91�ȱ� Sounds - Proms Unplucked

Proms Unplucked

Composer and comedian Vikki Stone unbuttons the 91�ȱ� Proms and asks the questions everyone else is afraid to ask.

Radio 3,25 episodes

Episodes

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The Well-Tempered Glass of Wine
Vikki is backstage with the Stax stars and takes Sophie Ellis-Bextor to her first prom.
35 mins03 Sep 2017
Don't Trust 'em
Vikki takes Imogen Heap to a prom and travels from the Reformation to a jazz revolution.
28 mins27 Aug 2017
The Corridor Monstrosity
Vikki encounters a massive drum, some unexpected Daft Punk, chains and scaffold poles.
26 mins20 Aug 2017
Oh, What a Wonderful Podcast
Vikki hangs with the Chaps in Chaps, backstage for a complete Oklahoma! prom.
25 mins13 Aug 2017
The Interpreter
Vikki Stone on the art of interpretation, the cadenza, jazz standards and Pointless.
29 mins06 Aug 2017
The Arrangement
Vikki is backstage at the Scott Walker Prom and explores the many New Pieces of the Week.
29 mins30 Jul 2017
Episode II: A New Episode
Vikki on tricky scores, film scores, the John Williams phenomenon, and Shostakovich.
23 mins23 Jul 2017
The First Date
Vikki Stone starts her summer of "Prom Dates" and makes a music quiz obligatory.
27 mins16 Jul 2017
The Last Podcast of the Proms
Vikki duets with Sir James Galway, rolls with Rick Astley, and queues the last night.
18 mins10 Sep 2016
Programme Notes
Vikki is on eternity with Daniel Barenboim and the best spot to nap at the Albert Hall.
16 mins07 Sep 2016
Only Fools and Orchestras
Vikki watches football in a park, a Prom in a car park, and Simon Rattle explains Boulez.
16 mins02 Sep 2016
Talking Stick
Vikki speaks to the ones with their backs to us, in a conductors' special.
17 mins30 Aug 2016
Name That Spoon
Vikki explores Mozart conspiracy theories and plays Bizet spoons with Radio 3 controller.
17 mins26 Aug 2016
Quincy Jones Celestial Twin
Vikki talks parties with the awesome Quincy Jones and his friend Sir Michael Caine.
13 mins23 Aug 2016
The Errors of Comedy
Vikki takes a special look at the theme of Shakespeare and other potential Prom themes.
17 mins19 Aug 2016
It's Pronounced Purcell
Vikki swings with the vocalists in a singers' special.
16 mins16 Aug 2016
Of course Jamie Cullum's friends don't clap on 1 and 3
Vikki is at the Jamie Cullum Prom and tries a binaural v. stereo listening challenge.
17 mins12 Aug 2016
Name That Tune
Vikki on younger orchestras, science fiction, busking, and the first Proms Name That Tune.
16 mins09 Aug 2016
The Baton Relay
Vikki runs the inaugural Proms Unplucked (conductor's) Baton Relay athletics event.
16 mins05 Aug 2016
The Saw and The Stone
Vikki Stone gets playing and meets the flash prommers, a glass rubber and a saw bower.
13 mins02 Aug 2016
It's Pronounced Bowie
Vikki tries the tabla, talks electric violin and showbiz, and goes backstage at Bowie.
17 mins29 Jul 2016
12 Cellists Walk Into a Green Room
Vikki Stone focuses on the cello, one of the themes of this year's 91�ȱ� Proms season.
15 mins26 Jul 2016
The Loneliness of the Late-Night Organist
The glitz of Strictly, the RAH organ and a whack on a big Verdi Drum.
20 mins22 Jul 2016
Last Minute Changes
Vikki Stone takes you behind the scenes at the 91�ȱ� Proms.
19 mins19 Jul 2016
Rig Week
Vikki Stone is backstage for the first night of the greatest classical music festival.
21 mins15 Jul 2016