A fun and practical workshop for young composers aged 12-18, led by professional composers and members of the BBC Philharmonic.

A fun and practical workshop for schools groups of young composers aged 12-18, led by professional composers and members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

A fun and practical workshop for schools groups of young composers aged 12-18, led by professional composers and musicians from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

A live Proms edition of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty and Suzy Klein – with interviews and live performances from artists appearing this season.

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. Broadcast live on BBC Two on Friday 17 July.

‘Unlocking the Mysteries of Music in Your Brain’: Neuroscientist and author Daniel Levitin explores the fascinating relationship between music and the mind.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.

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. Broadcast on CBBC on Sunday 2 August.

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. Filmed for future broadcast on CBBC.

Join Mary King and members of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director of the Barbican and former Director of the Proms, discusses the history of the festival.

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. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 19 July.

Meet music producer Naughty Boy and learn about his music production techniques and approach to song-writing.

The Cardinall’s Musick performs Tallis’s extravagant 40-part motet ‘Spem in alium’ alongside other sumptuous sacred music in the first of this year’s Proms Chamber Music concerts.

HK Gruber discusses the world premiere of his percussion concerto 'into the open …', with Christopher Cook

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'. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 6 August.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.

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. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 26 July.

Observe world-class musician Colin Currie coaching four aspiring young percussionists in a percussion masterclass.

Hugh Wood, in conversation with Andrew McGregor, discusses the world premiere of 'Epithalamion' and introduces performances of his chamber works, with musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.

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'. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 30 July.

BBC Asian Network’s Bobby Friction is joined by music producer Naughty Boy and singers including Benny Dayal, Palak Muchhal and special guests Emeli Sandé and Kanika Kapoor for a night of Bollywood and bhangra music – with the BBC Philharmonic.

Tom Service explores Beethoven's writing for the piano, with Misha Donat and David Owen Norris.

The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes kicks off his cycle of Beethoven piano concertos with Nos. 1 & 4 – along with Stravinsky’s ballet 'Apollon musagète'.

Informal late-night music and poetry, featuring young talent.

German culture experts Professor Karen Leeder and Professor Robert Vilain on the great German Romantic poetry that inspired Beethoven throughout his life, from Schiller’s 'Ode to Joy' to Goethe’s 'Egmont' and Treitschke’s 'Fidelio'.

Leif Ove Andsnes continues his survey of Beethoven’s works for piano and orchestra with the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the ‘Choral Fantasy’. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 24 July.

Join professional musicians and create a piece of music inspired by this evening’s Prom.

Join Mary King and members of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof.

The world-famous contemporary music ensemble celebrates the 90th-birthday year of one of the most important figures in contemporary music, Pierre Boulez.

Award-winning actor Henry Goodman and director and designer Antony McDonald discuss the enduring appeal of the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof - one of the most successful in Broadway history.

Baritone Bryn Terfel leads the cast in Grange Park Opera’s lively production of the popular Broadway classic. The iconic score includes ‘If I were a rich man’, ‘Matchmaker’ and ‘Sunrise, sunset’.

In conversation with Sara Mohr-Pietsch, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes looks back over his four-year project with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and discusses Beethoven's piano concertos.

Leif Ove Andsnes brings his cycle of Beethoven piano concertos to a close with the dramatic Fifth – the ‘Emperor’. But first he treats the Proms audience to a performance of the Second.

The winds of the Royal Northern Sinfonia mark Nielsen’s 150th anniversary with his Wind Quintet before pianist Christian Blackshaw joins them for Mozart’s elegant Quintet for piano and winds.

Composer Steven Price, who won an Oscar for 'Gravity', discusses the ways in which Holst's Planets Suite is still inspiring film composers to make an 'other-worldly' sound. New Generation Thinker Sarah Dillon presents.

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. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 31 July.

David Nice and Fiona Noble delve into the life of Prokofiev and his five piano concertos with Petroc Trelawny.

Valery Gergiev conducts a monumental programme of all five piano concertos by Prokofiev. Three of today’s leading Russian pianists – Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan and Alexei Volodin – share the challenge.

In 1915 Ezra Pound published 'Cathay', a collection of poems translated from classical Chinese. The poets Jo Shapcott and Sean O'Brien discuss what have been called poems of 'a supreme beauty' with Rana Mitter.

Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphony opens this BBC National Orchestra of Wales Prom conducted by Xian Zhang and another Russian masterpiece closes the programme – Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2.

Radio 1 presenter Pete Tong transforms the RAH to a dance music destination in the first ever Radio 1 Prom. He introduces a line-up of artists, who are joined by conductor Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra.

150 years after 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' became a publishing sensation the writer Lynne Truss and children's novelist Philip Ardagh discuss its enduring appeal with, Anne McElvoy.

Sir Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in music they have made their own – Vaughan Williams and Elgar. Opening the programme is Debussy’s luscious 'Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune'. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 2 August.

