by Fauré, Franck and Thierry Escaich.

A special Proms edition of BBC Radio 3’s 'The Listening Service'. Tom Service investigates the grip of the Faust legend over the imaginations of composers and musicians ever since the early 19th century.

Mahler described his Eighth Symphony as “… the biggest thing I have ever done', and no fewer than five choirs join Thomas Søndergård and the BBC NOW to bring his mighty musical vision to life. The soloists include Tamara Wilson and Christine Rice.

An all-French programme from harpsichord maverick Jean Rondeau pairs music by giants of the French Baroque and a world premiere by genre-crossing French composer Eve Risser, whose music draws on jazz and improvisation.

Composer Andrew Norman introduces his new work 'Spiral' ahead of its UK premiere tonight, and talks to Louise Fryer about his inspiration and ideas.

Karina Canellakis directs the BBC Symphony Orchestra in two Russian classics: Rachmaninov’s exhilarating Symphonic Dances and Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, with Alisa Weilerstein as soloist. Beethoven’s spirited overture Coriolan opens the concert.

The London Contemporary Orchestra leads a late-night tribute to the legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop – pioneers of experimental electronic music – which includes Daphne Oram’s groundbreaking Still Point and music by RW stalwart Delia Derbyshire.

Lauren Elkin and Seán Williams talk about the inspiration that a wandering life brought to composers and writers of the 18th and 19th centuries.

A concert of defiantly brilliant, genre-bending works pairs Sibelius’s enigmatic Seventh Symphony with Bern Alois Zimmermann’s Symphony in One Movement. Soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Louis Lortie join the BBC Philharmonic for music by Schubert.

Composer Tansy Davies introduces her new work 'What Did We See?' and talks about her ideas and inspiration.

A concert of darkness and light opens with the world premiere of Tansy Davies’s 9/11-inspired What Did We See? and closes with Brahms’s sunny Second Symphony. Paul Lewis joins Ben Gernon and the BBC Philharmonic for Beethoven’s 'Emperor' Concerto.

An exploration of the relationships between birds and humans, with prize-winning authors Tim Birkhead and Helen Macdonald. Hosted by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Lucy Powell.

Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in Stravinsky's colourful symphonic poem The Song of the Nightingale and the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird. Wagner's Tannhäuser overture opens the Prom, which also features Debussy’s sensual cantata La damoiselle élue.

Writer Melissa Harrison and archaeologist Francis Pryor contemplate contemporary British landscapes and the challenges of rural life today.

Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Pastoral Symphony sit alongside music by Holst and Parry’s stirring Fifth Symphony in this centenary celebration of Hubert Parry – father of 20th-century English music. Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC NOW.

Shahidha Bari introduces a series of the best comic readings from literature to tie in with Beethoven’s penchant for ‘musical jokes’.

Teodor Currentzis and his period-instrument ensemble MusicAeterna are ripping up the classical rulebook with thrilling, award-winning results. Their all-Beethoven programme pairs the vivacious Second Symphony with the highly charged Fifth.

Bring all the family along to sing Kerry Andrew’s Ten Pieces song 'No Place Like'. No experience of singing required.

Discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces in the annual Ten Pieces Proms. CBBC’s Naomi Wilkinson presents a thrilling musical adventure for all the family, featuring music by Elgar, Dvořák, Copland and more.

A chance for children to pose questions to leading musicians from across the Proms season and to find out more about what it takes to make it in music!

Discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces in the annual Ten Pieces Proms. CBBC’s Naomi Wilkinson presents a thrilling musical adventure for all the family, featuring music by Elgar, Dvořák, Copland and more.

BBC Proms Session with Miloš Karadaglić open to young musicians aged 14-25.

Traditional Arabic music meets jazz and folk in this kaleidoscopic celebration of the evocative voice of the oud – the ancient Middle-Eastern lute. Oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros makes his Proms debut combining traditional works with a world premiere.

Abbie Garrington and Dan Richards discuss the appeal of the mountains and how wild landscapes have inspired creativity.

Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish SO lead a dramatic journey through the Bavarian mountains in Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony. There’s sonic spectacle and sensation from Mozart and Georg Friedrich Haas in works that manipulate both texture and space.

Novelists John Lanchester and Diana Evans discuss depicting contemporary London in their fiction.

Symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams offer two contrasting musical portraits of London. Boisterous urban energy pulses through Haydn’s final Symphony, No. 104, while Vaughan Williams shows us the city in more contemplative mood.

Leading reggae and dancehall producer Mister Savona brings together some of Cuba and Jamaica’s most influential musicians for a concert combing the sounds of roots reggae, dub and dancehall with son, salsa and Afro-Cuban to create a new musical fusion.

BBC Proms Session with British folk group The Unthanks open to young musicians aged 14-21.

Ahead of tonight’s performance of Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Sir John Tusa and Marina Frolova-Walker discuss the cultural repercussions started by the upheaval across the Iron Curtain 50 years ago.

Strauss’s virtuosic, vividly autobiographical tone-poem puts the BBC NOW and conductor Otto Tausk in the spotlight. They are joined by cellist Daniel Müller-Schott for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. A Prelude from Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers opens the concert.

