BBC Proms 2013 schedule in full

Here are the listings of the BBC Proms season 2013 in full:

Fri 12 July 2013, 4.30pm, Royal College of Music

Suzy Klein presents a live Proms edition of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, featuring artists from the season.

Fri 12 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Julian Anderson - Harmony (c4 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' (17 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (23 mins)

Witold Lutosławski - Variations on a Theme by Paganini (8 mins)

Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony (66 mins)

Sat 13 July 2013, 11.30am, Royal College of Music

Hannah Conway presents stories and music based on Oliver Jeffers’s Lost and Found.

Sat 13 July 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Doctor Who enthusiast Matthew Sweet looks back over 50 years of the BBC series.

Sat 13 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Murray Gold - Music from the Doctor Who series (120 mins)

Sun 14 July 2013, 10.30am, Royal Albert Hall

Murray Gold - Music from the Doctor Who series (120 mins)

Sun 14 July 2013, 2.00pm, Royal College of Music

Join the Proms Family Orchestra and Chorus in creating its own Doctor Who soundtrack.

Sun 14 July 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

A discussion on the history of French ballet from Lully to Stravinsky and an examination of The Rite of Spring, 100 years after its premiere, with Jane Pritchard, Dance Historian at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Sun 14 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Jean-Baptiste Lully - Le bourgeois gentilhomme (11 mins)

Jean-Philippe Rameau - Les Indes galantes (16 mins)

Léo Délibes - Coppélia (15 mins)

Jules Massenet - Le Cid (13 mins)

Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (35 mins)

Mon 15 July 2013, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Maurice Ravel - Violin Sonata (17 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Sonata in G major, K379 (20 mins)

Witold Lutosławski - Partita (15 mins)

Mon 15 July 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Conductor Kenneth Woods introduces a selection of readings about Gustav Mahler, including the composer’s letters, reviews and biographies. Rana Mitter presents.

Mon 15 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Helmut Lachenmann - Tanzsuite mit Deutschlandlied (c36 mins)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (73 mins)

Tue 16 July 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Louise Fryer speaks to David Matthews about his new commission and Daniel Grimley gives an introduction to Nielsen and his ‘Inextinguishable’ Symphony No. 4.

Tue 16 July 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

David Matthews - A Vision of the Sea (c20 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov - Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op 18 (35 mins)

Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 4, 'Inextinguishable' (36 mins)

Tue 16 July 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

The London Adventist Chorale, London Community Gospel Choir, People’s Christian Fellowship Choir, Muyiwa & Riversongz and Pastor David Daniel raise the roof of the Royal Albert Hall in a late-night celebration of gospel music’s powerful songs of praise and passion.

Wed 17 July 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Writer Eva Hoffman talks to Rana Mitter about the proliferation of contemporary literature and visual arts created by Polish artists.

Wed 17 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Benjamin Britten - Sinfonia da Requiem (20 mins)

Witold Lutosławski - Cello Concerto (24 mins)

Thomas Adès - Totentanz (c45 mins)

Thu 18 July 2013, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music

Join Rachel Leach on an epic climb up an Alpine mountain, from twilight to nightfall with every tiny detail described along the way.

Thu 18 July 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Wilhelm Stenhammar - Excelsior! (13 mins)

Karol Szymanowski - Symphony No. 3, 'The Song of the Night' (25 mins)

Richard Strauss - An Alpine Symphony (50 mins)

Thu 18 July 2013, 9.20pm, Royal Albert Hall

Fri 19 July 2013, 4.45pm, Royal College of Music

Louise Fryer is joined by composer and musicologist William Mival to discuss Rachmaninov and his Symphony No. 2.

Fri 19 July 2013, 6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385, 'Haffner' (20 mins)

Robert Schumann - Concerto for Piano in A minor (30 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2 in E minor (60 mins)

Fri 19 July 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge (14 mins)

Karlheinz Stockhausen - Mittwoch aus 'Licht' – Welt-Parlament (40 mins)

Sat 20 July 2013, 11.00am, Royal College of Music

Join the Proms Family Orchestra and Chorus.

