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Thank you for the love. Proms now available to watch on BBC iPlayer 🤍 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…



A very special BBC Proms concert of music by Stravinsky, Reich, Tippett and Elgar, remembering Sir Andrew Davis. Thank you to conductor Martyn Brabbins and Synergy Vocals 💐💐 🎧 Listen BBC Sounds bit.ly/4cTLkL7 📷 Andy Paradise


Stellar soloists Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos and Emanuel Ax captivate at the #bbcproms with Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’ Piano Trio. 🎼 📺 Watch on BBC iPlayer - bbc.in/3Xv5zKP

A huge thank you to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle for their first of two Proms last night. They performed the UK premiere of Aquifer by Thomas Adès & Bruckner's Fourth in the composer's 200th birthday year! 🎧Listen now BBC Sounds 📷Chris Christodoulou


Beethoven's ‘Archduke’, performed by the legendary Yo Yo Ma 🎻 Leonidas Kavakos 🎻 and Emanuel Ax 🎹 @BBCProms Watch the rest of this beautiful concert on BBC iPlayer or listen on BBC Sounds #BBCProms

Last night was a magical evening at the #BBCProms celebrating the 15 year anniversary of Florence + the Machine’s BRIT Award-winning debut album, Lungs, which made Florence Welch a global phenomenon 🌍✨


Our traditional #LNotP festivities commenced with #BBCProms founder-conductor Sir Henry Wood’s Fantasia on British Sea-Songs! ⚓️✨ Tonight’s performance of the Sea Songs also features arrangements of folk songs from all four of the UK’s nations 🏴🇮🇪🏴🏴 Watch on BBC iPlayer


Parry’s ‘Jerusalem’ has held its place in the second half of the #LNotP since the 1950s. With powerfully poetic text, a memorable melody, and Elgar’s opulent orchestration, this piece feels equally at home in a liturgical setting and a concert hall. 📺Watch now on BBC iPlayer


📢 BBC Radio 2 celebrates National Album Day with a listener vote to find the nation’s Ultimate British Group! Vote for your five favourites until 4pm on Friday 27 September 🎶 Full details ⤵️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

What a way to wrap up the 2024 #BBCProms! 🎉 Saturday saw @oramsa conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus & Chorus, BBC Singers and soloists Angel Blue & Stephen Hough in a fantastic #LNotP👏 It’s been a whirlwind season at both the @royalalberthall and our fabulous venues across the UK 🚗 (1/2)


A fascinating, funny, sad, shocking and ultimately life-affirming conversation with the indomitable Hanif Kureishi today Listen to #ThisCulturalLife next Thurs 17/10/24 11am BBC Radio 4 BBC Sounds




Christmas Eve means A Ghost Story for Christmas... Mark Gatiss 💙 makes his annual spooky return with Woman of Stone, adapted from the story by E Nesbit. With Celia Imrie, Eanna Hardwicke, Monica Dolan, Mawaan Rizwan, Phoebe Horn. 📺 BBC Two and #iplayer - 10.15pm, 24 December.