The Multiplatform BBC Proms
The multiplatform broadcast offer of the Proms continues to broaden to reflect audience needs, with content now accessible not just through television and radio but to anybody who owns a mobile phone, tablet or computer. As always, every Prom is live on BBC Radio 3, and curated television broadcasts go hand-in-hand with online collections, archives and playlists. 2015 sees the arrival of the first ever Proms Guide app, a digital version of the printed Guide. The Proms are available, however you want them, whenever and wherever you are.
Every Prom is broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and in HD Sound online. Each week five concerts are repeated on Afternoon on 3 and the Proms Chamber Music concerts are repeated on Sundays at 1.00pm.
All Proms are available on-demand for 30 days on BBC iPlayer Radio and via the Radio 3 and Proms websites.
Radio 3 also provides extensive context around the festival’s concerts and accompanying events at the Royal College of Music in a wide range of Proms-related programming:
• Breakfast (weekdays from 6.30am, weekends from 7.00am) Petroc Trelawny, Clemency Burton-Hill and Martin Handley present music and updates on the season
• Essential Classics (weekdays, 9.00am–12 noon)
• Rob Cowan and Sarah Walker recommend music and recordings by Proms artists in Artist of the Week
• CD Review (Saturdays, 9.00am–12.15pm) Andrew McGregor with a weekly look at recordings of works by a composer featured in the Proms
• Composer of the Week (weekdays, 12 noon–1.00pm) Donald Macleod explores the lives and music of some of the main composers featured in this year’s Proms
• Afternoon on 3 (weekdays, 2.00pm–4.30pm) Repeat broadcasts of BBC Proms concerts
• In Tune (weekdays from 4.30pm) Live interviews, performances, and news surrounding the Proms season. Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein present a special outside broadcast on the First Night featuring a selection of artists and musicians from across the whole season
• Proms Extra Discussions and interviews recorded at the Royal College of Music, and broadcast in the interval of that evening’s Prom
BBC Radio
2015 sees a series of musical collaborations with six of the BBC’s national radio stations – Radio 1, 1Xtra, 2, 4, 6 Music and the Asian Network – each of which broadcast Proms during the season. The festival will reach international radio audiences through BBC World Service broadcasts of selected Proms and the festival is also broadcast in up to 50 territories via the European Broadcasting Union.
The Proms on BBC TV and Online
Selected Proms are available across BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, CBBC and online via the Proms website throughout the 2015 season:
• BBC Four will broadcast regular Proms on Thursday, Friday and Sunday evenings
Thursday Proms will focus on soloists in both concerto and recital repertoire, from Nicola Benedetti to Yo-Yo Ma
• Friday Proms will offer hot tickets to some of the absolute highlight Proms of the season, from Daniel Barenboim and Bernard Haitink to the Story of Swing and John Wilson
• Sunday Proms will focus on the symphony, with Sir Mark Elder introducing a different symphony each week, starting with Beethoven’s Ninth and ending with a new work by James MacMillan
• Proms Extra will return to Saturday nights at 7pm on BBC Two throughout the festival. Katie Derham presents the seven episodes, covering performances from the previous week’s Proms, interviewing artists and looking forward to the musical week ahead
• The First Night of the Proms will be broadcast live on BBC Two and the Last Night of the Proms will be broadcast live on BBC Two (first half) and BBC One (second half)
• Viewers will be able to watch performances of all the works from any Prom filmed for TV, available for 30 days via the Proms website, including additional performances from across the season.
• All televised and recorded Proms will be available on-demand for 30 days via the BBC Proms website, bbc.co.uk/proms
BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four broadcasts will be in HD and surround sound
The BBC Proms TV presenting team is led by Katie Derham.
The Proms Guide app
This year there is also a brand-new BBC Proms Guide app that is a digital version of the printed Proms Guide. The app will cost £2.99 and will work on mobile and tablet devices on iOS and Android. Featuring the same editorial content as the physical Guide, it will enable users to browse through all key Proms information on the go as well as to:
• Bookmark their favourite Proms events to access them easily each time they use the app
• Export these events to their personal mobile calendar so they never miss an event
• Search by event, composer, piece or artist, or browse events by category
• Book Proms tickets from the Royal Albert Hall website via the events listings
• Learn more about Proms performers
The digital Proms
The BBC Proms is now truly digital, with more content than ever available across PC, mobile and tablet, so audiences can enjoy their favourite Proms moments whenever and wherever they are.
The new Proms website, bbc.co.uk/proms, is the digital home of the Proms with everything audiences need to know about the 2015 BBC Proms season, including on-demand listening, highlights videos and an online Proms Archive, detailing every Proms concert since they began in 1895.
Viewers will be able to watch performances of all the works from any Prom filmed for TV, available for 30 days via the Proms website, including additional performances from across the season.
BBC Playlister will provide great recommendations of works from the season in its playlists; and audiences can tag any piece of music performed at the 2015 Proms and add it to their own playlist.
The email Newsletter will keep subscribers up to date with the latest news and insights on the Proms. Audiences can also get behind the scenes and join in the conversation on Facebook (facebook.com/theproms) and Twitter (@bbcproms; #bbcproms).