Composer Joby Talbot discusses his new guitar concerto which is receiving its world premiere this evening and is joined by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to look at the relationship between music and dance,

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Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić is the soloist in a new concerto by Joby Talbot, whose dancing rhythms take inspiration from Karadaglić’s Balkan heritage. The dance continues with Act I of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet The Nutcracker.

Two great queens – Cleopatra and Dido – are the inspiration for this concert by Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska and period ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. Operatic arias by Handel and Cavalli are framed by instrumental works from the period.

Join us for a rousing session of folk songs from across Britain and Ireland. No experience of singing is required.

Poets Gillian Clarke and Peter Mackay discuss the folk tales of Britain and Ireland.

The BBC Concert Orchestra collaborates with some of the folk world’s leading musicians, including Julie Fowlis, The Unthanks and Sam Lee, in a concert that celebrates traditional music while also looking to the future of this ever-evolving genre.

A staged performance of Stravinsky’s First World War music theatre piece The Soldier’s Tale. William Conway conducts the Hebrides Ensemble in this tale of a young man who sells his soul to the Devil.

Join musicians from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at this unique and friendly event for teenagers hosted by the NYO’s Young Promoters – a great chance to find out about the music in this evening’s Prom.

A staged performance of Stravinsky’s First World War music theatre piece The Soldier’s Tale. William Conway conducts the Hebrides Ensemble in this tale of a young man who sells his soul to the Devil.

George Benjamin and the National Youth Orchestra in a concert of orchestral masterworks that includes Debussy’s La Mer and Ligeti’s mesmerising Lontano. Pianist Tamara Stefanovich is the soloist in Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand.

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Over two concerts in one day, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra present Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos alongside six newly commissioned companion works, to create a brand-new musical cycle, heard here in the UK for the first time.

Poets Sandeep Parmar and Sean O’Brien talk to Catherine Fletcher about contemporary re-workings of classical stories and what it means to take on part of the canon – as the Prom concert creates a new way to hear Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos.

In the second of two concerts, Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra are joined by soloists to complete their new musical cycle pairing Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos with newly composed companion pieces.

Lullabies, dreams and sleep are themes that drift through this night-inspired concert of English song. Dame Sarah Connolly makes her Proms recital debut with music by Vaughan Williams and Howells as well as a world premiere by Benjamin Britten.

An introduction to Ives' Symphony No. 2 with musicologist J.P.E. Harper Scott.

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A great American orchestra marks Leonard Bernstein’s 100th-anniversary year with a concert of 20th-century American classics including Bernstein’s exhilarating Candide overture and Ives’s lyrical Second Symphony.

Presenter Tom Service, Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra take their audience inside Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony – taking it apart to reveal its intricate construction, before putting it back together again in a complete performance from memory.

The Revd Lucy Winkett and writer Katy Hamilton introduce Brahms' A German Requiem.

Richard Farnes conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloists Golda Schultz and Johan Reuter in Brahms’s much-loved Requiem. Marking Thea Musgrave’s 90th birthday, the performance opens with her dramatic Phoenix Rising.

Film-maker and biographer Humphrey Burton explores Aaron Copland's influence on Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein, in conversation with musicologist Heather Wiebe.

This transatlantic programme from Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic pairs Britten’s evocative Sea Interludes and his exquisite orchestral song-cycle Les Illuminations with music by their American colleagues and contemporaries Copland and Barber.

Celebrating the music of a modern New York, the Heritage Orchestra and conductor Jules Buckley present the sound of NYC. With guest artists drawn from across the Big Apple, expect anything from pagan-gospel and disco-punk to feminist rap or DIY indie.

Stephen Fry and John Deathridge introduce Wagner's 'Die Walküre'.

Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra take a journey from the aphoristic brilliance of Webern through the bittersweet beauty of Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Symphony, to Wagner’s expansive music-drama Die Walküre.

Chaos and doom as featured in the Old Testament are examined by Joe Moshenska and novelist Salley Vickers. They look at the “weeping prophet” Jeremiah ahead of tonight's Bernstein Symphony, which sets texts from the Book of Lamentations.

Bernstein’s emotive First Symphony is the work that put the young composer on the map. Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia here pair it with another symphonic debut – Mahler’s arresting, visionary First Symphony.

Join us to explore the songs and story of Bernstein's West Side Story. For ages 12-18. Booking required.

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Bernstein’s West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. This most popular of musicals updates the story of Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the action to the warring white American and Puerto Rican gangs of Manhattan.

Critic and broadcaster David Benedict and musicologist Sophie Redfern introduce Bernstein's West Side Story.

Bernstein’s West Side Story bursts with violent, sensual rhythms and big-hearted melodies. This most popular of musicals updates the story of Romeo and Juliet, transplanting the action to the warring white American and Puerto Rican gangs of Manhattan.

Historians Saul David and Laura Rowe talk about the causes and effects of the First World War and the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, ahead of a performance of the Lament written by Frank Bridge as a memorial.

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A concert from Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields includes Mendelssohn’s charming A Midsummer Night’s Dream overture and Beethoven’s graceful Fourth Symphony. Bell himself is the soloist in Saint-Saëns’s Third Violin Concerto.