All broadcasts from the 2018 91Èȱ¬ Proms season.
Featuring Lili Boulanger, Vaughan Williams and the women of the 91Èȱ¬ Radiophonic Workshop.
Rachmaninov's last composition, an orchestral suite in three movements, completed in 1940
A tribute to the the godmothers of electronica, including Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram
Featuring Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto.
Performed by Suzanne Ciani on the Buchla 200e synthesizer.
For double orchestra, treated recordings, five microphones, echo and tone controls
Commissioned to celebrate Sir Simon's Rattle's final season with the Berlin Philharmonic.
Composed in 1959 for Rostropovich, who learnt it and gave the premiere four days later.
Highlights from week one of the 91Èȱ¬ Proms, including Five Telegrams.
Featuring works by Hubert Parry, Gustav Holst and Vaughan Williams.
Schumann and Mendelssohn share the night's bill with Lili Boulanger and Morfydd Owen.
Tzigane is French for ‘Gypsy’ but Eastern European, Jewish and Scottish influences abound
Revised in 1851. This 1841 version was the one greatly preferred by Johannes Brahms.
Born at South Wales in 1891, she won a silver medal for composition, for her Nocturne.
Composed when Mendelssohn was just 22 on a visit to Munich.
"Of a Spring Morning" & "Of a sad evening".
A new work by Anna Meredith & 59 Productions from outside and inside the Albert Hall
World premiere of a 91Èȱ¬ commission, scored for four soloists and orchestra.
Gershwinicity is a fantasia based on five Gershwin songs. 91Èȱ¬ commision, world premiere.
One of Sollima’s most often-performed pieces. It exists in a number of different scorings
A celebration of the 91Èȱ¬ Young Musician award's fortieth anniversary.
Holst’s ever-popular suite from 1918, composed as a response to The First World War.
A feast for the eyes and ears in the world premiere of Five Telegrams.
Vaughan Williams's atmospheric setting of Walt Whitman.