Mark-Anthony Turnage's engaging suite and Johnston's brilliant Britten set up a radiant account of the symphony under Oramo's ...

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo in Sibelius's Symphony No.2, Turnage's Festen ...

Last night’s concert at the Proms was varied both in its programming and its effect. A line-up including composer Mark-Anthony Turnage’s orchestral suite drawn from his opera Festen, Britten’s Cello ...

Cellist Guy Johnston joins Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony for a Prom journeying from humanity's darkest shadows to radiant optimism.

All summer, we’re in residence at the Royal Albert Hall for highlights from the BBC Proms. Today, we hear highlights from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The BBC has pulled an advert for a pacifist organisation that was due to appear in the programme for the Prom's performance of ...

“What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?” More often than not, when Shakespeare is adapted into different formats, the text is largely lost but the story remains - not so in this case. Benjamin ...

Dominated by a focus on contemporary music, this year’s Proms’ Saturday Matinees have also developed something of a heavenward glance as the series has progressed. Last weekend it was the Christian ...

The BBC has pulled an advert for a pacifist organisation that was due to appear in the programme for the Prom’s performance of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem”. The choral work, which is a meditation ...