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Current BBC Proms logo, used from the 2022 Proms season Outside the Royal Albert Hall during the BBC Proms season of 2008. The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London. Robert Newman founded The Proms in 1895.
As well as its performances on BBC Radio 2, it also performs on BBC Radio 3 and the BBC Proms and was a core part of the BBC's Electric Proms, now discontinued. As well as light classical music, it also plays pop music, jazz, opera, operetta and much of the popular repertoire previously the mainstay of the disbanded BBC Radio Orchestra.
In July 2022, Outwater first guest-conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra (BBC CO) at the BBC Proms, [6] in what was also his Proms debut. He returned to the BBC Proms and the BBC Concert Orchestra in July 2023. [7] In June 2024, the BBC CO announced the appointment of Outwater as its next principal guest conductor, with the additional title of ...
The AWO travelled to the United Kingdom (UK) in August 2022, as part of Edinburgh's 75th anniversary celebrations, and the UK|AU cultural exchange, [10] performing at the Edinburgh International Festival [11] and the BBC Proms, conducted by Zubin Mehta, accompanied by Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg.
It also gives concerts across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, including performances at the Belfast Festival, the BBC Proms, [1] the Wexford Opera Festival, the Kilkenny Arts Festival, and the National Concert Hall, Dublin. The orchestra currently employs 63 full-time musicians and 17 administrative support staff.
BBC Symphony Chorus, Hackney Empire Community Choir, London International Gospel Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, LSO Community Choir, Victoria Park Singers 15 July 2022 First Night of the Proms Verdi, Requiem BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramao
In 2017, the orchestra performed at the BBC Proms' first Prom outside of London since 1930, at Stage@TheDock in Hull. [18] Vogt concluded his tenure as music director in 2020, [ 19 ] and subsequently held the title of Principal Artistic Partner with the orchestra until his death in September 2022.
The BBC Symphony Orchestra ... the scheduled conclusion of the 2023 Proms season. [82] In April 2022, the BBC SO announced an additional extension of Oramo's contract ...