Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| An Introduction To Der Rosenkavalier | 20140722 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Hugo Shirley for an introduction to Der Rosenkavalier. |
| An Introduction To Janacek's Glagolitic Mass | 20140724 | Jan Smaczny tells Andrew McGregor about Janacek's Glagolitic Mass and its influences. |
| An Introduction To Urban Classics | 20130810 | Roger Wright introduces Prom 37: Urban Classics, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. |
| Bach's St John Passion | 20140726 | Ian Skelly talks to Giles Fraser and James Gilchrist about Bach's St John Passion. |
| Bach's St Matthew Passion | 20140906 | Director Peter Sellars talks about his semi-staged production of Bach's St Matthew Passion |
| Beethoven's Eroica Symphony | 20140809 | Christopher Cook and guests discuss Beethoven's Third Symphony and the French Revolution. |
| Beethoven's Ninth And The Rps | 20130811 | Petroc Trelawny discusses Beethoven's relationship with the Royal Philharmonic Society. |
| Brahms And German Music | 20140826 | Laura Tunbridge and Nicholas Baragwanath on Brahms and German tradition, with Ian Skelly. |
| Brahms: German Requiem | 20130817 | Laura Tunbridge and Julian Johnson discuss Brahms's German Requiem. |
| Britten 100 | 20130901 | Martin Handley talks to Paul Kildea about Britten and his place in 20th-century music. |
| Bruckner - Inspirations And Influences | 20130903 | Louise Fryer explores Bruckner and the man behind the music with expert Roderick Swanston. |
| Cleveland Orchestra | 20140907 | Tom Service hears from members of the Cleveland Orchestra about their lives and work. |
| David Matthews And Nielsen | 20130716 | Daniel Grimley talks to Louise Fryer about Nielsen's Symphony No 4 (Inextinguishable). |
| Eotvos And Bruckner's Symphony No 7 | 20130829 | Petroc Trelawny talks to Stephen Johnson about Bruckner and Peter Eotvos. |
| Global Orchestras: Czech Republic | 20140824 | Trelawny presents an exploration of the cultural situation in the Czech Republic. |
| Global Orchestras: Hungary | 20140825 | Petroc Trelawny presents an exploration of the cultural situation in Hungary. |
| Global Orchestras: South Korea | 20140827 | The 2014 Proms season features more global orchestras than ever before. With tonight's Prom showcasing the Seoul Philharmonic, we continuing our focus on visiting orchestras from around the world with a look at the cultural situation in South Korea. Petroc Trelawny chairs a discussion with the orchestra's Artistic Adviser, Michael Fine, its Artistic Administrator, Hyunjin Park, and lecturer in music at the University of Liverpool, Dr Haekyung Um. Recorded earlier at the Royal College of Music, London. Petroc Trelawny explores the cultural situation in South Korea. |
| Introduction To Das Rheingold | 20130722 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Nicholas Baragwanath and Mike Ashman discuss Das Rheingold. |
| Introduction To Die Walkure | 20130723 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Die Walkure with Patrick Carnegie and Elaine Padmore. |
| Introduction To Parsifal | 20130825 | Martin Handley discusses Parsifal with Stephen Fry and Stephen Johnson. |
| Introduction To Siegfried | 20130726 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces Wagner's Siegfried with Mark Berry and Paul Mason. |
| Introduction To Tannhauser | 20130804 | James Jolly discusses Wagner's Tannhauser with Peggy Reynolds and Simon Rees. |
| Introduction To The Firebird | 20130818 | Louise Fryer and Jonathan Cross explore Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. |
| Istanbul | 20140729 | Petroc Trelawny considers Turkish culture and Western classical music's place within it. |
| Lutoslawski, Panufnik And Polish Culture | 20130823 | Andrew McGregor talks to Nick Reyland and Roxanna Panufnik about Lutoslawski and Panufnik. |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'resurrection' | 20130809 | James Jolly talks to Norman Lebrecht and Jeremy Barham about Mahler's Symphony No 2. |
| Mahler's Fifth Symphony | 20140730 | Christopher Cook and Julian Johnson discuss Mahler's Fifth Symphony. |
| Michael Morpurgo | 20140803 | Michael Morpurgo reads excerpts from poems and stories reflecting on World War I. |
| Mozart And Vienna | 20130730 | Nicholas Till and Richard Wigmore join James Jolly to explore Mozart's Vienna, seat of the Hapsburgs, administrative capital of a growing empire and centre of the musical world. It was less than a century before Mozart's birth that the Viennese and their allies drove the Turks from the gates of Vienna and pushed south creating a large empire. By the time Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven were walking its streets it had become a vibrant cosmopolitan city where the aristocracy lived in close proximity to the lower classes and catholic German speakers rubbed shoulders with immigrants from across the empire. With the ideas of the enlightenment being discussed in every coffee house and a population with money to spend, the scene was set for the composer of The Marriage of Figaro, Die Entfuhrung and The Magic Flute to entertain them. Recorded earlier this evening at the Royal College of Music. Nicholas Till and Richard Wigmore join James Jolly to explore Mozart's Vienna. |