Sat 20 July 2013, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 1 (12 mins)

George Frideric Handel - Cantata 'Pensieri notturni di Filli' (7 mins)

Giovanni Valentini - Concerto grosso in A major for four violins, Op. 7 No. 1 (20 mins)

George Frideric Handel - Cantata 'Tra le fiamme' (17 mins)

Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in F major, Op. 6 No. 12 (11 mins)

Sat 20 July 2013, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music

Experience some of the vocal writing of Verdi’s Four Sacred Pieces with Mary King.

Sat 20 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Giuseppe Verdi - String Quartet (version for orchestra) (arr. C.Hermann) (23 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Ave Maria (1880) (5 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem – Libera me (original version) (12 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Four Sacred Pieces (40 mins)

Sun 21 July 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Sean Shepherd talks about his new commission and working with the NYO-USA. Gerard McBurney introduces Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10.

Sun 21 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sean Shepherd - Magiya (10 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto (33 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op 93 (45 mins)

Mon 22 July 2013, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Anonymous - Chwała tobie, Gospodzinie (3 mins)

Anonymous - Cracovia civitas (5 mins)

Johannes Wanning - Dixit angelus ad Petrum (5 mins)

Johannes Wanning - Et valde mane (5 mins)

Mikołaj Zieleński - Mihi autem nimis (4 mins)

Johann Christoph Demantius - Neue lieblich Intraden und frölichen Polnischen Täntzen (10 mins)

Luca Marenzio - Lamentabatur Jacob (4 mins)

Luca Marenzio - Solo e pensos i più dersti campi (5 mins)

Krzysztof Klabon - Tryumfuj, wierny poddany (4 mins)

Mon 22 July 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Tue 23 July 2013, 3.15pm, Royal College of Music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Elaine Padmore for an introduction to Die Walküre.

Wed 24 July 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

What makes Falstaff so irresistible to writers and composers? Timothy West talks about his experiences of playing one of Shakespeare's greatest characters.

Wed 24 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Edward Elgar - Falstaff, Op 68 (33 mins)

Granville Bantock - Sapphic Poem (15 mins)

William Walton - Henry V (5 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4 in F minor (42 mins)

Thu 25 July 2013, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music

Step into the heat of Spain as Rachel Leach re-tells the story of Falla's most popular ballet, featuring a beautiful lady, an angry husband and a man with a three-cornered hat!

Thu 25 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

John McCabe - Joybox (c7 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op 92 (40 mins)

Manuel de Falla - The Three-Cornered Hat (35 mins)

Maurice Ravel - Boléro (15 mins)

Thu 25 July 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Fri 26 July 2013, 3.15pm, Royal College of Music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Mark Berry (Royal Holloway, University of London) for an introduction to tonight's opera, Siegfried.

Sat 27 July 2013, 3.15pm, Royal College of Music

Wagner's sets are notoriously challenging: giant dragons, underwater singing, storms, horses and destruction by raging fires. Desinger Peter Mumford talks to Anne McElvoy about staging solutions in the 21st century.

Sun 28 July 2013, 2.45pm, Royal College of Music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch is joined by Sarah Lenton for an introduction to Götterdämmerung.

Sun 28 July 2013, 4.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung (259 mins)

Mon 29 July 2013, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Benjamin Britten - Canticle I 'My beloved is mine' (8 mins)

Benjamin Britten - A Charm of Lullabies (13 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Night Piece (Notturno) (5 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Songs from the Chinese (10 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Canticle II 'Abraham and Isaac' (16 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Master Kilby (2 mins)

Mon 29 July 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

John le Carré, one of the greatest spy novelists, celebrates 50 years since the publication of his groundbreaking Cold War espionage novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, with Anne McElvoy.

Mon 29 July 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Colin Matthews - Turning Point (18 mins)

Sergey Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor (27 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11, 'The Year 1905' (55 mins)

Mon 29 July 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Fresh from their residency at the O2, the inimitable vocalists of Naturally 7 build on the gospel legacy in a Late Night Prom of a cappella soul with a hip hop tang. Drums, harmonica, brass, turntable ‘scratching’ and electric guitars are all in the mix – recreated with nothing more than the human voice.

