As part of the 成人论坛 Proms 2018 launch today (Thursday 19 April) Francesca Kemp looks ahead to some of the highlights of the season to be broadcast on 成人论坛 TV.
As ever, 成人论坛 TV will offer a full summer of Proms broadcasts in 2018, with regular weekend concerts on 成人论坛 Four, the home of TV classical music, while over on 成人论坛 Two, Katie Derham’s magazine show Proms Extra returns for a sixth season. The First and Last Night will be shown as usual across 成人论坛 Two and 成人论坛 One. All these broadcasts, alongside additional performances from across the festival, will be available to watch and catch up on 成人论坛 iPlayer.
At least two full concerts will be broadcast each weekend on 成人论坛 Four, celebrating the full breadth of the 2018 Proms season. On Sunday nights we’ll show one of the season’s standout classical concerts featuring the world’s greatest repertoire performed by international artists and Britain’s leading orchestras, including Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, and all five 成人论坛 orchestras. Friday evenings will include a wider spread of Proms events, from Ivan Fischer’s programme inspired by Hungarian Gypsy music, to concerts celebrating tango, UK folk music and jazz, and Marin Alsop’s Bernstein to Khatia Buniatishvili playing Grieg’s Piano Concerto. To celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s centenary we’re showing his musical On the Town on what would have been the composer’s 100th birthday, conducted by John Wilson, live on 成人论坛 Four.
Leonard Bernstein
We’ll also have an occasional series of Late Night Proms broadcasts, including Sir Andras Schiff playing solo Bach, the iconic Youssou Ndour and his group, Le Super Etoile de Dakar, pioneering electronic music from the legends of the 成人论坛 Radiophonic Workshop and Jules Buckley’s exploration of the sounds emerging from contemporary New York. The Relaxed Prom featuring the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and their disabled-led ensemble BSO Resound will be available to watch online.
This year 成人论坛 TV will make a particular commitment to celebrating women in music across and beyond the festival. 成人论坛 Two’s Proms Extra will create a new series of chamber performances featuring short gems by some extraordinary and neglected female composers of the Classical and Romantic periods. Televised Proms will feature works by 20th-century and living composers, including Anna Meredith, Tansy Davies, Roxanna Panufnik, Daphne Oram, Delia Derbyshire, Lili Boulanger and Thea Musgrave, and we’ll be filming more performances from across the wider festival for 成人论坛 iPlayer, including music by Laura Mvula and Agata Zubel.
Laura Mvula
With over 16 million people in the UK population watching the Proms on TV last year, we hope to build on this success and make an unforgettable summer for audiences outside of the Hall.
Francesca Kemp is Executive Producer of 成人论坛 Proms Television.
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