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BBC Proms Music Guide Podcast
English, Music, 1 season, 116 episodes, 6 hours, 21 minutes
BBC Proms Music Guide Podcast
English, Music, 1 season, 116 episodes, 6 hours, 21 minutes
Strauss - An Alpine Symphony
Proms Music Guide: Andrew McGregor on Strauss' Alpine Symphony
9/10/2012 • 3 minutes, 8 seconds
Cinderella
Proms Music Guide: Andrew McGregor on Cinderella
9/10/2012 • 2 minutes, 53 seconds
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1
In this Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1.
9/7/2012 • 3 minutes, 4 seconds
Bruckner Symphony No. 9
Proms Music Guide: Stephen Johnson on Bruckner's Symphony No. 9
9/5/2012 • 3 minutes, 9 seconds
John Adams: Nixon in China
Proms Music Guide: Tom Service on John Adams' Nixon in China
9/4/2012 • 3 minutes, 17 seconds
Gershwin An American in Paris
Proms Music Guide: Andrew McGregor
on Gershwin's An American in Paris
9/3/2012 • 2 minutes, 32 seconds
Coleridge-Taylor The Death of Minnehaha
In this Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Coleridge-Taylor's 'The Death of Minnehaha'.
9/2/2012 • 2 minutes, 56 seconds
Messiaen Et Exspecto...
Proms Music Guides: Tom Service on Messiaen's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum
9/1/2012 • 3 minutes, 18 seconds
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.
8/31/2012 • 3 minutes, 7 seconds
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
Proms Music Guide: Stephen Johnson on Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2
8/30/2012 • 2 minutes, 35 seconds
Debussy - Jeux
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Debussy's Jeux
8/29/2012 • 3 minutes, 3 seconds
Elgar Symphony No. 1
Proms Music Guide: Elgar Symphony No. 1
8/28/2012 • 3 minutes
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro
8/27/2012 • 3 minutes, 16 seconds
The Broadway Sound
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about 'The Broadway Sound'.
8/27/2012 • 3 minutes, 9 seconds
Berg Violin Concerto
Proms Music Guide: Stephen Johnson on Berg's Violin Concerto
8/25/2012 • 2 minutes, 58 seconds
Debussy The Martyrdom of St Sebastian
Proms Music Guide: Suzy Klein on Debussy's The Martyrdom of St Sebastian
8/24/2012 • 3 minutes, 3 seconds
Britten - Peter Grimes
Britten - Peter Grimes
8/24/2012 • 3 minutes, 19 seconds
Delius Violin Concerto
Proms Music Guide: Stephen Johnson on Delius' Violin Concerto
8/22/2012 • 3 minutes, 4 seconds
Shostakovich Symphony No 7
Proms Music Guide: Shostakovich Symphony No 7
8/20/2012 • 3 minutes, 12 seconds
Nielsen Symphony No. 5
Proms Music Guide: Nielsen Symphony No. 5
8/19/2012 • 2 minutes, 53 seconds
Yeomen of the Guard
Proms Music Guide: Yeomen of the Guard
8/18/2012 • 3 minutes, 3 seconds
Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Proms Music Guide: Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
8/17/2012 • 3 minutes, 9 seconds
How to Prepare a Piano (John Cage)
Proms Music Guide - How to Prepare a Piano (John Cage)
8/16/2012 • 3 minutes, 1 second
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Vaughan William's 5th symphony.
8/15/2012 • 2 minutes, 44 seconds
Dvorak - Symphony No. 9
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Dvorak's 9th symphony.
8/14/2012 • 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Saint Saens - Piano Concerto No. 2
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Saint Saens' Piano Concerto No. 2
8/13/2012 • 3 minutes, 8 seconds
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra
8/12/2012 • 3 minutes, 16 seconds
Schoenberg - Gurrelieder
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Schoenberg's Gurrelieder
8/11/2012 • 3 minutes, 8 seconds
Berlioz - Requiem
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Berlioz's Requiem.
8/10/2012 • 3 minutes, 3 seconds
Elgar - The Apostles
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Elgar's The Apostles
8/9/2012 • 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Sibelius - Symphony No. 3
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Sibelius's 3rd symphony.
8/8/2012 • 3 minutes, 7 seconds
Strauss - Heldenleben
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Strauss’s Heldenleben.
8/7/2012 • 3 minutes
Bruckner – Symphony No.6
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Bruckner's 6th symphony.
8/6/2012 • 3 minutes, 19 seconds
Bernstein - Mass
In today's Proms Music Guide Tom Service talks about Bernstein's Mass
8/5/2012 • 3 minutes, 15 seconds
Respighi - Pines of Rome
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Respighi’s The Pines of Rome.
8/4/2012 • 3 minutes, 9 seconds
Messiaen - Turangalila
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony
8/3/2012 • 3 minutes, 7 seconds
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Wagner's Siegfried Idyll.