Tue 30 July 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

James Jolly explores Mozart's life in Vienna and the city's influences on the music in tonight's programme.

Tue 30 July 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Masonic Funeral Music, K477 (6 mins)

Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 2 in C major (38 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 (33 mins)

Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op 105 (23 mins)

Wed 31 July 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Writers Simon Heffer and Andrew O'Hagan celebrate the halcyon days of light music at the BBC with Matthew Sweet.

Wed 31 July 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Granville Bantock - Pierrot of the Minute (12 mins)

Edward Elgar - Nursery Suite (22 mins)

Malcolm Arnold - Concerto for two pianos (three hands) (13 mins)

William Walton - Crown Imperial (7 mins)

Eric Coates - The Three Elizabeths (20 mins)

Malcolm Arnold - English Dances, Set I, Op. 27 (13 mins)

Gordon Langford - Medley ‘Say it with Music’ (7 mins)

Prom 25: Zappa – The Adventures of Greggery Peccary

Wed 31 July 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Frank Zappa - The Adventures of Greggery Peccary (25 mins)

Conlon Nancarrow - Study for Player Piano No. 7 (arr. Yvar Mikhashoff) (10 mins)

Philip Glass - Symphony No. 10 (27 mins)

Thu 1 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Rana Mitter introduces an anthology of readings about Michael Tippett, including his letters, autobiography, talks for Radio 3 and reviews.

Thu 1 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Hans Werner Henze - Barcarola (20 mins)

Igor Stravinsky - Concerto for piano and wind instruments (19 mins)

Igor Stravinsky - Movements (10 mins)

Michael Tippett - Symphony No. 2 (32 mins)

Fri 2 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Naresh Sohal, in conversation with Andrew McGregor, discusses his BBC commission and introduces his chamber works.

Fri 2 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Naresh Sohal - The Cosmic Dance (c45 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov - Concerto for Piano No. 3 in D minor, Op 30 (41 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 in E minor (45 mins)

Fri 2 Aug 2013, 10.45pm, Royal Albert Hall

Proms Saturday Matinee 2: Britten, Tippett, Holst & L. Berkeley

Sat 3 Aug 2013, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Benjamin Britten - Prelude and Fugue (10 mins)

Gustav Holst - St Paul's Suite (13 mins)

Lennox Berkeley - Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila (14 mins)

Michael Tippett - Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (19 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Phaedra (15 mins)

Sat 3 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Robert Crawford and Fiona Stafford discuss how the Romantic movement linked Beethoven with the poetry of Scottish writers such as Burns, James Macpherson and Walter Scott.

Sat 3 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Johann II Strauss - By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz (10 mins)

James MacMillan - Violin Concerto (25 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Overture 'Coriolan' (8 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor (33 mins)

Sun 4 Aug 2013, 11.30am, Royal Albert Hall

Hannah Conway presents stories and music based on Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back.

Sun 4 Aug 2013, 2.00pm, Royal College of Music

Sing extracts from Tannhäuser with Mary King.

Sun 4 Aug 2013, 4.15pm, Royal College of Music

An introduction to Wagner's Tannhäuser, with James Jolly.

Mon 5 Aug 2013, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite (3 mins)

Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces (2 mins)

Edvard Grieg - 19 Norwegian Folk Songs (2 mins)

Edvard Grieg - Lyric Pieces (4 mins)

Diana Burrell - Blaze (10 mins)

Kurt Weill - The Threepenny Opera – suite (18 mins)

Astor Piazzolla - Oblivion (3 mins)

Bizet - Carmen – Suite No. 2 (6 mins)

Mon 5 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Edward Cowie discusses his BBC commission with Andrew McGregor prior to its world premiere and introduces performances of his chamber works.

Mon 5 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor (24 mins)

Sergey Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor (32 mins)

Edward Cowie - Earth Music I – The Great Barrier Reef (c9 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 2 in C minor, 'Little Russian' (35 mins)

Tue 6 Aug 2013, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music

Create your own coronation music in the style of two British greats - Rubbra and Walton - with Rachel Leach and professional musicians.

