Proms on Four

Episodes - Proms on Four

• Ades and Beethoven Charles Hazlewood introduces the first performance of Thomas Ades' new violin concerto, with the composer himself conducting the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and soloist Anthony Marwood. Plus, two pieces by Beethoven - the Namensfeier Overture and the Fourth Symphony
• An Alpine Symphony The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, perform Richard Strauss's Alpine Symphony and Zhou Long's new work The Immortal, while pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays Liszt's Piano Concerto No 2, and joins Charles Hazlewood to discuss the piece during the interval
• Anna Netrebko and the BBC Philharmonic Russian soprano Anna Netrebko sings popular arias by Puccini, Bellini and Dvorak, accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic under its conductor Gianandrea Noseda. The concert concludes with Shostakovich's powerful Symphony No 5 in D minor, which premiered at the height of Stalin's Terror and was originally dubbed 'a Soviet artist's creative reply to just criticism'. Also broadcast on Radio 3
• Baroque Masterpieces Charles Hazlewood presents a celebration of the 350th anniversary of Corelli's birth, including his Christmas Concerto and Handel's Dixit Dominus. The English Concert and Academy of Ancient Music are joined by leading soloists, conducted by Andrew Manze
• Bax, Rawsthorne and Tchaikovsky Selection of classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• BBC Symphony Orchestra Selection of classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• Beethoven's Fifth From the Royal Albert Hall, conductor Gianandrea Noseda leads the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in performances of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, with Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli, while Scottish composer James MacMillan conducts the European premiere of his Third Symphony : Silence
• Berlioz and Elgar Selection of classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• Berlioz : The Childhood of Christ Charles Hazlewood introduces a performance of Hector Berlioz's sacred trilogy telling the story of the birth and childhood of Jesus, L'enfance du Christ, by the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, the Monteverdi Choir and the choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3
• Berlioz : The Childhood of Christ Charles Hazlewood introduces a performance of Hector Berlioz's sacred trilogy the story of the birth and childhood of Jesus, L'enfance du Christ, by the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, the Monteverdi Choir and the choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner at the Royal Albert Hall in London
• Berlioz's Romeo and Juliet Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's version of Berlioz's opera Romeo and Juliet, with soloists Katarina Karneus, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt and John Relyea. Charles Hazlewood presents from London's Royal Albert Hall
• Britten and Tchaikovsky Charles Hazlewood introduces a performance by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Rumon Gamba. The concert comprises Sea Interludes, drawn from Britten's opera Peter Grimes, Alan Rawsthorne's Piano Concerto No 2, featuring soloist Howard Shelley, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 4
• Britten's Curlew River Benjamin Britten's Curlew River, the first of the composer's three church parables, in a performance from the Royal Albert Hall
• Bruch's Violin Concerto Verity Sharp presents a concert from the 2005 Proms season featuring Leila Josefowicz performing Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor. Also on the programme are Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony, sung by soprano Janice Watson and baritone Dwayne Croft, and Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, also known as Fingal's Cave. With the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Gerard Schwarz
• Brusch & Shostakovich Selection of classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• A Century of British Music The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform a new work by contemporary composer Michael Berkeley and Ralph Vaughan Williams' London Symphony. Soprano Susan Gritton also sings four of Benjamin Britten's early songs. Charles Hazlewood talks to Berkeley and conductor Richard Hickox during the interval
• Charles and All That Jazz Charles Hazlewood makes his Proms debut as guest conductor, demonstrating how jazz has influenced classical composers. Performances include Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Bernstein's Fancy Free, and the world premiere of Crushing Twister, by London-based Japanese composer Dai Fujikura