| Mozart's Requiem | 20140803 | Martin Handley and Roderick Swanston discuss Mozart's final years and his Requiem. |
| Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 | 20130822 | Fiona McKnight and David Nice join James Jolly to discuss Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony. |
| Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 | 20130719 | Louise Fryer and William Mival discuss Rachmaninov and his Second Symphony. |
| Rachmaninov's The Bells | 20140818 | Tom Service and David Huckvale explore Rachmaninov's setting of Poe's poem The Bells. |
| Respighi's Roman Triptych | 20140901 | Ian Skelly and Benjamin Earle on Respighi's three Rome-inspired orchestral showpieces. |
| Sacred And Secular Traditions In French Music | 20140727 | A discussion of the sacred and secular traditions in French music. |
| Saint-sa\u00ebns And Franck | 20140808 | Christopher Cook and guests explore the unknown sides of Saint-Saens and Franck. |
| Sean Shepherd And Shostakovich 10 | 20130721 | Sean Shepherd on his new commission. Gerard McBurney on Shostakovich's Symphony No 10. |
| Sibelius's Love Of Nature | 20140812 | Martin Handley with Daniel Grimley and Simon Shaw-Miller on Sibelius's love of nature. |
| Sir Roger Norrington | 20140903 | Eminent conductor Sir Roger Norrington talks to Tom Service about his life and career. |
| Strauss And The Voice | 20140731 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Graham Johnson explore Strauss's relationship with the human voice. |
| Strauss's Elektra | 20140831 | Hugo Shirley presents an introduction to Strauss's opera Elektra. |
| Strauss's Salome | 20140830 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by opera journalist Hugo Shirley to discuss Strauss's Salome. |
| Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 | 20130814 | Ian Skelly, Rosamund Bartlett and Marina Frolova-Walker discuss Tchaikovsky and his world. |
| The British Symphony | 20140806 | Martin Handley and Bruce Wood delve into the history of the British symphony. |
| The Cultural Scene In Singapore | 20140902 | The 2014 Proms season welcomes more visiting orchestras from abroad than ever before. Continuing our focus on orchestras from around the world, Petroc Trelawny looks at the cultural scene in Singapore with travel writer and broadcaster Simon Calder, Chief Executive of Singapore's National Arts Council Kathy Lai, and Singapore Symphony Orchestra violinist Chan Hoong-Yan. Recorded earlier today at the Royal College of Music, London. Petroc Trelawny and writer Simon Calder explore the cultural situation in Singapore. |
| The History Of French Dance | 20130714 | Jane Pritchard chairs a discussion on French ballet from Lully to Stravinsky. |
| The Saxophone And Adolphe Sax | 20140904 | Andrew McGregor talks about the saxophone and its creator, Adophe Sax. |
| The Soundworld Of Doctor Who | 20130713 | Doctor Who enthusiast Matthew Sweet and guests look back over 50 years of the BBC series. |
| The World Of The Romantic Piano Concerto | 20130819 | Judith Chernaik and Kenneth Hamilton join Ian Skelly to discuss Romantic piano concertos. |
| Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage | 20130816 | Louise Fryer talks to writer Oliver Soden, composer Michael Berkeley and pianist Paul Webster about Tippett's Midsummer Marriage. Oliver Soden is currently writing a book about how Tippett sets words in his music and will discuss the libretto and Tippett's relationship with T. S. Eliot. Michael Berkeley knew Tippett personally and has studied his music closely, as has pianist Paul Webster who has also been repetiteur in rehearsals for tonight's Prom Performance. Louise Fryer talks to Oliver Soden, Michael Berkeley and Paul Webster about Tippett. |
| Vaughan Williams: Job - A Masque For Dancing | 20140813 | Tom Service with Ceri Owen and Jonathan Downing on Vaughan Williams's ballet Job. |
| Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 'london' | 20130812 | Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony was first performed in London in 1914. So: is it a tune-filled picture postcard, a dark premonition of a society devastated by war, or something more complex and subtle? Stephen Johnson and Kate Kennedy join Louise Fryer to talk about the Symphony that remained Vaughan Williams's own favourite even after he'd written seven more. Stephen Johnson, Kate Kennedy and Louise Fryer discuss Vaughan Williams's London Symphony. |
| Verdi's Orchestral Writing, Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony | 20130905 | Ian Skelly hosts a talk on Verdi's orchestral writing and Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony. Among his guests is the critic, writer and Oxford Univeristy Professor of English Literature Jonathan Bate and violinist Claire Holden, who recently performed in a production of Verdi's Falstaff with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. |
| Viennese Culture During The Lives Of Schubert And Mahler | 20140816 | Christopher Cook and Harry Eyres explore cultural life in Schubert and Mahler's Vienna. |
| Wagner 200: Introduction To Gotterdammerung | 20130728 | Sara Mohr-Pietsch joins Sarah Lenton and Philip Hensher for a guide to Gotterdammerung. |