Tue 6 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

William Walton - March 'Orb and Sceptre' (7 mins)

Edmund Rubbra - Ode to the Queen (13 mins)

Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (24 mins)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold - Symphony in F sharp minor (50 mins)

Wed 7 Aug 2013, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music

The Aurora Orchestra, under Nicholas Collon, performs the winning entries in this year's BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition.

Wed 7 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Witold Lutosławski - Symphonic Variations (9 mins)

Gustav Holst - Egdon Heath (12 mins)

Witold Lutosławski - Piano Concerto (25 mins)

Gustav Holst - The Planets (50 mins)

Thu 8 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath and the publication of her novel The Bell Jar, Lavinia Greenlaw and Sarah Churchwell look back on the legacy of a remarkable poet.

Thu 8 Aug 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven - Concerto for Piano No. 4 in G major, Op 58 (35 mins)

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique (50 mins)

Fri 9 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Norman Lebrecht and Jeremy Barham discuss Mahler's conversion from Judaism to Christianity, spirituality and the social context of the 'Resurrection' Symphony.

Fri 9 Aug 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 in C minor, 'Resurrection' (85 mins)

Fri 9 Aug 2013, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

J. S. Bach - Easter Oratorio (38 mins)

J. S. Bach - Ascension Oratorio (32 mins)

Sat 10 Aug 2013, 11.30am, Royal College of Music

Mary King explores Britten's mastery of word-setting in his vocal writing.

Sat 10 Aug 2013, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Benjamin Britten - Young Apollo (8 mins)

Lennox Berkeley - Serenade for strings (13 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich - Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings (Piano Concerto No. 1) (21 mins)

Priaulx Rainier - Movement for strings (6 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (27)

Sat 10 Aug 2013, 6.15pm, Royal College of Music

An introduction to tonight's Urban Classic Prom.

Sat 10 Aug 2013, 8.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra and BBC Radio 3, Jules Buckley leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a collision of Fazer, Henze, Laura Mvula, Mosolov and Maverick Sabre, with guest artists from the worlds of urban and contemporary classical music.

Sat 10 Aug 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sun 11 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Helen Wallace and Amanda Glauert discuss Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and its link with the Royal Philharmonic Society.

Sun 11 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Vaughan Williams - Toward the Unknown Region (11 mins)

Mark-Anthony Turnage - Frieze (15 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral' (70 mins)

Mon 12 Aug 2013, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Gustav Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (14 mins)

Imogen Holst - Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go? (7 mins)

Sir Harrison Birtwistle - The Moth Requiem (20 mins)

Mon 12 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Louise Fryer talks to Stephen Johnson and musicologist Kate Kennedy about Vaughan Williams and introduces A London Symphony.

Mon 12 Aug 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Gustav Holst - Indra (12 mins)

Nishat Khan - The Gate of the Moon (Sitar Concerto No. 1) (40 mins)

Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) (45 mins)

Mon 12 Aug 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Cerys Matthews, Laura Marling and The Stranglers join London Sinfonietta for an eclectic Late Night Prom including 20th-century classics by John Adams, Berio and Varèse, plus a live remix mash-up by composer Anna Meredith.

Tue 13 Aug 2013, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music

Take an imaginary stroll through an art gallery with Rachel Leach and hear 15 pictures brought to life as music.

Tue 13 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Alexander Borodin - Symphony No. 2 in B minor (28 mins)

Alexander Glazunov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B major (20 mins)

Sofia Gubaidulina - The Rider on the White Horse (13 mins)

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel) (32 mins)

Wed 14 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Ian Skelly talks to Marina Frolova-Walker and Rosamund Bartlett about Tchaikovsky and his world, looking at the influences in his life at the time of writing his Third Symphony.

