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BBC Proms Music Guide

by BBC Radio 3

In this set of free downloads, BBC Radio 3 presenters introduce a key composer and work featured in BBC Prom concerts.

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Episodes

  1. Strauss - An Alpine Symphony

    Proms Music Guide: Andrew McGregor on Strauss' Alpine Symphony

  2. Cinderella

    Proms Music Guide: Andrew McGregor on Cinderella

  3. Bruch Violin Concerto No.1

    In this Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1.

  4. Bruckner Symphony No. 9

    Proms Music Guide: Stephen Johnson on Bruckner's Symphony No. 9

  5. John Adams: Nixon in China

    Proms Music Guide: Tom Service on John Adams' Nixon in China

  6. Gershwin An American in Paris

    Proms Music Guide: Andrew McGregor on Gershwin's An American in Paris

  7. Coleridge-Taylor The Death of Minnehaha

    In this Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Coleridge-Taylor's 'The Death of Minnehaha'.

  8. Messiaen Et Exspecto...

    Proms Music Guides: Tom Service on Messiaen's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

  9. Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

  10. Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2

    Proms Music Guide: Stephen Johnson on Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

  11. Debussy - Jeux

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Debussy's Jeux

  12. Elgar Symphony No. 1

    Proms Music Guide: Elgar Symphony No. 1

  13. Mozart The Marriage of Figaro

    Mozart The Marriage of Figaro

  14. The Broadway Sound

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about 'The Broadway Sound'.

  15. Berg Violin Concerto

    Proms Music Guide: Stephen Johnson on Berg's Violin Concerto

  16. Debussy The Martyrdom of St Sebastian

    Proms Music Guide: Suzy Klein on Debussy's The Martyrdom of St Sebastian

  17. Britten - Peter Grimes

    Britten - Peter Grimes

  18. Delius Violin Concerto

    Proms Music Guide: Stephen Johnson on Delius' Violin Concerto

  19. Shostakovich Symphony No 7

    Proms Music Guide: Shostakovich Symphony No 7

  20. Nielsen Symphony No. 5

    Proms Music Guide: Nielsen Symphony No. 5

  21. Yeomen of the Guard

    Proms Music Guide: Yeomen of the Guard

  22. Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

    Proms Music Guide: Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

  23. How to Prepare a Piano (John Cage)

    Proms Music Guide - How to Prepare a Piano (John Cage)

  24. Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Vaughan William's 5th symphony.

  25. Dvorak - Symphony No. 9

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Dvorak's 9th symphony.

  26. Saint Saens - Piano Concerto No. 2

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Saint Saens' Piano Concerto No. 2

  27. Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra

  28. Schoenberg - Gurrelieder

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Schoenberg's Gurrelieder

  29. Berlioz - Requiem

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Berlioz's Requiem.

  30. Elgar - The Apostles

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Elgar's The Apostles

  31. Sibelius - Symphony No. 3

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Sibelius's 3rd symphony.

  32. Strauss - Heldenleben

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Strauss’s Heldenleben.

  33. Bruckner – Symphony No.6

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Bruckner's 6th symphony.

  34. Bernstein - Mass

    In today's Proms Music Guide Tom Service talks about Bernstein's Mass

  35. Respighi - Pines of Rome

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Respighi’s The Pines of Rome.

  36. Messiaen - Turangalila

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony

  37. Wagner - Siegfried Idyll

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.

  38. Bach - B Minor Mass

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Bach’s B Minor Mass

  39. Tippett - A Child Of Our Time

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Tippett's A Child Of Our Time.

  40. Walton - Belshazzar's Feast

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Walton's Belshazzar's Feast

  41. Mahler - Symphony No. 7

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Mahler's 7th symphony.

  42. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.

  43. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony.

  44. Beethoven - Symphony No. 9

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Beethoven's 9th symphony.

  45. Elgar - In The South

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Elgar's concert overture In The South

  46. Dvorak - Symphony No. 7

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Dvorak's 7th symphony.

  47. Beethoven - Symphony No.7

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Beethoven's 7th symphony.

  48. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Beethoven's 5th symphony.

  49. Berlioz - The Trojans

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Berlioz's The Trojans

  50. Beethoven - Symphony No. 4

    In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Beethoven's 4th Symphony

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

In this set of free downloads, BBC Radio 3 presenters introduce a key composer and work featured in BBC Prom concerts.

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