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MY PICK OF THE PROMS GEORGIA MANN ...

18 JULY

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

1 FRIDAY 6.30-9.30am Breakfast 9.30am-1pm Essential Classics 1-4pm Classical Live 4-5pm Composer of the Week Arvo Pärt 5-7pm In Tune 7-7.30pm Classical Mixtape 7.30-10pm Proms Yunchan Lim Plays Rachma

The BBC Proms changed the face of classical music when ‘the people’s festival’ was launched in 1895. The perennially popular event features some of the nation’s favourite tunes from composers inspired by the countryside of the British Isles. Here Kitty Corrigan selects her top ten