Wed 14 Aug 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Janáček - Sinfonietta (24 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (36 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 3 in D major, 'Polish' (46 mins)

Wed 14 Aug 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

John Tavener - Kyrie 'Leroy' (4 mins)

Carlo Gesualdo - Ave, dulcissima Maria (4 mins)

Carlo Gesualdo - Ave, regina caelorum (4 mins)

Carlo Gesualdo - Maria, mater gratiae (4 mins)

John Tavener - Missa 'Gloria tibi Trinitas' (42 mins)

Thu 15 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Dame Monica Mason, former direcor of the Royal Ballet, who partnered Rudolf Nureyev in Hamlet, celebrates his life and legacy.

Thu 15 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Igor Stravinsky - Fireworks (4 mins)

Krzysztof Penderecki - Concerto grosso (37 mins)

Claude Debussy - La mer (24 mins)

Maurice Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe – Suite No. 2 (17 mins)

Thu 15 Aug 2013, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Fri 16 Aug 2013, 4.45pm, Royal College of Music

Louise Fryer talks to Oliver Soden about Tippett's own libretto for The Midsummer Marriage and the influence on the opera of poet T. S. Eliot.

Fri 16 Aug 2013, 6.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Michael Tippett - The Midsummer Marriage (160 mins)

Sat 17 Aug 2013, 11.00am, Royal College of Music

Explore the vocal writing in Brahms's A German Requiem with Mary King. Suitable for singers familiar with the work who want to get some vocal tips!

Sat 17 Aug 2013, 3.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 8 in G major (38 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Otello ‒ Willow Song; Ave Maria (14 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin, Op 24 (17 mins)

Johann II Strauss - Emperor Waltz (11 mins)

Johann II Strauss - Thunder and Lightening ‒ Polka (3 mins)

Sat 17 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Laura Tunbridge looks at Brahms and the works performed in tonight's concert.

Sat 17 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Johannes Brahms - Tragic Overture (14 mins)

Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in D minor (28 mins)

Johannes Brahms - A German Requiem (68 mins)

Sun 18 Aug 2013, 1.00pm, Royal College of Music

Create a piece of music together with your family, inspired by the music in this evening's Prom.

Sun 18 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Louise Fryer presents an introduction to tonight's programme with a focus on Stravinsky's The Firebird.

Sun 18 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Maurice Ravel - Rapsodie espagnole (15 mins)

Matthias Pintscher - Chute d'étoiles (20 mins)

Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird (46 mins)

Mon 19 Aug 2013, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Francis Poulenc - Sextet (18 mins)

Imogen Holst - Phantasy Quartet (10 mins)

Peter Warlock - The Curlew (23 mins)

F Couperin - Les barricades mistérieuses (arr. T. Adès) (3 mins)

Mon 19 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Kenneth Hamilton, concert pianist and Professor of Music at Cardiff University, looks at the story of the Romantic piano concerto, and at Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in G minor.

Mon 19 Aug 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Hector Berlioz - Overture 'King Lear' (16 mins)

Felix Mendelssohn - Concerto for Piano No. 1 in G minor, Op 25 (21 mins)

J. S. Bach - The Art of Fugue – Canon and Fugue (orch. G. Benjamin) (8 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 'Eroica', Op 55 (50 mins)

Mon 19 Aug 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

John White - Chord-Breaking Machine (10 mins)

Gerald Barry - No other people. (12 mins)

Frederic Rzewski - Piano Concerto (20 mins)

Morton Feldman - Coptic Light (28 mins)

Tue 20 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Benjamin Britten's compositions were inspired by the work of many poets and novelists. Actor Samuel West and writer Alexandra Harris explore the relationship between Britten's words and music.

Tue 20 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Michael Tippett - The Mask of Time ‒ Fanfare No. 5 (5 mins)

Michael Tippett - Concerto for Double String Orchestra (23 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Les illuminations (25 mins)

Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 in D major (40 mins)

Wed 21 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Param Vir discusses Cave of Luminous Mind with Andrew McGregor prior to its world premiere and introduces performances of his chamber works given by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.

Wed 21 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Param Vir - Cave of Luminous Mind (20 mins)

Jean Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor (33 mins)

Granville Bantock - Celtic Symphony (20 mins)

Edward Elgar - 'Enigma' Variations (28 mins)

Thu 22 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

James Jolly talks to Fiona McKnight, Archivist of the Serge Prokofiev Archive at Goldsmiths, University of London, about Prokofiev and his Fifth Symphony.

