What a night! Thanks to everyone who joined us on ⁦BBC Two⁩ & ⁦BBC Radio 3⁩ for The First Night of the Proms, if you missed it find it on ⁦BBC iPlayer⁩ & ⁦BBC Sounds⁩ What a joy to be with ⁦Petroc Trelawny⁩ in Siskin as well as on the airwaves ❤️

A review just in of our Tippett's Crown of the Year performance on 16th July. Link to full review (paywall): musicomh.com/classical/revi…

Composers - let’s all give thanks to our orchestras and to our precious BBC BBC Radio 3 BBC Proms BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus #FirstNightofTheProms

BBC Sounds has been available to anyone on the planet and now it's being confined to the UK. Why on earth is the UK retreating from the world? It's becoming a smaller country.

The astounding story of how that most fascinating of scripts, Linear B, was painstakingly decoded in the mid-20th century, revealing at last the life of the Mycenaeans in technicolour: antigonejournal.com/2024/01/deciph…

The first of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra’s BBC Proms this season, and what a way to begin — with a world premiere by Tom Coult (commissioned by the BBC and gloriously sung by Allan Clayton) and a blazing Mahler 7, all under the baton of the brilliant John Storgårds.

Eric Whitacre is inspiring so many people with his Ryedale Festival residency. Still time to ‘Come & Sing’ with him in Norton this afternoon. Or hear ‘The Sacred Veil’ tomorrow with VOCES8 in York. Eric Whitacre #ACESupported

In the town of Malton for the fab Ryedale Festival . Sara Oschlag & Pete Long’s Echoes of Ellington Quintet - & a late night Gaelic experience with Donald Grant. A smidgen of the excellent variety of this festival. (Missed singing with Eric Whitacre - he’ll be glad of that) ..

A very beautiful concert last night Ryedale Festival from Donald Grant and a great band in the rather lovely acoustic of St Peter’s Church Norton. His new work ‘The Night Overtook Us’ was made for this venue at this time. Discoveries like this make festivals special.

The journey begins! Off to Gateshead for BBC Proms on Saturday…. 🌞🌞🌞

Golly. Here’s some listening for the weekend….

And he was a brilliant brilliant humane and wise Chief Medical Officer. And so so nice.

Sam Jackson Adam Sherwin I really believe that any journo who's thinking of writing yet another 'Whither the Proms' feature should be forced to read Nicholas Kenyon's excellent history of the festival before they do. They may find it rather enlightening, particularly the Glock era...

THIS is happening today! The Sorrow Songs album live for BBC Proms at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music - 5.30pm, listen live on BBC Radio 3 If you’re out & about in Gateshead today, don’t miss the brilliant Frankie Archer & also Amelia Coburn 🖤 #FolkIsForEveryone

Never heard of Angeline Morrison #bbcproms but this music currently on from Gateshead on BBC Radio 3 is incredible 😲

We are sorry to hear of the death of dear Amelia Freedman CBE. Amelia founded national treasure the Nash Ensemble in 1964, directing it the rest of her life, amid much else she did for music. She received RPS Honorary Membership last year recognising her luminous achievements.

RIP Amelia. 'I’ve always stuck to my guns and I think it’s very important that you do that...You go with what you believe in.'

Petroc Trelawny BBC Radio 3 BBC Proms Excluding concerts, this is the best programme on R3 at the moment. Thank you

Elena de la Quintaine Petroc Trelawny BBC Radio 3 BBC Proms But have you not listened to the brilliant Composer of the Week curated by kate molleson and Donald Macleod? The vey best radio.

A near-40-year relationship with BBC NOW comes to a triumphant close BBC Proms, as Conductor Laureate Tadaaki Otaka is on the podium with this brilliant orchestra for the final time. A very special evening.