Episodes to download
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The Well-Tempered Glass of Wine
Sun 3 Sep 2017
Vikki is backstage with the Stax stars and takes Sophie Ellis-Bextor to her first prom.
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Don't Trust 'em
Sun 27 Aug 2017
Vikki takes Imogen Heap to a prom and travels from the Reformation to a jazz revolution.
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The Corridor Monstrosity
Sun 20 Aug 2017
Vikki encounters a massive drum, some unexpected Daft Punk, chains and scaffold poles.
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Oh, What a Wonderful Podcast
Sun 13 Aug 2017
Vikki hangs with the Chaps in Chaps, backstage for a complete Oklahoma! prom.
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The Interpreter
Sun 6 Aug 2017
Vikki Stone on the art of interpretation, the cadenza, jazz standards and Pointless.
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The Arrangement
Sun 30 Jul 2017
Vikki is backstage at the Scott Walker Prom and explores the many New Pieces of the Week.
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Episode II: A New Episode
Sun 23 Jul 2017
Vikki on tricky scores, film scores, the John Williams phenomenon, and Shostakovich.
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The First Date
Sun 16 Jul 2017
Vikki Stone starts her summer of "Prom Dates" and makes a music quiz obligatory.
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The Last Podcast of the Proms
Sat 10 Sep 2016
Vikki duets with Sir James Galway, rolls with Rick Astley, and queues the last night.
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Programme Notes
Wed 7 Sep 2016
Vikki is on eternity with Daniel Barenboim and the best spot to nap at the Albert Hall.
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Only Fools and Orchestras
Fri 2 Sep 2016
Vikki watches football in a park, a Prom in a car park, and Simon Rattle explains Boulez.
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Talking Stick
Tue 30 Aug 2016
Vikki speaks to the ones with their backs to us, in a conductors' special.
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Name That Spoon
Fri 26 Aug 2016
Vikki explores Mozart conspiracy theories and plays Bizet spoons with Radio 3 controller.
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Quincy Jones Celestial Twin
Tue 23 Aug 2016
Vikki talks parties with the awesome Quincy Jones and his friend Sir Michael Caine.
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The Errors of Comedy
Fri 19 Aug 2016
Vikki takes a special look at the theme of Shakespeare and other potential Prom themes.
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Of course Jamie Cullum's friends don't clap on 1 and 3
Fri 12 Aug 2016
Vikki is at the Jamie Cullum Prom and tries a binaural v. stereo listening challenge.
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Name That Tune
Tue 9 Aug 2016
Vikki on younger orchestras, science fiction, busking, and the first Proms Name That Tune.
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The Baton Relay
Fri 5 Aug 2016
Vikki runs the inaugural Proms Unplucked (conductor's) Baton Relay athletics event.
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The Saw and The Stone
Tue 2 Aug 2016
Vikki Stone gets playing and meets the flash prommers, a glass rubber and a saw bower.
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It's Pronounced Bowie
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Vikki tries the tabla, talks electric violin and showbiz, and goes backstage at Bowie.
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12 Cellists Walk Into a Green Room
Tue 26 Jul 2016
Vikki Stone focuses on the cello, one of the themes of this year's BBC Proms season.
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The Loneliness of the Late-Night Organist
Fri 22 Jul 2016
The glitz of Strictly, the RAH organ and a whack on a big Verdi Drum.
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Rig Week
Fri 15 Jul 2016
Vikki Stone is backstage for the first night of the greatest classical music festival.