Thu 22 Aug 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet' (21 mins)

Richard Wagner - Wesendonck-Lieder (21 mins)

Sergey Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (40 mins)

Thu 22 Aug 2013, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

London-Azerbaijani World Routes Academy protégée Fidan Hajiyeva, Azerbaijani mugham mentor Gochaq Askarov, Malian blues musicians Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba and Grammy Award-winning Touareg guitar group Tinariwen appear in the late-night World Routes Prom.

Fri 23 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Andrew McGregor talks to Nick Reyland about Lutosławski, Panufnik and their place in the history of Polish culture.

Fri 23 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Witold Lutosławski - Concerto for Orchestra (30 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major (19 mins)

Andrzej Panufnik - Tragic Overture (9 mins)

Andrzej Panufnik - Lullaby (8 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6 in B minor (35 mins)

Fri 23 Aug 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sat 24 Aug 2013, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Purcell - Chacony (arr. Britten) (7 mins)

Witold Lutosławski - Paroles tissées (15 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (25 mins)

Sat 24 Aug 2013, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music

Join Rachel Leach and professional musicians to discover the hidden stories within the music of tonight’s Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!

Sat 24 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner - Rienzi ‒ overture (12 mins)

Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto in G major (22 mins)

Dmitry Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 in D minor (49 mins)

Sun 25 Aug 2013, 2.45pm, Royal College of Music

Martin Handley presents an introduction to Wagner’s epic and final opera, Parsifal, with Stephen Johnson.

Sun 25 Aug 2013, 4.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner - Parsifal (235 mins)

Mon 26 Aug 2013, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Maconchy - String Quartet No. 3 (11 mins)

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor (40 mins)

Mon 26 Aug 2013, 2.30pm, Royal College of Music

Join Mary King for a sing through some great tunes from musicals and movies to get you in the toe-tapping mood for this afternoon’s Light Organ Prom! Suitable for all.

Mon 26 Aug 2013, 4.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Eric Coates - March 'Sound and Vision' (4 mins)

Arthur Sullivan - Mikado Memories (arr. R. Hills) (7 mins)

John Ireland - Miniature Suite - Villanella (4 mins)

Billy Mayerl - Four Aces Suite - Ace of Hearts (3 mins)

Edward German - Three Dances from Nell Gywn (12 mins)

Fats Waller - A Handful of Keys (3 mins)

Mon 26 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Film composer Debbie Wiseman and writer David Benedict talk to Matthew Sweet about the ways in which film-makers have created mood with music from the very first days of silent film to the contemporary CGI blockbuster.

Mon 26 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

The John Wilson Orchestra returns to the BBC Proms with a programme of Golden Age film music from Edward Newman’s ‘Street Scene’ (from How to Marry a Millionnaire) to Erich Korngold’s swashbuckling suite from Robin Hood and Franz Waxman’s A Place in the Sun.

Tue 27 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Writers Philip Hoare and Kate Mosse talk to Rana Mitter about the themes of good and evil, justice and the law in Melville’s novella Billy Budd.

Wed 28 Aug 2013, 5.15pm, Royal College of Music

Charlotte Seither discusses her commisssion with Andrew McGregor and introduces performances of her chamber works given by musicians from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Wed 28 Aug 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Igor Stravinsky - Scherzo à la russe (4 mins)

Igor Stravinsky - Ave Maria (2 mins)

Igor Stravinsky - Pater Noster (2 mins)

Johannes Brahms - Violin Concerto in D major (40 mins)

Charlotte Seither - Language of Leaving (18 mins)

Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka (1947 version) (30 mins)

Wed 28 Aug 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Django Bates - The Study of Touch (10 mins)

Thu 29 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Stephen Johnson talks about Peter Eötvös’s DoReMi and introduces Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7

Thu 29 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Der Schauspieldirektor - Overture (4 mins)

Peter Eötvös - DoReMi (21 mins)

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 in E major (70 mins)

Fri 30 Aug 2013, 5.30pm, Royal College of Music

Find out the real meaning of Strauss’s epic Also sprach Zarathustra, along with the stories behind The Witch of Atlas and Pohjola’s Daughter in this introductory talk for families with Rachel Leach.

