BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus
Series of events providing a fascinating context to the 2009 Proms season's music and artists
BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - 13/08/2009
Christopher Cook discusses Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with director of the Royal Ballet Monica Mason and choreographer Millicent Hodson.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Agon
Louise Fryer is joined by composer Julian Anderson and Stravinsky biographer Stephen Walsh to discuss the composer's final ballet, Agon.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Gianandrea Noseda/Richard Wigley
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda and Richard Wigley, general manager of the BBC Philharmonic join Martin Handley to talk about their Italian-themed Prom.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Handel's Samson
Catherine Bott is joined by conductor Harry Bicket and musicologist Dr Berta Joncas for an introduction to Handel's oratorio Samson.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Literary Composers
Critic Richard Coles and author Janice Galloway choose extracts from the diaries and letters of their favourite composers. Presented by Susan Hitch.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Middle-Eastern Literature
Edward Stourton talks to Rana Mitter about how the literature of the Middle East has informed his understanding of the region - and selects his personal choice of readings.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Partenope
Catherine Bott and the conductor of the 2009 Proms performance of Handel's opera Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Dr Suzanne Aspden from Oxford University discuss Handel's Partenope.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Prom 64 Talk
Sara Mohr-Pietsch, with conductor Vladimir Jurowski and pianist Tamara Stefanovich, discusses Prom 64, which includes multiple piano works by Mozart and Zimmerman.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Anniversary Composers
Sara Mohr-Pietsch discusses Radio 3's four anniversary composers in 2009 with members of OAE - oboist Anthony Robson, viola player Nicholas Logi and conductor Roger Norrington.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival - Cultural Events of 1934
Rector of the Royal College of Art Christopher Frayling joins novelist DJ Taylor to discuss the wider importance of key cultural events in the year 1934.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival - Fin-de-Siecle Vienna
Writer and film-maker Dennis Marks and Professor Karen Leeder explore the literary legacy of fin-de-siecle Vienna - the world that surrounded Gustav Mahler.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival - Gilbert and Sullivan
Ian McMillan explores the power of the partnership between Gilbert and Sullivan with Ian Bradley, author of a complete annoted version of their works.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival: Great Bollywood Stories
Rana Mitter is joined by writer Jamila Gavin and theatre director Jatinder Verma to discuss the appeal of the stories at the heart of Bollywood cinema and how they have changed.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival: Ian McMillan on Don Quixote
Actor Andrew Sachs presents his own dramatic version of Quixote, inspired by Ian McMillan and literary critic John Mullan's reflections on the character and his followers.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival - Mountain Writing
Moutain climber Stephen Venables and former cabinet minister Chris Smith talk to Ian McMillan about their favourite mountain writing.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival: Music and Philosophy in Fin de Siecle Vienna
Philosophers Roger Scruton and AC Grayling consider how iconoclastic thought found an echo in groundbreaking music in late 19th century Vienna.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival - Samuel Johnson
Ian McMillan is joined by Lynda Mugglestone of Oxford University and writer Matthew Parris to explore the myth and reality of Samuel Johnson, and his hold on the English language.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival - Sherlock Holmes
Author AN Wilson and BBC TV producer Steven Moffat talk to Matthew Sweet about the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes and his love of Mendelssohn.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival - Tennyson
Andrew Motion talks to Matthew Sweet about Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Fiona Shaw performs Tennyson's poems in front of an audience.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Proms Literary Festival: Victorian Villains
Matthew Sweet with readings that celebrate villains from Victorian fiction. He is joined by biographer Michael Holroyd and writer Elaine Showalter.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Schnittke and Shostakovich
Suzy Klein discusses Schnittke and Shostakovich with composer, writer and broadcaster Gerard McBurney, and Russian music expert Dr Marina Frolova-Walker.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Shostakovich
Andrew McGregor discusses Shostakovich with musicologist David Nice and lecturer Dr Philip Ross Bullock.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Sir Peter Maxwell Davies at 75
Celebrating his 75th birthday year in 2009, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies reflects on his career both as a composer and conductor. Hosted by Martin Handley.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - The Firebird/Petrushka
Christopher Cook is joined by Prof Stephanie Jordan, and writer and musicologist David Nice for a talk celebrating Stravinsky's ballets The Firebird and Petrushka.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - The Orpheus Myth
For 2009's Proms Literary Festival, author Philip Pullman talks to Susan Hitch about the legend of Orpheus, explaining why myth matters for fiction.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - The Victorian Novel
Matthew Sweet is joined by Roy Hattersley and Valentine Cunningham as they champion the Victorian novel in all its forms, from Austen to Hardy.
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BBC Proms - 2009 - Proms Plus - Xenakis
Martin Handley discusses Iannis Xenakis with the composer's friend and biographer Nouritza Matossian, and percussionist Colin Currie.
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