Informal late-night music and poetry, featuring young talent.

Tom Service explores the historical context of Shostakovich’s ‘Leningrad’ Symphony, with Marina Frolova-Walker and David Fanning.

The world-famous Labèque sisters perform Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra before a performance of Shostakovich’s visceral ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.

Virtuoso violinist Alina Ibragimova has the stage to herself for an evening of solo works by Bach. Broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 20 AUgust.

Observe jazz vocalist Clare Teal and composer, trumpeter, and band leader Guy Barker create a pop-up Big Band.

Erik Levi discusses the relationship between Bruckner’s Mass in F minor and the Viennese tradition of sacred music, with Xabier Armendáriz and Tom Service.

Schubert’s ‘Tragic’ Symphony opens this BBC Philharmonic Prom, which also includes the world premiere of a work by Luke Bedford and Bruckner’s Mass No. 3. Juanjo Mena conducts.

Violinist Alina Ibragimova concludes her performance of Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin in the second of her two Late Night Proms. Broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 27 August.

As Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony is played from memory, actress Lisa Dwan, who has performed Samuel Beckett’s monologues, and musician soprano Susan Bullock, discuss the role of memory in performance.

Join Mary King and members of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Verdi’s Requiem.

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. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 9 August.

Donald Runnicles conducts this most operatic of Requiems with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and singers from the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

One of today’s most exciting young string ensembles, the Apollon Musagète Quartet, performs a varied programme including music by Beethoven and a UK premiere by Colin Matthews.

1895 was a critical year for Oscar Wilde. New Generation Thinker Shahidha Bari explores this tumultuous year with Philip Hoare, the author of 'Oscar Wilde's Last Stand' and Merlin Holland, Wilde's grandson and co-editor of his Complete Letters.

The world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Symphony No. 4 is paired with Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony. Renowned Mahlerian Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 6 September.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch hosts an introduction to Monteverdi's Orfeo, with guests Sarah Lenton and David Vickers.

Period-performance specialist Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the work often credited as being the world’s first opera – Monteverdi’s 'Orfeo' (1607).

J. P. E. Harper-Scott and David Matthews offer some insights into Walton's Symphony No.2 in the context of twentieth century British music, with Petroc Trelawny.

A celebration of British composers of the early 20th century, featuring Walton, Vaughan Williams, Elgar and the Welsh composer Grace Williams.

Radio 6 Music returns for the second ever 6 Music Prom, this year presented by Mary Anne Hobbs. Nils Frahm and duo A Winged Victory for the Sullen are among the performers.

Marina Frolova-Walker and William Mival discuss Scriabin's *The Poem of Ecstasy* and the world of the composer. Martin Handley presents.

Oliver Knussen conducts Dukas’s much-loved 'The Sorcerer’s Apprentice' in a Prom which also includes works by Scriabin, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Knussen’s teacher Gunther Schuller.

Informal late-night music and poetry, featuring young talent.

Join Christopher Dingle and Peter Hill to explore the life and works of Olivier Messiaen with patriclar focus on the newly orchestrated *Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (Oiseau tui)*, in conversation with Christopher Cook.

Nicholas Collon conducts a programme of some of the most exciting music of the early 20th century, from Stravinsky’s 'Symphony in Three Movements' to Ravel’s 'La valse'.

Seth MacFarlane and other guest vocalists join the John Wilson Orchestra to celebrate the centenary of Frank Sinatra in this Late Night Prom. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 7 August.

Explore contemporary choral writing with acclaimed composer Eric Whitacre and the BBC Singers.

This small Belgian ensemble has set out to revolutionise the world of early music: they make their Proms debut with music by Vivaldi, Caldara and Geminiani.

World-premiere performances of commissions from the 2014 BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition winners.

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain brings Mahler’s epic Ninth Symphony to the Proms, paired with a brand-new work by Tansy Davies. Sir Mark Elder conducts. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 16 August.

Eric Whitacre, one of the biggest names in choral music, conducts a programme including his own 'Cloudburst', as well as other American Gershwin’s 'Rhapsody in Blue'. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 14 August.

Novelists Helen Dunmore and Louise Welsh discuss DH Lawrence's 'The Rainbow', first published 100 years ago, an exploration of the effect of industrialisation on pastoral life.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the ORR bring their inimitable style to two classical masterpieces: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.

Celebrate the 50th birthday of percussion legend in a lunchtime concert which features two world premieres and showcases the Halo and the Aluphone – two new instruments.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.

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'. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on 13 and 30 August.

Jazz historian and broadcaster Alyn Shipton, explores swing music and its influences, with guests Catherine Tackley and Harvey G. Cohen.

Guy Barker and his Big Band are joined by Winston Rollins and his Big Band for an evening celebrating all things swing. Jazz singer Clare Teal presents. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 28 August.