• Czech Philharmonic Selection of classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• Debussy and Ravel The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra perform Debussy's La Mer and Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen. Verity Sharp presents
• Debussy, Turnage, and Ravel The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra perform Debussy's La Mer and Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe, under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen. Norwegian soprano Solveig Kringelborn is the soloist in Sibelius's Luonnotar, and Swedish trumpet virtuoso Hakan Hardenberger plays Turnage's concerto From the Wreckage
• Die Walkure Placido Domingo makes his Proms debut alongside Bryn Terfel in a performance of Wagner's Die Walkure from the Royal Albert Hall. The opera tells the story of the god Wotan's efforts to divide two lovers, who remain unaware they are brother and sister. However, his daughter Brunnhilde is determined to stop him, and pays a heavy price for her defiance. Also starring Lisa Gasteen and Waltraud Meier, with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Antonio Pappano
• The Dream of Gerontius Elgar's oratorio The Dream of Gerontius is performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the Halle Orchestra, featuring soloists Alice Coote, Paul Groves and Matthew Best. Verity Sharp introduces the work
• Dvorak and Strauss Charles Hazlewood introduces a concert in which Proms favourite Mariss Jansons returns as chief conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, performing two great works from the 20th-century repertoire, Dvorak's lyrical Symphony No 8 and Richard Strauss's musical autobiography Ein Heldenleben
• Dvorak Anniversary On the day of Dvorak's birthday, Charles Mackerras conducts the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of New World Symphony and his Scherzo capriccioso, while Sarah Chang plays the composer's lyrical Violin Concerto in A minor. Also broadcast on Radio 3
• Dvorak : Stabat Mater Another chance to see Dvorak's Stabat Mater, with Richard Hickox conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the Royal Albert Hall
• Electra Live classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall. Simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3
• Electra Live classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• Elektra Richard Strauss's play Elektra, based on Sophocles' play. Donald Ronnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and London Voices, and Gabrielle Schnaut sings the title role. Charles Hazlewood and Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, introduce the work and discuss the enduring power of Greek myths
• Elektra Richard Strauss's opera Elektra, based on Sophocles' play. Donald Ronnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and London Voices, and Gabriele Schnaut sings the title role. Charles Hazlewood and Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, introduce the work and discuss the enduring power of Greek myths. Simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3
• Elgar's Third Symphony Verity Sharp presents performances by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins. The pieces featured include John Taverner's In Nomine, and Peter Maxwell Davies' modern response to it and Anthony Payne's reconstruction of Elgar's Unfinished Third Symphony, and Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto played by Andreas Haefliger
• An Evening With Michael Ball - Prom 58 Petroc Trelawny introduces a bank holiday concert featuring West End and Broadway star Michael Ball, in his first appearance at the Proms, together with special guests. Callum McLeod conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra
• Fairy Tales and Human Stories Tommy Pearson introduces performances on the theme of fairy tales, including Stravinsky's A Fairy's Kiss, inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen story. Also featured are Lyadov's trilogy of tone poems based on old Russian folk tales, Knussen's setting of four poems by Walt Whitman, and the world premiere of Detlev Glanert's Theatrum Bestarium. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is conducted by John Storgards
• Finland at the Proms The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, perform Bartok's only opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle, and new composition Orion by Kaija Saariaho, who joins presenter Tommy Pearson during the interval to discuss his work
• Finland at the Proms - Part Two Concluded
• First Night of the BBC Four Proms The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Elgar's Enigma Variations and Delius's Sea Drift at the Royal Albert Hall, with soloist Thomas Hampson. Conductor Richard Hickox joins Charles Hazlewood for a chat during the interval