Fri 30 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Granville Bantock - The Witch of Atlas (15 mins)

Sergey Prokofiev - Concerto for Piano No. 3 in C major (28 mins)

Jean Sibelius - Pohjola's Daughter (14 mins)

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra (32 mins)

Fri 30 Aug 2013, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Proms Saturday Matinee 5: Camerata Nordica

Sat 31 Aug 2013, 3.00pm, Cadogan Hall

Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony (17 mins)

Michael Tippett - Little Music for Strings (11 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Elegy for strings (8 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Lachrymae (15 mins)

William Walton - Sonata for Strings (27 mins)

Sat 31 Aug 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Matthew Sweet considers the ways in which film composers have risen to the challenge of capturing the sound of dark matter and distant planets.

Sat 31 Aug 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Addinsell - Warsaw Concerto (10 mins)

William Alwyn - The True Glory – March (3 mins)

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett - Lady Caroline Lamb – suite (17 mins)

Leighton Lucas - Ice Cold in Alex – March (3 mins)

William Walton - The Battle of Britain (11 mins)

Sun 1 Sept 2013, 1.00pm, Royal College of Music

Create, explore and play music inspired by today’s Family Prom with a team of professional musicians. Suitable for all the family.

Sun 1 Sept 2013, 4.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Poet, author and national treasure Michael Rosen spins a story with illustrator Tony Ross, with music by Mussorgsky, Stravinsky and Grieg performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and 160 young singers and orchestral musicians from Liverpool.

Sun 1 Sept 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Martin Handley talks to Paul Kildea about Britten and his place in 20th-century music.

Sun 1 Sept 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Arvo Pärt - Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (6 mins)

Benjamin Britten - Violin Concerto (36 mins)

Hector Berlioz - Overture 'Le corsaire' (10 mins)

Camille Saint-Saëns - Symphony No. 3 in C minor, 'Organ' (36 mins)

Mon 2 Sept 2013, 1.00pm, Cadogan Hall

John Dowland - The King of Denmark's Galliard (2 mins)

John Dowland - Can she excuse my wrongs (The Earl of Essex's Galliard) (4 mins)

John Dowland - Flow, my tears (Lachrimae antiquae) (4 mins)

John Dowland - My thoughts are winged with hopes (Sir John Souch's Galliard) (4 mins)

John Dowland - Farewell Fancy (Chromatic fantasia) (5 mins)

John Dowland - Sorrow, stay, lend true repentent tears (4 mins)

John Dowland - Come again, sweet love doth now invite (3 mins)

John Dowland - Mr John Langton's Pavan (5 mins)

John Dowland - I saw my lady weep (6 mins)

John Dowland - Lachrimae amantis (3 mins)

John Dowland - If my complaints could passions move (Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard) (4 mins)

John Dowland - Lachrimae tristes (5 mins)

John Dowland - In darkness let me dwell (3 mins)

John Dowland - Shall I strive with words to move (Sir Henry Noel's Galliard) (3 mins)

Mon 2 Sept 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate, and poet Paul Farley discuss one of the most influential of the Thirties Poets, Louis MacNeice, who worked with Benjamin Britten during his time as a BBC producer.

Mon 2 Sept 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G minor 'Winter Daydreams' (44 mins)

Karol Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No. 1 (24 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov - Symphonic Dances (36 mins)

Tue 3 Sept 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

An introduction to Bruckner the man, and his influences and inspirations at the time of writing the ‘Romantic’ Symphony.

Tue 3 Sept 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (29 mins)

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 in E flat major 'Romantic' (70 mins)

Tue 3 Sept 2013, 10.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Benjamin Britten - A Boy was Born (30 mins)

George Lloyd - Requiem (52 mins)

Wed 4 Sept 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Join Proms Director Roger Wright and Chris Cotton, Chief Executive of the Royal Albert Hall, as they look back over the 2013 season with Petroc Trelawny.

