BBC Proms Tickets
Join us again this summer for the 2011 Proms Season!
Friday 15 July to Saturday 10 September
We are promoting BBC Proms Concert Tickets in 2011
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Friday 15 July
- Proms Plus
5.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Late
9.40pm, Royal Albert Hall
Saturday 16 July
- Proms Plus Intro
4.45pm, Royal College of Music
Sunday 17 July
- Proms Plus Sing; Choral Sunday
1.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Intro
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Monday 18 July
- Proms Plus Literary
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Tuesday 19 July
- Proms Plus Family: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
5.00pm, Royal College of Music
Wednesday 20 July
- Proms Plus Literary: Instruments in Literature - The Cello
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Thursday 21 July
- Proms Plus Intro: Bela Bartók
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Friday 22 July
- Proms Plus Intro: Debussy Images
5.30pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Late
9.50pm, Royal Albert Hall
Saturday 23 July
- Proms Plus Family Orchestra and Chorus
10.00am, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Family: Human Planet in the Park
1.00pm, Kensington Gardens - Proms Plus Intro: Behind the Scenes of Human Planet
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Sunday 24 July
- Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
1.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Intro: Verdi's Requiem
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Monday 25 July
- Proms Plus Intro: Mahler's Symphony No. 9
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Tuesday 26 July
- Proms Plus Literary: Faust
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Wednesday 27 July
- Proms Plus Portrait: Pascal Dusapin
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Thursday 28 July
- Proms Plus Intro: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Friday 29 July
- Proms Plus Intro: BBC Symphony Orchestra
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Saturday 30 July
- Proms Plus Family Orchestra and Chorus: Horrible Histories
2.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions - Stephen Hough
5.45pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Late
9.55pm, Royal Albert Hall
Sunday 31 July
- Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
1.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Intro: Rachmaninov's Choral works
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Monday 1 August
- Proms Plus Intro: Franz Liszt
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Tuesday 2 August
- Proms Plus Literary: Rudyard Kipling
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Wednesday 3 August
- Proms Plus Family: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
5.30pm, Royal College of Music
Thursday 4 August
- Proms Plus Intro: Strauss's Four Last Songs
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Friday 5 August
- Proms Plus Intro: Gustav Mahler
5.45pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Late
9.10pm, Royal Albert Hall
Saturday 6 August
- Proms Plus Inspire: Young Composers' Concert
4.30pm, Royal College of Music
Sunday 7 August
- Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
1.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Intro: Mahler's Das klagende Lied
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Monday 8 August
- Proms Plus Literary: Scandinavian Crime Writing
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Tuesday 9 August
- Proms Plus Intro: Frank Bridge
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Wednesday 10 August
- Proms Plus Intro: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Thursday 11 August
- Proms Plus Family: BBC Philharmonic
5.30pm, Royal College of Music
Friday 12 August
- Proms Plus Literary: Film Music
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Saturday 13 August
- Proms Plus Literary: Humour in Literature
5.45pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Late
9.40pm, Royal Albert Hall
Sunday 14 August
- Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
1.00pm, Royal College of Music
Monday 15 August
- Proms Plus Family: Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
5.30pm, Royal College of Music
Tuesday 16 August
- Proms Plus Intro: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Wednesday 17 August
- Proms Plus Literary: Dante's Divine Comedy
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Thursday 18 August
- Proms Plus Portraits: Thomas Larcher
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Friday 19 August
- Proms Plus Intro: Johannes Brahms
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Saturday 20 August
- Proms Plus Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions - Andrew Litton
5.45pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Late
9.40pm, Royal Albert Hall
Sunday 21 August
- Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
1.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Intro: Mozart's Requiem
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Monday 22 August
- Proms Plus Portrait: Kevin Volans
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Tuesday 23 August
- Proms Plus Intro: London Symphony Orchestra
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Wednesday 24 August
- Proms Plus Family: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
5.00pm, Royal College of Music
Thursday 25 August
- Proms Plus Intro: Handel's Operas
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Friday 26 August
- Proms Plus Literary: Prince Albert
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Saturday 27 August
- Proms Plus Family Orchestra and Chorus: Mozart and Beethoven
1.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions - Matthew Barley
5.45pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Late
9.50pm, Royal Albert Hall
Sunday 28 August
- Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