8/2/2012 • 2 minutes, 37 seconds
Bach - B Minor Mass
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Bach’s B Minor Mass
8/1/2012 • 3 minutes, 6 seconds
Tippett - A Child Of Our Time
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Tippett's A Child Of Our Time.
7/31/2012 • 3 minutes, 6 seconds
Walton - Belshazzar's Feast
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Walton's Belshazzar's Feast
7/30/2012 • 3 minutes, 16 seconds
Mahler - Symphony No. 7
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Mahler's 7th symphony.
7/29/2012 • 2 minutes, 57 seconds
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
7/28/2012 • 3 minutes, 10 seconds
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony.
7/27/2012 • 3 minutes, 3 seconds
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Beethoven's 9th symphony.
7/26/2012 • 3 minutes, 42 seconds
Elgar - In The South
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Elgar's concert overture In The South
7/25/2012 • 3 minutes, 9 seconds
Dvorak - Symphony No. 7
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Dvorak's 7th symphony.
7/24/2012 • 2 minutes, 49 seconds
Beethoven - Symphony No.7
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Beethoven's 7th symphony.
7/23/2012 • 2 minutes, 53 seconds
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Beethoven's 5th symphony.
7/22/2012 • 3 minutes, 11 seconds
Berlioz - The Trojans
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Berlioz's The Trojans
7/21/2012 • 3 minutes, 3 seconds
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Beethoven's 4th Symphony
7/20/2012 • 2 minutes, 35 seconds
Beethoven - Symphony No.1
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Beethoven's 1st Symphony.
7/19/2012 • 3 minutes, 8 seconds
Handel - Judas Maccabeus
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Handel's Judas Maccabeus
7/18/2012 • 2 minutes, 37 seconds
Rachmaninov - 2nd Piano Concerto
In today's Proms Music Guide Suzy Klein talks about Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto.
7/17/2012 • 2 minutes, 58 seconds
Sibelius - Symphony No.7
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Sibelius's 7th symphony.
7/16/2012 • 2 minutes, 58 seconds
Ravel - Piano Concerto
In today's Proms Music Guide,Tom Service talks about Ravel's Piano Concerto.
7/15/2012 • 3 minutes, 1 second
Debussy - Pelléas et Melisande
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Debussy's Pelléas et Melisande.
7/14/2012 • 3 minutes, 6 seconds
My Fair Lady
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about My Fair Lady.
7/13/2012 • 2 minutes, 50 seconds
Delius - Sea Drift
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Delius's Sea Drift.
7/12/2012 • 3 minutes, 16 seconds
Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about Liszt's 1st Piano Concerto.
9/10/2011 • 3 minutes, 43 seconds
Weber - Der Freischutz
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Weber's Der Freischutz.
9/9/2011 • 3 minutes, 17 seconds
Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor looks at Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.
9/8/2011 • 3 minutes, 47 seconds
Holst - The Planets
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about The Planets, by Gustav Holst.
9/7/2011 • 3 minutes, 55 seconds
Mahler - Symphony No. 5
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Mahler's 5th Symphony.
9/6/2011 • 2 minutes, 53 seconds
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony.
9/5/2011 • 3 minutes, 16 seconds
Beethoven - Missa Solemnis
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
9/4/2011 • 3 minutes, 46 seconds
Rachmaninov - Paganini Rhapsody
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
9/3/2011 • 3 minutes, 20 seconds
Mahler - Symphony No. 1
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Mahler's 1st Symphony.
9/2/2011 • 4 minutes, 4 seconds
Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Bruch's 1st Violin Concerto.
9/1/2011 • 3 minutes, 24 seconds
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
8/31/2011 • 3 minutes, 42 seconds
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.25
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about Mozart's Piano Concerto No.25.
8/30/2011 • 3 minutes, 1 second
Gerswhin - Strike Up the Band
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about Gershwin's Strike Up the Band.
8/29/2011 • 2 minutes, 56 seconds
Mendelssohn - Elijah
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Mendelssohn's Elijah.
8/28/2011 • 3 minutes, 53 seconds
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, the "Eroica".
8/27/2011 • 3 minutes, 33 seconds
Mahler - Symphony No. 6
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Mahler's Sixth Symphony.
8/26/2011 • 2 minutes, 48 seconds
Handel - Rinaldo
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about Handel's opera Rinaldo.
8/25/2011 • 3 minutes, 13 seconds
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony.
8/24/2011 • 3 minutes, 11 seconds
Prokofiev - "Classical" Symphony
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about Prokofiev's Symphony No.1 in C, the "Classical".
8/23/2011 • 2 minutes, 42 seconds
Wagner - Die Meistersinger overture
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about the overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg.
8/22/2011 • 3 minutes, 2 seconds
Mozart - Requim
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzi Klein talks about Mozart's Requiem.
