The prom squad

On Friday 18 July, at the hands of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Sakari Oramo, the BBC Proms will be launched into life with Bliss’s Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood – two minu

All Proms will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, many of them live; check schedules for details. For detailed ticket prices and booking fees, visit bbc.co.uk/promstickets Note: booking fee is not included

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FOR DECADES, DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN IMMERSING US IN THE ACTION WITH DAZZLING, REAL-TIME, SINGLE-TAKE SEQUENCES. NOW, WITH THE LIKES OF ADOLESCENCE UPPING THE ANTE, WE FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO CAPTURE AN EPIC ONER

I have Sir Neville Marriner to thank for pointing me in the direction of the podium. It was in conversation after a long Academy of St Martin in the Fields tour of Germany in 2004 that Sir Neville fir

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