Wed 4 Sept 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (60 mins)

Vaughan Williams - (orch. A. Payne) Four Last Songs (c12 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, 'Pathétique' (48 mins)

Thu 5 Sept 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Ian Skelly presents a discussion on Verdi and the orchestra, plus an introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Manfred.

Thu 5 Sept 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino (8 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Attila – 'O dolore! Ed io vivea' (3 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - I vespri siciliani – 'À toi que j'ai chérie' (4 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - La traviata (4 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Simon Boccanegra (5 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Aida – Triumphal March (Act 2) (6 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Luisa Miller – 'O fede negar potessi ... Quando le sere al placido' (6 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto (3 mins)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Manfred (55 mins)

Thu 5 Sept 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata in C minor, D958 (33 mins)

Franz Schubert - Piano Sonata in C major, D812, 'Grand Duo' (39 mins)

Fri 6 Sept 2013, 5.45pm, Royal College of Music

Poet Don Paterson and poet and Radio 3 presenter Ian McMillan introduce the winning entries in this year’s Proms Poetry competition.

Fri 6 Sept 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

J. S. Bach - Cantata No. 29, 'Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir', BWV 29 (5 mins)

J. S. Bach - Chorale Prelude 'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr', BWV 662 (8 mins)

J. S. Bach - Chorale Prelude 'Komm, Gott Schöpfer, heiliger Geist', BWV 667 (3 mins)

J. S. Bach - Chorale Prelude 'Vor deinem Thron tret' ich hiermit', BWV 668 (5 mins)

J. S. Bach - Prelude and Fugue in A minor 'The Great', BWV 543 (10 mins)

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak) (85 mins)

Fri 6 Sept 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Sat 7 Sept 2013, 5.00pm, Royal College of Music

A fun workshop with Mary King to get you ready for vocal action at the Last Night singalong.

Sat 7 Sept 2013, 5.15pm, Hyde Park, London

Hosted by Sir Terry Wogan join the Last Night of the Proms celebrations in Hyde Park with a host of musical stars including world-famous tenor Joseph Calleja, the BBC Concert Orchestra and a special appearance from Nigel Kennedy.

Sat 7 Sept 2013, 7.30pm, Royal Albert Hall

Anna Clyne - Masquerade (c5 mins)

Richard Wagner - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – overture (10 mins)

Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms (19 mins)

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (12 mins)

Benjamin Britten - The Building of the House (5 mins)

Leonard Bernstein - Candide – 'Make our Garden Grow' (5 mins)

Jules Massenet - Chérubin – 'Je suis gris! je suis ivre!' (2 mins)

George Frideric Handel - Xerxes – 'Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù' (4 mins)

Rossini - La donna del lago – 'Tanti affetti in tal momento!' (4 mins)

Leonard Bernstein - Candide - overture (5 mins)

Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco – 'Va, pensiero' (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) (4 mins)

Harold Arlen - Over the Rainbow (5 mins)

Vittorio Monti - Csárdás (6 mins)

Traditional - Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) (4 mins)

Richard Rodgers - Carousel – 'You'll never walk alone' (6 mins)

Granville Bantock - Sea Reivers (4 mins)

George Lloyd - HMS Trinidad March (4 mins)

Arne - Rule, Britannia! (7 mins)

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major ('Land of Hope and Glory') (6 mins)

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem (orch. Elgar) (4 mins)

Traditional - The National Anthem (arr. Britten) (2 mins)

Tue 27 Aug 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Benjamin Britten - Billy Budd (160 mins)

Mon 22 July 2013, 7.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold (160 mins)

Tue 23 July 2013, 5.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner - Die Walküre (225 mins)

Thu 8 Aug 2013, 10.15pm, Royal Albert Hall

Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (65 mins)

Fri 26 July 2013, 5.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner - Siegfried (238 mins)

Sun 4 Aug 2013, 6.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser (183 mins)

Sat 27 July 2013, 5.00pm, Royal Albert Hall

Richard Wagner - Tristan and Isolde (284 mins)