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This live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Verity Sharp, features Oliver Knussen’s 7-minute sequence Ophelia Dances which evokes Ophelia’s perturbation at her rejection by Hamlet, her...
Radio programme presented by John Shea showcasing a sequence of music with a featured Proms performer. In this episode Valery Gergiev conducts the World Orchestra for Peace in music from Mendelssohn’s...
BBC Proms concert live from the Royal Albert Hall. In the second half the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs a semi-staged performance of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream conducted by...
Live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Martin Hendley, bringing together two key themes of the season: Shakespeare and Auden. The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Mark Elder, performs Macbeth by...
Radio programme. Timothy West talks to Samira Ahmed about his experience of playing Falstaff.
This live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Fiona Talkington, brings together two key themes: Shakespeare and Sibelius. The concert programme starts with Sibelius’s complete incidental music...
Radio broadcast. In this episode of the BBC Proms’ interval programme Scottish historian Dr Fiona Watson, accompanied by other historians, finds the Scottish birthplace of the Macbeth legend, a Celtic...
A live transmission from the 2007 Proms, presented by Geoffrey Smith. Jazz musicians John Dankworth and Cleo Laine celebrate their 80th birthdays with a combination of Shakespeare and jazz. Dankworth...
Radio broadcast. In this first of four Proms Saturday Matinee concerts, Petroc Trelawny introduces readings from Shakespeare, interspersed with music inspired by his plays performed by the Britten Sinfonia....
The Proms Chamber Music broadcast that starts of the 4-hour Afternoon on 3 programme is presented by Penny Gore. Tenor Philip Langridge brings a personal contribution to the centenary celebration for...