The best of arts and classical music from the @BBC

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23 Dec 2024
Christmas Eve means A Ghost Story for Christmas... @Markgatiss makes his annual spooky return with Woman of Stone, adapted from the story by E Nesbit. With @CeliaImrie, Eanna Hardwicke, @MonicaDolan, @MawaanR, Phoebe Horn. 📺 BBC Two and #iplayer - 10.15pm, 24 December.
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This Cultural Life: triple Oscar-winner Thelma Schoonmaker on editing Scorsese, surviving Woodstock, marrying Powell (& Pressberger) Watch BBC Four tonight 8pm bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025gn…
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Quincy Jones was one of the greatest, most influential musicians of all time. Worked with Billie Holiday, Ray Charles at 14, led Sinatra at the Sands, produced Off The Wall, Thriller…his legacy is huge. I interviewed him a couple of times, was a huge thrill.
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A fascinating, funny, sad, shocking and ultimately life-affirming conversation with the indomitable @Hanifkureishi today Listen to #ThisCulturalLife next Thurs 17/10/24 11am @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds
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16 Sep 2024
What a way to wrap up the 2024 #BBCProms! 🎉 Saturday saw @oramsa conducting the @BBCSO & Chorus, @BBCSingers and soloists Angel Blue & @houghhough in a fantastic #LNotP👏 It’s been a whirlwind season at both the @royalalberthall and our fabulous venues across the UK 🚗 (1/2)
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14 Sep 2024
Our traditional #LNotP festivities commenced with #BBCProms founder-conductor Sir Henry Wood’s Fantasia on British Sea-Songs! ⚓️✨ Tonight’s performance of the Sea Songs also features arrangements of folk songs from all four of the UK’s nations 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Watch on @BBCiPlayer
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14 Sep 2024
‘I’ve got a tune that will knock ’em – knock ’em flat,’ said Elgar of his iconic ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ melody 😌 Land of Hope and Glory has been a staple at the #LNotP for many years, with the words of Arthur Christopher Benson’s poem lent to the central trio section 📝
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14 Sep 2024
Parry’s ‘Jerusalem’ has held its place in the second half of the #LNotP since the 1950s. With powerfully poetic text, a memorable melody, and Elgar’s opulent orchestration, this piece feels equally at home in a liturgical setting and a concert hall. 📺Watch now on @BBCiPlayer
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14 Sep 2024
Britten’s arrangement of The National Anthem is the perfect combination of reverent and daring 👑 The 2024 #LNotP might be over, but this isn’t goodbye, it’s see you later! 👋 Mark your calendars for 18 July 2025... #FNotP 🤭🗓️
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12 Sep 2024
Last night was a magical evening at the #BBCProms celebrating the 15 year anniversary of @florencemachine’s BRIT Award-winning debut album, Lungs, which made Florence Welch a global phenomenon 🌍✨
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6 Sep 2024
A huge thank you to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle for their first of two Proms last night. They performed the UK premiere of Aquifer by Thomas Adès & Bruckner's Fourth in the composer's 200th birthday year! 🎧Listen now @BBCSounds 📷Chris Christodoulou
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6 Sep 2024
Beethoven's ‘Archduke’, performed by the legendary Yo Yo Ma 🎻 Leonidas Kavakos 🎻 and Emanuel Ax 🎹 @BBCProms Watch the rest of this beautiful concert on @BBCiPlayer or listen on @BBCSounds #BBCProms
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5 Sep 2024
Stellar soloists @YoYo_Ma, Leonidas Kavakos and @EmanuelAx captivate at the #bbcproms with Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’ Piano Trio. 🎼 📺 Watch on @BBCiPlayer - bbc.in/3Xv5zKP
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A very special @bbcproms concert of music by Stravinsky, Reich, Tippett and Elgar, remembering Sir Andrew Davis. Thank you to conductor Martyn Brabbins and @SynergyVocals 💐💐 🎧 Listen @BBCSounds bit.ly/4cTLkL7 📷 Andy Paradise
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Another moment from this week’s @bbcdoctorwho prom @bbcproms. I LOVE the attention to detail from Murray Gold & Alastair King - introducing the organ for Sutekh’s theme because it was a pipe organ which summoned Sutekh in the 1975 Pyramids of Mars episodes!!
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25 Aug 2024
Thank you for the love. Proms now available to watch on @BBCiPlayer 🤍 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
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25 Aug 2024
Mars brings the drama in Holst’s The Planets suite at @royalalberthall tonight. Performed by @RCMLondon Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir and Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, conducted by @oramsa. 📺 Watch now on @BBCiPlayer.
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