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A special Proms event showcasing the Royal Albert Hall as it has never been seen before!

A live Proms edition of 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3's In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty.

An all-British concert launches the 2018 season. Vaughan Williams atmospheric Whitman settings and Holst鈥檚 ever-popular 1918 suite The Planets sit alongside a new collaboration by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions.

Tim Whitmarsh and Judith Mackrell discuss Longus, author of Daphnis and Chloe, and the premiere production of Ravel's ballet given by the Ballet Russes in 1912.

Ravel鈥檚 sensuous mythological ballet Daphnis and Chloe meets the courtly beauty of Faur茅鈥檚 Pavane in this concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Rising Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi is the soloist in Mozart鈥檚 lyrical Piano Concerto No. 27.

Ahead of tonight鈥檚 麻豆官网首页入口 Young Musician anniversary celebration, a special screening of a new film marking 40 years of the competition.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!

麻豆官网首页入口 Young Musician celebrates its 40th birthday with a concert featuring illustrious past winners and finalists, including Nicola Benedetti, Freddy Kempf and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, as well as this year鈥檚 winner. With music by Ravel and Saint-Sa毛ns.

麻豆官网首页入口 New Generation Artists the Calidore String Quartet makes their Proms debut with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw. They are joined by Spanish pianist Javier Perianes for Schumann鈥檚 richly Romantic Piano Quintet in E flat major.

An introduction to Shostakovich鈥檚 鈥楲eningrad' Symphony with musicologists Anastasia Belina and David Nice. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Juanjo Mena conducts the 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic in Shostakovich鈥檚 barnstorming 鈥楲eningrad鈥� Symphony 鈥� a powerful tribute to the Soviet victims of WWII. Clarinettist Mark Simpson is the soloist in Magnus Lindberg鈥檚 ferociously virtuosic Clarinet Concerto.

Musicologist Richard Langham Smith and specialist in 19th century French music and poetry Helen Abbott introduce Debussy's only completed opera.

Launching our Debussy centenary celebrations, Glyndebourne brings the composer鈥檚 luminous Symbolist opera 笔别濒濒茅补蝉 et Melisande 鈥� a tale of desire, jealousy and revenge 鈥� to the Proms.

In the centenary year of Leonard Bernstein's birth, the first in a series of talks exploring his life and work. Nigel Simeone, editor of 'The Leonard Bernstein Letters', discusses Bernstein as a champion of contemporary music.

Gershwin鈥檚 irrepressibly jazzy An American in Paris and Messiaen鈥檚 by turns hypnotic and orgiastic Turangal卯la Symphony come together in this musical celebration of Paris. Pianist Angela Hewitt and ondes martenot player Cynthia Millar join the 麻豆官网首页入口 SO.

Musicians from the Metropole Orkest talk about the life and work of the orchestra.

23-year-old vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and arranger Jacob Collier is already a multi-Grammy Award-winner. Here he teams up with Jules Buckley, the Metropole Orkest and special guests Sam Amidon and Take 6 for a special Proms performance.

Rhian Davies, Artistic Director of the Gregynog Festival, and composer Steph Power discuss the life and music of Morfydd Owen.

Mendelssohn鈥檚 precocious First Piano Concerto joins Schumann鈥檚 forward-looking Fourth Symphony and music by Lili Boulanger and Morfydd Owen 鈥� both of whom died tragically young 鈥� in the 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales鈥檚 first Prom of the season.

The London Sinfonietta celebrate their 50th anniversary with a concert of 20th-century classics, including Charles Ives鈥� The Unanswered Question and Stravinsky鈥檚 elegant Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and WWI-themed world premieres.

An exploration of the narrative voice with Sarah Dillon and Richard Beard.

In this WWI centenary year, Georg Solti鈥檚 World Orchestra for Peace returns under Donald Runnicles with Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth 鈥� an iconic statement of brotherhood and fellowship 鈥� Britten鈥檚 haunting Sinfonia da Requiem, and a new work by 膾riks E拧envalds.

Latvian organist Iveta Apkalna makes her Proms debut with a programme of French 19th- and 20th-century organ music, including Widor鈥檚 thrilling Organ Symphony with its virtuoso Toccata, and works by Faur茅, Franck and Thierry Escaich.

A special Proms edition of 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3鈥檚 'The Listening Service'. Tom Service investigates the grip of the Faust legend over the imaginations of composers and musicians ever since the early 19th century.

Mahler described his Eighth Symphony as 鈥溾�� the biggest thing I have ever done', and no fewer than five choirs join Thomas S酶nderg氓rd and the 麻豆官网首页入口 NOW to bring his mighty musical vision to life. The soloists include Tamara Wilson and Christine Rice.