2.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Intro: Mendelssohn's Elijah
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Monday 29 August
- Proms Plus Family Orchestra and Chorus: Hollywood
1.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Intro: John Wilson
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Tuesday 30 August
- Proms Plus Literary: William Golding
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Wednesday 31 August
- Proms Plus Portraits: Graham Fitkin
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Thursday 1 September
- Proms Plus Intro: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Friday 2 September
- Proms Plus Intro: Budapest Festival Orchestra
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Saturday 3 September
- Proms Plus Literary: Musicians' Literary Passions - Tasmin Little
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Sunday 4 September
- Proms Plus Sing: Choral Sunday
1.00pm, Royal College of Music - Proms Plus Intro: London Symphony Orchestra
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
Monday 5 September
- Proms Plus Literary: Proms Poetry Competition
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Tuesday 6 September
- Proms Plus Intro: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Thursday 8 September
- Proms Plus Literary: Instruments in Literature - The Piano
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Friday 9 September
- Proms Plus Intro: Weber's Der Freischutz
5.45pm, Royal College of Music
Saturday 10 September
- Proms Plus Sing: Last Night
5.15pm, Royal College of Music
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BBC PROMS SEASON 2008 Review |
The 2008 season ran from 18 July-13 September 2008. The BBC released details of the season slightly earlier than usual, on 9 April 2008. As expected, composers whose anniversaries are marked include, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, 2008 being 50 years since his death; Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen in their centenary year; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to mark the centenary of his death; and Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose 80th birthday would have fallen during the season (he died on December 5, 2007). The celebration of Stockhausen is centred on two large-scale concerts on 2 August 2008, and complementing Vaughan-Williams's interest in folk music, the first Saturday is given over to a celebration of various aspects of British folk, including free events in Kensington Gardens and the Albert Hall, and ending with a céilidh in the hall itself.
Other changes include additional pre-Prom talks and events, for the first time there will be a related talk or event before every Prom, to be held in the Royal College of Music. The popular child-oriented Prom this year becomes the Doctor Who Prom (rather than the Blue Peter Prom of recent years.
Just over a month before the announcement, Margaret Hodge, the UK Culture Secretary suggested "that the Proms was one of several big cultural events that many people did not feel comfortable attending", and advocated an increase in multicultural works and an effort to broaden the audience.
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Brief History
A history of music at the Proms
Since 1895 the Proms have presented the best in live music to wide audiences, with a huge line up of events and performances throughout the summer. Taking place for the 114th season this year the 2008 Proms feature over 70 concerts over 58 days of music festivities.
Join the party at Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert hall will be raising the roof with a string of more than 70 concerts, showcasing world class orchestral music and solo performances in the heart of London. Music fans can revel in a world of symphonies, arias and concertos, featuring dozens of works from some of history's greatest composers.
Naming
The Proms (also more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC) is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1895, each season now consists of over 70 concerts in the Albert Hall, a series of eight chamber concerts and four Saturday Matinees at Cadogan Hall, additional Proms in the Park events across the United Kingdom on the Last Night and associated educational and children's events. It is the biggest classical music festival in the world.
Proms is short for promenade concerts. The term promenade concert arose from the original practice of audience members promenading, or strolling, in some areas of the concert hall during the concert. Promming now refers to the use of the standing areas inside the hall (the arena and gallery) for which ticket prices are much lower than for the reserved seating. Single concert promming tickets can be purchased, with few exceptions, only on the day of the concert, which can give rise to long queues for well-known artists or works. Prommers can purchase full or half season tickets instead for guaranteed entry, although not guaranteed standing position. A number of Prommers are particularly keen in their attendance, and see it as a badge of honour to achieve the "Grand Slam" of attending every concert of the season. In 1997 one programme in the BBC documentary series "Modern Times" covered this dedicated following.
The Last Night
The Last Night of the Proms is one of the most popular classical music concerts in the world, watched and listened to by an audience of many millions around the globe
While it lives up to its reputation of a fun Last Night party celebrating British tradition, it equally encapsulates the spirit of the Proms, with leading international artists and an all-embracing programme, introducing new works alongside much-loved classics and bringing together the different themes of the season.
Proms in the Park now takes the Last Night party to Belfast, Swansea, Manchester and Glasgow as well as London, reflecting the increased interest in the Proms from around the UK.
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