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Launching the 2014 BBC Proms
Roger Wright
Controller, Radio 3
Director of the BBC Proms Roger Wright introduces the 2014 season, marking the festival's 120th year.
BBC Symphony Orchestra - Proms countdown
Paul Hughes
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra general manager Paul Hughes greets new chief conductor Sakari Oramo as he begins rehearsals for the First Night of the Proms.
Nixon in Maida Vale (with tight pants)
Phil Hall
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Adams conducts at the Proms BBC Symphony Orchestra sub-principal viola Phil Hall reports from John Adams's rehearsals for the opera Nixon in China at the Proms. John Adams is in his happy place. I can always tell; he starts swinging his hips to the beat, eyes closed and smili...
Gurrelieder - A Chorus of Approval
Graeme Kay
Producer, Speech and Classical Digital Hub, BBC Audio
Bolt-Gurrelieder Earlier this week, Phil Hall reported on the BBC Proms performance of Schoenberg's Gurrelieder from the orchestra's perspective. Now BBC Symphony Chorus soprano Carole Cameron gives the view from the choir seats ... Well clearly this is the only gig in town tonight! The ...
The 2012 Proms on TV, part two
Jan Younghusband
As I write this I am waiting for Martin Creed's Bells to ring out over the country. And I am wondering how Danny Boyle is feeling this morning. For everyone who puts on events, there is always this moment just before, the quiet moment, when the stage is empty, just waiting for everything to begi...
Final countdown to the 2012 BBC Proms
Roger Wright
Controller, Radio 3
Roger Wright at the Royal Albert Hall The 118th season of BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts is about to begin and, thanks to the unique way the BBC is funded through the licence fee, the artistic quality remains exceptional and ticket prices as low as ever. The vision of those first Pr...
