BBC Proms - The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival (Radio Broadcasts)
The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored new venue spaces through the innovative Proms at... series of events. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood's original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think 'classical music is not for me' there is surely something for everyone in the 8 week stretch of concerts.
ANGLO ARTS' FAVOURITE PERFORMANCES
El acceso libre a las grabaciones de audio de los conciertos de la temporada 2020 de los BBC Proms está por finalizar. Aprovecha este fin de semana para disfrutar una selección de cuatro increíbles conciertos dirigidos e interpretados por cuatro destacadas mujeres artistas del mundo de la música.
Anoushka Shankar, intéprete y compositora británico-bengalí de sitar (instrumento musical tradicional de la India y Pakistán); Dalia Stasevska, directora finlandesa y directora invitada principal de la BBC Symphony Orchestra; la legendaria cantante de ópera Jessye Norman con un repertorio de Judith Weir que representa la vida joven, adulta y madura de la mujer; y la mezzosoprano británica Dame Sarah Connolly interpretando Dido y Eneas de Purcell.
Free Access to all BBC Proms Seson 2020’s concert audio records is about to end. This weekend enjoy a selection of four concerts directed or interpreted by four outstanding female artists from the world of music.
Anoushka Shankar, British-Bengali sitar interpreter and composer; Dalia Stasevska, Finnish director and main invited director of the BBC Symphony Orchestra; Legendary opera singer Jessye Norman with a Judith Weir repertoire depicting a woman’s life through youth, middle age and maturity; and British mezzosoprano Dame Sarah Connolly interpreting Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas.
With their captivating mix of Afrobeat and jazz, this promises to be a memorable night at the BBC Proms. The eight members of KOKOROKO bring a contemporary social and political commentary to the West African Rhythms heard in the 1940s London's Soho area. As they say: “We wanted the music to sound rough, like going out and hearing music pushed through speakers or the energy of people dancing at Afrobeat parties: its music we’ve seen work on dance floors.” Presented live from the Royal Albert Hall by Georgia Mann.
2020 SEASON GUIDE
Musical greats - from the past and the present - brought together in one extraordinary Proms Season
From Bernstein to Benedetti, Haitink to Hvorostovsky ... Not the Proms as we know them, the Proms as we need them.
In the year that the Proms turns 125 years old, the 2020 season brings the spirit of the Proms to music-lovers at home with treasures from the archive and incredible live performances.
In challenging times, the BBC Proms continues its annual festival consisting of 8 weeks of world-class performances by the world's greatest classical musicians of the past, present and future.
Complete archive concerts will be available live on BBC Radio 3 and on demand on BBC Sounds.
In the final 2 weeks of the season performances live from the Royal Albert Hall will be available on BBC Four and streamed directly to Radio 3 and BBC Sounds.
The season comprises of six weeks of concerts from previous seasons of the BBC Proms with a final two weeks of live performances from London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Find the full detailed version of the 2020 Season Guide: HERE
The full annual season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, founded in 1895, audio transmitted and on demand through BBC Sounds featuring orchestral classical music and centred round the Royal Albert Hall in London.