BBC Proms 2017 kicks off in style tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. Beethoven's dramatic Third Piano Concerto is performed by star soloist Igor Levit with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner.
The First Night of the Proms culminates with Harmonium, a dazzling choral work from American music titan John Adams, who celebrates his 70th birthday this year. Harmonium is a thrilling and captivating setting of poetry by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Proms Youth Choir, conducted by Edward Gardner.
Broadcast of Prom 4: Daniel Barenboim and Staatskapel Berlin
Broadcast of Prom 8: Celebrating John Williams
Broadcast of Prom 3: Bernard Haitink conducts Mozart and Schumann
Broadcast of Prom 13: Malcolm Sargent's 500th Prom
Broadcast of Prom 15: The Songs of Scott Walker (1967–70)
Broadcast of Prom 21: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’
Broadcast of Prom 9: Beethoven – Fidelio
Broadcast of Prom 27: Ella and Dizzy: A Centenary Tribute
Broadcast of Prom 28: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Broadcast of Prom 35: John Wilson conducts Oklahoma!
Broadcast of Prom 37: Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 3
Broadcast of Prom 10: Aurora Orchestra – Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’
Broadcast of Prom 41: Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar
Broadcast of Prom 49: Bach’s St John Passion
Broadcast of Prom 53: Beneath the Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited
Broadcast of Prom 50: Beethoven, Stravinsky and Gerald Barry
Broadcast of Prom 57: Swing No End
Broadcast of Prom 65: Stax Records: 50 Years of Soul
Broadcast of Prom 46: Schoenberg – Gurrelieder
Broadcast of Prom 55: Classical Music of India and Pakistan
Broadcast of Prom 73: Sir András Schiff performs Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier
Broadcast of Prom 70: Missy Mazzoli, Bartók and Dvořák
Broadcast of Prom 62: Chineke!
The BBC Proms 2017 season comes to a close with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their Finnish chief conductor Sakari Oramo leading proceedings live from London's Royal Albert Hall.
The Last Night of the Proms celebrations continue live from the Royal Albert Hall in London. John Adams's seventieth birthday is marked with the London premiere of his exhilarating Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance, and solo star soprano Nina Stemme performs Weill's Surabaya Johnny and The Saga of Jenny, followed by Gershwin's The Lorelei.
Katie Derham returns with the magazine show Proms Extra to review the opening week of Proms 2017 with her special guests. This week's review includes Elgar's Second Symphony conducted by Daniel Barenboim and a trip to the movies courtesy of the iconic John Williams.
Join Katie Derham as she looks back at the week's events from the Proms, with conductors Xian Zhang, Jules Buckley and violinist Tai Murray. This programme focuses on Walton's Facade from the Malcolm Sargent Prom and celebrates the genius of Scott Walker. Plus there is Chord of the Week with David Owen Norris.
Katie Derham presents the companion guide to the Proms. Tonight's show has the tenor Stuart Skelton, soprano Ailish Tynan and gospel conductor and composer Ken Burton discussing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and a Proms centenary tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie.


