• First Night of the BBC Four Proms Charles Hazlewood presents the first night of the BBC Four Proms, introducing the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Fischer. Pieces include Brahms' piano concerto No 1 and Rachmaninov's Second Symphony. Charles also meets piano soloist Stephen Hough and launches the first of two Proms competitions
• First Night of the BBC Four Proms Charles Hazlewood presents the first night of the BBC Four Proms, introducing the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Fischer. Pieces include Brahms' piano concerto No 1 and Rachmaninov's Second Symphony. Charles also meets piano soloist Stephen Hough and launches the first of two Proms competitions. Simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3
• Generic Repeat Another chance to hear tonight's classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• George Benjamin Tribute to Messiaen Conductor-composer George Benjamin begins tonight's concert with his own pieces Palimpsest I and II, before leading the Ensemble Modern in a performance of his former teacher Olivier Messiaen's epic work Des canyons aux etoiles. Presented by Tommy Pearson
• Great Russians The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and guest conductor Vassily Sinaisky perform pieces by great Russian composers. Excerpts from Tchaikovsky's The Snow Maiden, written for a fairy-tale play, are followed by Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1, played by Armenian virtuoso Sergey Khachatryan. The concert concludes with Prokofiev's wartime Symphony No 5, written in support of the greatness of the human spirit. Charles Hazlewood presents
• The Halle Play Elgar Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra in a performance of Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat major, a work they premiered in Manchester 95 years ago. Featuring Berlioz's Les Nuits d'Ete and Vivo : a new work by Colin Matthews
• The Halle Play Elgar (Repeat) Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra in a performance of Elgar's Symphony No 1 in A flat major, a work first premiered by this ensemble in Manchester 95 years ago. Plus, Berlioz's Les Nuits d'Ete and Vivo : a new work by Colin Matthews
• James MacMillan & Stravinsky Stravinsky's opera The Nightingale and Ravel's La Valse, a homage to a vanished world, are performed as part of the 2005 'fairy tale' theme. James MacMillan conducts his new organ concerto A Scotch Bestiary, evoking a menagerie of different animals on the recently refurbished instrument at the Royal Albert Hall. Charles Hazlewood presents
• Janacek's Glagolitic Mass Kurt Masur and the London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Schubert's Unfinished Symphony before going on to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Leos Janacek's birth with a rendition of his epic Glagolitic Mass and Moravian folk pieces, the Hukvaldy Songs. Featuring the Czech Philharmonic Chorus of Brno, soprano Zdena Kloubova, mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill, tenor Pavol Breslik, bass Gustav Belacek and organist David Goode. Also broadcast on Radio 3
• John Adams Conducts American composer John Adams conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of his own work On the Transmigration of Souls, written in response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre. Plus, music by Aaron Copland, Bartok and Haydn
• Les Arts Florissants Celebrate Charpentier Charles Hazlewood presents a 300th-anniversary celebration of the sacred music of 18th-century French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, with conductor William Christie leading the Choir and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants. With sopranos Jael Azzaretti and Olga Pitarch, and tenors Paul Agnew, Jeffrey Thompson, Topi Lehtipuu and Marc Mauillon. Also broadcast on Radio 3
• Lindberg & Sibelius Suzy Klein presents coverage of the spectacle, as Finnish conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste takes baton in hand to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a rendition of Magnus Lindberg's Sculpture - a composition inspired by the architecture of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall, replacing string with brass to reflect the building's exterior metallic finish. Nikolaj Znaider also performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
• Lindberg and Sibelius Selection of classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• A 'London' Prom Charles Hazlewood introduces the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, performing a selection of pieces with a London theme, including William Schuman's A Song of Orpheus and symphonies by Haydn and Vaughan Williams
• Mahler Chamber Orchestra Charles Hazlewood introduces as Alan Gilbert makes his Proms conducting debut with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in a performance of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. Plus, an early Mozart concerto played by pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3