8/21/2011 • 3 minutes, 43 seconds
Brahms - Symphony No. 4
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Brahms' Symphony No. 4.
8/20/2011 • 3 minutes, 46 seconds
Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about the Piano Concerto No. 1, by Brahms.
8/19/2011 • 2 minutes, 49 seconds
Bruckner - Symphony No.5
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Bruckner's Symphony No.5
8/18/2011 • 2 minutes, 57 seconds
Shostakovich - Violin Concerto No.1
In today's Proms Music Guide Stephen Johnson talks about Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No.1
8/17/2011 • 3 minutes, 32 seconds
Bartok - Piano Concerto No. 2
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Bartok's second piano concerto.
8/16/2011 • 2 minutes, 35 seconds
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
8/15/2011 • 2 minutes, 44 seconds
14 Aug: Britten - Spring Symphony
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Britten's Spring Symphony.
8/14/2011 • 3 minutes, 26 seconds
Reizenstein - Concerto Popolare
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Reizenstein's Concerto Popolare.
8/13/2011 • 3 minutes, 38 seconds
Walton - Henry V suite
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about the suite of music from Walton's music for the film Henry V.
8/12/2011 • 3 minutes, 1 second
Elgar - Enigma Variations
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Elgar's Enigma Variations.
8/11/2011 • 3 minutes, 57 seconds
Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians.
8/10/2011 • 3 minutes, 13 seconds
Saint-Saens Organ Symphony
In today's Proms music guide Sarah Walker talks about Saint-Saens's Organ Symphony.
8/9/2011 • 3 minutes, 30 seconds
Grieg - Piano Concerto
In today's Proms Music Guide Sarah Walker talks about Grieg's Piano Concerto
8/8/2011 • 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Brahms - Violin Concerto
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Brahms' Violin Concerto.
8/7/2011 • 3 minutes, 31 seconds
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.
8/6/2011 • 2 minutes, 51 seconds
Mahler - Symphony No. 2
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Mahler's Symphony No. 2.
8/5/2011 • 2 minutes, 27 seconds
Strauss - Four Last Songs
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Strauss' Four Last Songs.
8/4/2011 • 3 minutes, 46 seconds
Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe.
8/3/2011 • 3 minutes, 41 seconds
Grainger - In a Nutshell
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Grainger's In a Nutshell.
8/2/2011 • 3 minutes, 46 seconds
Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto No. 5
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about the Piano Concerto no. 5, by Saint-Saens.
8/1/2011 • 3 minutes, 36 seconds
Rachmaninov - The Bells
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Rachmaninov's The Bells.
7/31/2011 • 3 minutes, 48 seconds
Walton - Violin Concerto
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Walton's Violin Concerto.
7/30/2011 • 3 minutes, 51 seconds
Debussy - La Mer
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Debussy's La Mer.
7/29/2011 • 2 minutes, 42 seconds
Beethoven - Symphony No. 7
In today's Proms Music Guide, Andrew McGregor talks about Beethoven's 7th Symphony.
7/28/2011 • 3 minutes, 39 seconds
Stravinsky - Firebird
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker looks at Stravinsky's Firebird.
7/27/2011 • 3 minutes, 33 seconds
Liszt - Faust Symphony
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Liszt's Faust Symphony.
7/26/2011 • 3 minutes, 58 seconds
Mahler - Symphony No. 9
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Mahler's 9th Symphony.
7/25/2011 • 3 minutes, 19 seconds
Verdi - Requiem
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Verdi's Requiem.
7/24/2011 • 3 minutes, 19 seconds
Human Planet
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein gives us a taste of what's to come in tonight's Human Planet Prom.
7/23/2011 • 3 minutes, 41 seconds
Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
7/22/2011 • 3 minutes, 51 seconds
Bartok - Piano Concerto No. 3
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3.
7/21/2011 • 2 minutes, 56 seconds
Smetana - Ma Vlast
In today's Proms Music Guide, Sarah Walker talks about Smetana's Ma Vlast.
7/20/2011 • 3 minutes, 45 seconds
Brahms - Double Concerto
In today's Proms Music Guide, Tom Service talks about Brahms's Double Concerto.
7/19/2011 • 4 minutes, 33 seconds
Beethoven - Triple Concerto
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Beethoven's Triple Concerto.
7/18/2011 • 5 minutes, 22 seconds
Brian - Gothic Symphony
In today's Proms Music Guide, Stephen Johnson talks about Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony.
7/17/2011 • 5 minutes, 16 seconds
Rossini - William Tell
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Rossini's William Tell, which is tonight's Prom.
7/16/2011 • 4 minutes, 47 seconds
Janacek - Glagolitic Mass
In today's Proms Music Guide, Suzy Klein talks about Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, which is featured in tonight's Prom.
7/15/2011 • 5 minutes, 18 seconds