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BBC Proms

BBC Proms

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The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.

Season 69 Episodes

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Episode 1: First Night of the Proms

Jul 17, 2015 · 3h

Sakari Oramo conducts this year’s opening concert, in a programme that includes Walton’s pithy choral masterpiece 'Belshazzar’s Feast' and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Lars Vogt.

Episode 2: Ten Pieces Prom

Jul 18, 2015 · 3h

Join CBBC presenters Barney Harwood and Dick and Dom for an introduction to some of the greatest pieces of classical music and a celebration of children’s creative responses to them.

Episode 3: Ten Pieces Prom

Jul 19, 2015 · 3h

Barney Harwood and Dick and Dom join the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to celebrate some of the best pieces to introduce children to classical music – and to inspire a life-long love of it.

Episode 4: Beethoven - Symphony No.9

Jul 19, 2015 · 3h

Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony returns to the Proms in the hands of Andris Nelsons and the massed forces of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the CBSO Chorus.

Episode 5: Haydn, HK Gruber & Stravinsky

Jul 20, 2015 · 3h

The BBC Philharmonic’s programme spans more than two centuries, opening with Haydn’s ‘La reine’ Symphony and closing with Stravinsky’s fairy-tale ballet 'Petrushka'.

Episode 6: Poulenc, Stravinsky, Haydn & Mozart

Jul 21, 2015 · 3h

Poulenc’s Organ Concerto raises the curtain on this BBC National Orchestra of Wales Prom which also includes Stravinsky’s 'Symphony of Psalms' and Mozart’s Symphony No. 41.

Episode 7: Delius, Nielsen, Hugh Wood & Ravel

Jul 22, 2015 · 3h

Mark Simpson performs the Clarinet Concerto by Carl Nielsen, whose 150th anniversary falls this year, in a programme which also includes an alluring suite from Ravel’s 'Daphnis and Chloe'.

Episode 10: Beethoven Piano Concertos

Jul 24, 2015 · 3h

Leif Ove Andsnes continues his survey of Beethoven’s works for piano and orchestra with the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the ‘Choral Fantasy’.

Episode 13: Holst - The Planets

Jul 27, 2015 · 3h

Susanna Mälkki conducts Holst’s masterpiece in a programme which also includes the UK premiere of a new violin concerto by Luca Francesconi, written for and performed by Leila Josefowicz.

Episode 16: Radio 1 Ibiza Prom

Jul 29, 2015 · 1h 32m

Pete Tong takes charge of the BBC Radio 1 Prom and decides to employ the Heritage Orchestra to play a selection of Ibiza classics. The Royal Albert Hall has never seen anything like it! Jules Buckley conducts the orchestra through dance masterpieces by Fatboy Slim, Eric Prydz, Shapeshifters, Robert Miles, ATB, Moby, Frankie Knuckles, Orbital, Inner City, Daft Punk, Faithless, Stardust and so many more, with the help of Ella Eyre and John Newman.

Episode 22: Aurora Orchestra

Aug 2, 2015 · 3h

The ever innovative Aurora Orchestra returns to the Proms with two ‘Pastoral’ Symphonies – the first by Brett Dean, the second by Beethoven – and a world premiere by Anna Meredith.

Episode 24: James MacMillan & Mahler

Aug 3, 2015 · 3h

The world premiere of James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 4 is paired with Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony. Renowned Mahlerian Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Episode 34: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestr

Aug 10, 2015 · 3h

Nicola Benedetti is the soloist in Korngold’s Violin Concerto as part of a programme which also sees the Bournemouth SO perform Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony and music from Britten’s 'Peter Grimes'.

Episode 46: Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Aug 20, 2015 · 3h

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 150th anniversary of Carl Nielsen, performing some of his best-loved orchestral works, alongside Brahms’s Violin Concerto.

Episode 50: Bach - Goldberg Variations

Aug 22, 2015 · 3h

Sir András Schiff brings Bach’s monumental work for solo keyboard to the Royal Albert Hall. Join the great pianist on a voyage through this masterpiece.

Episode 67: Bernstein - Stage and Screen

Sep 5, 2015 · 3h

Celebrate the music of Leonard Bernstein with John Wilson and his orchestra in this Prom which features highlights from 'Candide', 'Wonderful Town', 'Fancy Free', 'West Side Story' and 'Peter Pan'.

Episode 68: Bach - Six Cello Suites

Sep 5, 2015 · 3h

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has the Royal Albert Hall stage to himself for this Late Night Prom as he takes on the challenge of J. S. Bach’s Six Cello Suites.

Episode 76: Last Night of the Proms 2015

Sep 12, 2015 · 3h

Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, soprano Danielle de Niese and tenor Jonas Kaufmann are the stars at this year’s Last Night. The programme includes Richard Strauss, Shostakovich, Grieg and much more …

Season 69 FAQ

Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.

When did BBC Proms Season 69 premiere?

BBC Proms Season 69 premiered on July 17, 2015.

How many episodes are in BBC Proms Season 69?

BBC Proms Season 69 has 27 episodes.

What is the first episode of BBC Proms Season 69?

The season opens with Season 69 Episode 1, "First Night of the Proms". It aired on July 17, 2015.

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