• Marin Alsop Presents the Red Violin Concerto Conductor Marin Alsop brings John Corigliano's concerto The Red Violin to the event, with violinist Joshua Bell and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The concert also features John Adams' piece The Chairman Dances from his opera Nixon in China, and ends with excerpts from Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet. Charles Hazlewood presents
• Michael Berkeley: Britten & Vaughan Williams The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform a new piece by composer Michael Berkeley, who joins presenter Charles Hazlewood during the interval along with conductor Richard Hickox. Plus, four early songs by Benjamin Britten, sung by Susan Gritton, and the little-known original version of Ralph Vaughan Williams' A London Symphony
• Mozart & Mahler The London Philharmonic Orchestra perform Mahler's Symphony No 5 and accompany soloist Christian Teztlaff for Mozart's Violin Concerto No 3, under the baton of Christoph von Dohnanyi. Verity Sharp presents
• Mozart and Mahler Pianist Paul Lewis plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 and mezzo-soprano Alice Coote sings Mahler's Kindertotenlieder. Also performed are Martinu's The Frescoes of Piero Della Francesca and Janacek's Taras Bulba. In the interval, Charles Hazlewood talks to tonight's conductor Andrew Davis
• Mozart's Prague Symphony The Prague Philharmonia, conducted by Jiri Belohlavek, perform music associated with the city, as Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena sings works by Myslivecek and a 20th-century song cycle by Novak. There's also a performance of Mozart's Symphony No 38 (Prague) and Martinu's Double Concerto for piano, timpani and strings
• The Nightingale and a Scotch Bestiary Gianandrea Noseda and James MacMillan conduct the BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring Stravinsky's The Nightingale and James MacMillan's A Scotch Bestiary for organ and orchestra. The concert features soloists Olga Trifonova and Ailish Tynan
• The Pastoral Symphony Christian Gansch conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in live performances from the Royal Albert Hall, featuring music by Mozart and Ligeti, and Beethoven's popular Symphony No 6, The Pastoral. Simultaneous broadcast with Radio 3
• Pastoral Symphony Beethoven's Symphony No 6 performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Christian Gansch. The programme also includes Ligeti's Lontano and Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5, with soloist Antje Weithaas
• Percussion World Premiere Tommy Pearson introduces a concert from the Royal Albert Hall, featuring the world premiere of Joe Duddell's percussion piece Ruby, performed by soloist Colin Currie. Plus, Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Pictures at an Exhibition Sakari Oramo conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Ravel's Mother Goose Suite and a new work by Henri Dutilleux, featuring soprano Barbara Hannigan. The concert is brought to a dazzling conclusion with Ravel's orchestral arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Introduced by Verity Sharp
• Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony Paavo Jarvi conducts the BBC Philharmonic at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring the London premiere of Erkki-Sven Tuur's Violin Concerto, Mussorgsky's Night on a Bare Mountain and Prokofiev's Sixth Symphony. Christopher Gunness introduces the concert, which features violinist Isabelle van Keulen
• Prom 15 - Saint-Saens' Second Piano Concerto Verity Sharp presents the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's performance of music from the romantic period, including Dvorak's Czech Suite, Schumann's Second Symphony and Saint-Saens' Second Piano Concerto. Joseph Swensen conducts the musicians, while Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski makes his Proms debut. Also broadcast on Radio 3
• Prom 21 - Wynton Marsalis: Out Here to Swing Charles Hazlewood introduces a performance of swing classics by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis as he makes a welcome return to the Royal Albert Hall, accompanied by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Also broadcast on Radio 3
• Prom 50 - Berlioz and Elgar Charles Hazlewood presents from the Royal Albert Hall as Colin Davies conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. The programme includes music inspired by periods of political torment, beginning with Berlioz's overture Les francs-juges, recalling the plight of activists in medieval times. Also featured are James Macmillan's The Confessions Of Isobel Gowdie, a requiem for a woman caught up in the witch-hunts of Edwardian Britain, and Elgar's Symphony No 2 - a work written amid the international tensi…
