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2020
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Beethoveniana
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Joining Beethoven Unleashed, a year-long, BBC-wide marathon marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, a BBC Grand Virtual Orchestra made up of over 300 BBC musicians perform .. show full overview
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Beethoven’s Fidelio: The Royal Opera
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Antonio Pappano introduces a new production of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, from the Royal Opera House, a story of risk and triumph against a backdrop of revolution. David Butt .. show full overview
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First Night of the Proms - Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’
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Katie Derham presents the first night of the world’s greatest live classical music festival, with a feast of music including Beethoven’s Third Symphony, Aaron Copland’s Quiet City and a .. show full overview
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The Symphonic Organ
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Jonathan Scott takes control of the Royal Albert Hall’s mighty organ for a sonic extravaganza featuring his own ingenious arrangements of symphonic favourites. Works by Rossini, Elgar, .. show full overview
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Rattle, Uchida and the LSO
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Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in a programme ranging from Elgar to Adès and Gabrieli to Kurtág. The climax is Vaughan Williams’s Fifth Symphony, a surprising oasis of serenity written at the height of the Second World War.
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Viennese Night
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Crack open the champagne and don your evening dress as the BBC Concert Orchestra host a night of Viennese operetta marking 150 years since the birth of Franz Lehár. Johann Strauss II and other contemporaries offer their own musical confections.
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London Sinfonietta
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Contemporary chamber ensemble the London Sinfonietta returns to the Royal Albert Hall, with a programme of contemporary classical works.
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Proms @ MediaCityUK, Salford with the BBC Philharmonic
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In a change to the originally advertised programme, John Storgårds, the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Guest Conductor, joins the orchestra for its 'Proms at ... Salford Quays' concert. The .. show full overview
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Nicola Benedetti and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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Violin superstar Nicola Benedetti leads a high-energy evening of baroque music by Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, and little-known English composer Charles Avison. If three double violin .. show full overview
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Anoushka Shankar and Gold Panda
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Sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar takes to the stage in an evening dedicated to her father and musical guru, Ravi, in what would have been his centenary year. Anoushka is joined in the .. show full overview
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Proms at ... City Halls, Glasgow
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Stephen Hough joins Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also featured are Richard Strauss's Metamorphosen and a world premiere from Jay Capperauld.
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Laura Marling and the 12 Ensemble
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Mercury Prize-nominated artist Laura Marling teams up with pioneering strings-based collective the 12 Ensemble for a retrospective journey through her back catalogue, as well as .. show full overview
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KOKOROKO
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London jazz group KOKOROKO will be making their Proms debut live at the Royal Albert Hall. The 8-piece group, led by Sheila Maurice-Grey, have previously appeared at Glastonbury, 6 .. show full overview
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Proms at BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
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Ryan Bancroft joins BBC NOW as principal conductor at BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff Bay for his first official engagement, his Proms debut and the first Prom from Wales! Martinu’s quirky .. show full overview
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Mozart's Jupiter : Paavo Järvi conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra
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Benjamin Grosvenor performs Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Paavo Järvi, bookended by Ravel’s neo-Baroque masterpiece Le tombeau de Couperin and Mozart’s titanic Symphony No. 41.
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Exploring Beethoven’s Seventh (Beethoven from Memory)
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To celebrate Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, Tom Service and the Aurora Orchestra present a unique evening in which conductor Nicholas Collon and the orchestra take apart Beethoven’s .. show full overview
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Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
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Superstar siblings Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason take to the stage for their first Prom together to present an evening of chamber music for cello and piano. Featuring works by .. show full overview
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Last Night of the Proms
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Katie Derham hosts the climax of the world’s greatest classical music festival, the Last Night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall, drawing a unique season of live performances .. show full overview
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Proms in Your Garden
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Join presenter John Toal for a very different Proms this year. Featuring music from Barry Douglas, Gavin James, country star Lisa McHugh and tenor George Hutton, along with a very special performance from Snow Patrol.2

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