Another chance to hear a live performance from the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall of one of the most popular and frequently performed violin concertos of all time, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, recorded at the first night of the BBC Proms in 2005. Exciting and versatile violin soloist Janine Jansen performs with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor, Sir Roger Norrington.
Another chance to hear a live performance from the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, considered by some to be his finest work, recorded at the BBC Proms in 2006. Gifted English clarinet soloist Julian Bliss, at the time only 17 years old, performs with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor, Jirí Behlohlávek.
Another chance to hear a live performance from the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23, one of his most exuberant piano works, recorded in 2006. The American pianist, Richard Goode, one of today's leading interpreters of classical and Romantic music, performs with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor, Jiří Bělohlávek.
Another chance to hear a live performance from the 2008 BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 4 - a composition with a distinctive jazzy quality and a theme in the second movement partially based on the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice. Russian virtuoso pianist Boris Berezovsky performs with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain under the baton of conductor Antonio Pappano.
Former BBC Young Musician winner Mark Simpson is the soloist in the fiendishly virtuosic Clarinet Concerto by Carl Nielsen, with proms favourite Sir Andrew Davis conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The BBC Symphony Chorus have a chance to shine in the world premiere of Hugh Wood's Epithalamion, a song of joy celebrating married love.
Former BBC Young Musician of the Year Nicola Benedetti brings a touch of Hollywood glamour to the Royal Albert Hall, performing Korngold's Violin Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Kirill Karabits also conducts the seaside orchestra in a Proms favourite - Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes.