• Prom 51 - Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra The European Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra perform, conducted by Phillippe Jordan, with American mezzo Susan Graham, who makes her Proms debut. Highlights are Chausson's Poeme de l'Amour et de la Mer, Strauss's Don Juan and Shostakovich's Symphony No 6 in B minor. Charles Hazlewood presents
• Prom 53 - Turnage and the Russians Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme including Turnage's A Relic of Memory, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninov's choral symphony The Bells, with Tatiana Monogarova, Vsevolod Grivnov and Sergei Leiferkus
• Prom 54 - Minnesota Orchestra Suzy Klein introduces the programme, which opens with Samuel Barber's First Essay for Orchestra, and includes Osmo Vanska's conduction of the UK premiere of Three Songs, by Osvaldo Golijov, performed by soprano Dawn Upshaw and the Minnesota Orchestra. Also featuring Mahler's Fifth Symphony, whose Adagietto was originally composed as a gift for his wife. The piece received worldwide acclaim when it was used in the 1971 film Death in Venice
• Prom 57 - Mozart's Requiem Philippe Herreweghe directs his soloists, choir and orchestra, the Collegium Vocale Gent and Orchestre des Champs Elysees in an all-Mozart concert. Featuring the composer's Meistermusik (the original version of the Masonic Funeral Music, K477) and the Symphony No 39 in E flat. The programme closes with Franz Xaver Sussmayr's completion of Mozart's Requiem. Presented by Petroc Trelawny
• Prom 59 - Mozart Night The Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra perform a whole evening of the Mozart's music. Ivor Bolton conducts Symphonies 34 and 38 (Prague), while pianist Lars Vogt performs the C minor Piano Concerto. Plus, soprano Veronique Gens sings two arias. Petroc Trelawny presents
• Prom 60 - Henze and Shostakovich Kurt Masur conducts the Orchestre National de France in a programme featuring Hans Werner Henze's Five Messages for the Queen of Sheba, and Shostakovich's epic Symphony No 7. Charles Hazelwood presents
• Prom 62 - Mozart & Bruckner Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Bruckner's powerful 9th Symphony in D Minor, after Richard Goode plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. National Theatre director Nicolas Hytner also joins presenter Charles Hazlewood in the interval
• Prom 64 - Rattle and the Berlin Philharmoniker Simon Rattle conducts the legendary Berliner Philharmoniker in symphonies 25 and 40 in G minor as part of the Mozart 250 celebrations. They also perform three Debussy Preludes orchestrated by Colin Matthews, and give the London premiere of Noesis by Hans Peter Kyburz. Charles Hazelwood presents
• Prom 67 - Beethoven and Tchaikovsky Christoph Eschenbach conducts the world-class Philadelphia Orchestra in Beethoven and Tchaikovsky's famous Fifth Symphonies in C minor and E minor respectively. He also joins presenter Charles Hazelwood during the interval to talk about the performance
• Prom 67 - Beethoven and Tchaikovsky Christoph Eschenbach conducts the world-class Philadelphia Orchestra in Beethoven and Tchaikovsky's famous Fifth Symphonies in C minor and E minor respectively. He also joins presenter Charles Hazelwood during the interval to talk about the performance
• Prom 70 - Mahler's Resurrection Charles Hazlewood presents as Bernard Haitink conducts the BBC Symphony and London Symphony Choruses in Mahler's Resurrection, the composer's death-to-rebirth masterpiece. Soprano Susan Gritton and mezzo Christianne Stotijn join the BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Prom 71 - Bruch & Shostakovich Charles Hazlewood presents soloist Joshua Bell playing Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1. Daniele Gatti conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No 10, which completed the BBC's celebration of the centenary of the composer's birth and which marked a turning point in his career when it was completed shortly after Stalin's death
• Prom 72 - Mozart with Mackerras Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, performing Robert Levin's version of the Haffner Symphony and the C minor Mass, with soloists Rosemary Joshua, Lisa Milne, Eric Cutler and Nathan Berg. Presented by Charles Hazlewood
• Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker Tommy Pearson presents the first concert of the Proms' final week, as Simon Rattle conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker and the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, featuring soloists Christiane Oelze, Birgit Remmert, Jonas Kaufmann and John Relyea, in performances of Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra, and Beethoven's epic Ninth Symphony. Also broadcast on Radio 3
