While nearly all the Proms play in front of full or nearly-full houses, the Albert Hall was especially packed for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales – and it was easy to see why. The world’s ...

Only two hours after the super-trio of pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Yo-Yo Ma left the stage of the Albert Hall, the world’s most revered orchestra the Berlin Philharmonic ...

Britain is not short of pop festivals, but the BBC Proms is unique. It is the biggest and grandest classical music festival in the world, and once upon a time everyone knew what it stood for. Henry ...

Every year, the BBC Proms runs the risk of trying so hard to please everybody that they end up pleasing nobody. The complaints are many and varied: too much (or not enough) non-classical music; too ...

The Last Night of the Proms is one of the most joyous events in classical music. There’s a degree of enthusiasm and audience participation that’s hard to top. We’ll hear live recordings from over the ...

The BBC Proms 2023 came to a close on September 9th, with the celebratory Last Night of the Proms rounding off an eventful season. Audiences flocked to the Royal Albert Hall with well over half the ...

Playground Proms, an initiative from comedy string quartet Graffiti Classics to perform live, interactive educational classical music shows in school playgrounds, will tour schools and local venues ...

Playground Proms, the initiative that brings classical music directly to children via interactive workshops in their school playgrounds has announced its biggest tour yet. Now in its fifth year, the ...

If you haven’t heard of BBC Proms and are envisioning a high school affair with formal wear and rented limousines, no, St. Vincent, also known as Lake Highland’s own Annie Clark, did not play a prom.