An all-French programme from harpsichord maverick Jean Rondeau pairs music by giants of the French Baroque and a world premiere by genre-crossing French composer Eve Risser, whose music draws on jazz and improvisation.

Composer Andrew Norman introduces his new work 'Spiral' ahead of its UK premiere tonight, and talks to Louise Fryer about his inspiration and ideas.

Karina Canellakis directs the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra in two Russian classics: Rachmaninov鈥檚 exhilarating Symphonic Dances and Shostakovich鈥檚 First Cello Concerto, with Alisa Weilerstein as soloist. Beethoven鈥檚 spirited overture Coriolan opens the concert.

The London Contemporary Orchestra leads a late-night tribute to the legacy of the 麻豆官网首页入口 Radiophonic Workshop 鈥� pioneers of experimental electronic music 鈥� which includes Daphne Oram鈥檚 groundbreaking Still Point and music by RW stalwart Delia Derbyshire.

Lauren Elkin and Se谩n Williams talk about the inspiration that a wandering life brought to composers and writers of the 18th and 19th centuries.

A concert of defiantly brilliant, genre-bending works pairs Sibelius鈥檚 enigmatic Seventh Symphony with Bern Alois Zimmermann鈥檚 Symphony in One Movement. Soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Louis Lortie join the 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic for music by Schubert.

Composer Tansy Davies introduces her new work 'What Did We See?' and talks about her ideas and inspiration.

A concert of darkness and light opens with the world premiere of Tansy Davies鈥檚 9/11-inspired What Did We See? and closes with Brahms鈥檚 sunny Second Symphony. Paul Lewis joins Ben Gernon and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic for Beethoven鈥檚 'Emperor' Concerto.

An exploration of the relationships between birds and humans, with prize-winning authors Tim Birkhead and Helen Macdonald. Hosted by 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Lucy Powell.

Mark Elder conducts the 贬补濒濒茅 in Stravinsky's colourful symphonic poem The Song of the Nightingale and the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird. Wagner's Tannh盲user overture opens the Prom, which also features Debussy鈥檚 sensual cantata La damoiselle 茅lue.

Writer Melissa Harrison and archaeologist Francis Pryor contemplate contemporary British landscapes and the challenges of rural life today.

Vaughan Williams鈥檚 The Lark Ascending and Pastoral Symphony sit alongside music by Holst and Parry鈥檚 stirring Fifth Symphony in this centenary celebration of Hubert Parry 鈥� father of 20th-century English music. Martyn Brabbins conducts the 麻豆官网首页入口 NOW.

Shahidha Bari introduces a series of the best comic readings from literature to tie in with Beethoven鈥檚 penchant for 鈥榤usical jokes鈥�.

Teodor Currentzis and his period-instrument ensemble MusicAeterna are ripping up the classical rulebook with thrilling, award-winning results. Their all-Beethoven programme pairs the vivacious Second Symphony with the highly charged Fifth.

Bring all the family along to sing Kerry Andrew鈥檚 Ten Pieces song 'No Place Like'. No experience of singing required.

Discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces in the annual Ten Pieces Proms. C麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 Naomi Wilkinson presents a thrilling musical adventure for all the family, featuring music by Elgar, Dvo艡谩k, Copland and more.

A chance for children to pose questions to leading musicians from across the Proms season and to find out more about what it takes to make it in music!

Discover the characters and stories behind some spectacular orchestral pieces in the annual Ten Pieces Proms. C麻豆官网首页入口鈥檚 Naomi Wilkinson presents a thrilling musical adventure for all the family, featuring music by Elgar, Dvo艡谩k, Copland and more.

麻豆官网首页入口 Proms Session with Milo拧 Karadagli膰 open to young musicians aged 14-25.

Traditional Arabic music meets jazz and folk in this kaleidoscopic celebration of the evocative voice of the oud 鈥� the ancient Middle-Eastern lute. Oud virtuoso Joseph Tawadros makes his Proms debut combining traditional works with a world premiere.

Abbie Garrington and Dan Richards discuss the appeal of the mountains and how wild landscapes have inspired creativity.

Ilan Volkov and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish SO lead a dramatic journey through the Bavarian mountains in Strauss鈥檚 An Alpine Symphony. There鈥檚 sonic spectacle and sensation from Mozart and Georg Friedrich Haas in works that manipulate both texture and space.

Novelists John Lanchester and Diana Evans discuss depicting contemporary London in their fiction.

Symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams offer two contrasting musical portraits of London. Boisterous urban energy pulses through Haydn鈥檚 final Symphony, No. 104, while Vaughan Williams shows us the city in more contemplative mood.

Leading reggae and dancehall producer Mister Savona brings together some of Cuba and Jamaica鈥檚 most influential musicians for a concert combing the sounds of roots reggae, dub and dancehall with son, salsa and Afro-Cuban to create a new musical fusion.