• Rattle Conducts Debussy and Messiaen Tommy Pearson presents a performance by the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Simon Rattle, as they play Debussy's La Mer and Messiaen's Eclairs sur l'Au-dela
• Royal Night Another chance to hear tonight's classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• Royal Night at the Proms Charles Hazlewood hosts as Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a selection of British and Commonwealth music, played in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Queen's coronation and in the presence of Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh. Featuring Walton's Coronation Te Deum, Elgar's Sea Pictures and Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• Shostakovich and Rachmaninov Selection of classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• Stravinsky and Bernstein From the Royal Albert Hall, Tommy Pearson introduces Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, Charles Ives's Fourth Symphony and Stravinsky's Petrushka, performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sakari Oramo
• Stravinsky's Firebird The BBC Philharmonic pay tribute to Russian ballet impresario Diaghilev with a rendition of Stravinsky's Firebird, and there's also the premiere of a new work by John Casken and Ravel's jazzy Piano Concerto in G, performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Plus, Charles Hazlewood talks to conductor Gianandrea Noseda and Robbie Williams' former songwriter Guy Chambers
• Tchaikovsky's Fifth Charles Hazlewood introduces a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E minor from the Royal Albert Hall, along with music by Prokofiev and the UK premiere of HK Gruber's eccentric Dancing in the Dark
• Tchaikovsky's Fifth (Repeat) Another chance to see this evening's performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E minor from the Royal Albert Hall and the premiere of HK Gruber's Dancing in the Dark
• Tippet's Vision Tommy Pearson presents performances of Michael Tippett's The Vision of St Augustine and Shostakovich's Symphony No 10 in E minor, a piece written the year of Stalin's death and representative of a new-found freedom of expression in Russia. Featuring the BBC Symphony Chorus and the National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Richard Hickox, and joined by soloists Elizabeth Atherton and Roderick Williams
• Turbulent Forces Osmo Vanska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a concert of works in which elemental forces are at play. Thea Musgrave's inspiration for Turbulent Landscapes came from six dramatic Turner paintings, Rachmaninov's passionate Piano Concerto No 1 is performed by Stephen Hough, and the essence of life itself is the theme of Carl Nielsen's Symphony No 4, The Inextinguishable. Charles Hazlewood presents
• The Venezuelan National Youth Orchestra Verity Sharp introduces the 200-strong Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela with conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Performances include Shostakovich's 10th Symphony, symphonic dances from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story and some Latin American works
• Violin Day Concert from the Royal Albert Hall, featuring Fraser Trainer's For the Living violin concerto, written for Viktoria Mullova and inspired by a Lemn Sissay poem, and Invisible Lines, a joint creation by Between The Notes, members of BBC Symphony Orchestra and student musicians in workshops across the country. The Prom ends with Respighi's The Pines of Rome. Presented by Charles Hazlewood
• Wagner's Valkyrie Selection of classical performances from the Royal Albert Hall
• Zemlinksy - Die Seejungfrau Charles Hazlewood presents from the Royal Albert Hall, where the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Zemlinsky's orchestral fantasy The Little Mermaid and Brahms's German Requiem, written in memory of both the composer's mother and his great friend and early supporter Robert Schumann. The conductor is James Conlon
• Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Philharmonic Legendary conductor Zubin Mehta leads the acclaimed Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the first of two 2005 Proms visits. The concert begins with two Viennese classics - Haydn's Symphony No 103, the Drumroll, and Alban Berg's Three Fragments from his opera Wozzeck, featuring Swedish soprano Katarina Dalayman - and concludes with Stravinsky's masterpiece The Rite of Spring. Verity Sharp presents
• Zukerman Plays Elgar Israeli soloist Pinchas Zukerman returns to the Royal Albert Hall to play Elgar's Violin Concerto, accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Andrew Davies, and chats to presenter Tommy Pearson during the interval. The Czech theme of this year's concerts is also highlighted with a performance of Dvorak's Mass in D major