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BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, London

When is the 2020 First Night of the Proms?

Beethoven on a Traffic Light

Celebrate Beethoven by resisting ‘Beethoven’: how to programme concerts for the great composer’s 250th anniversary

BBC Broadcasting House

Radio 3’s In Tune to relaunch live performances from the BBC Radio Theatre

Iain Farrington

Composer Iain Farrington on his First Night of the Proms commission for virtual orchestra

Outdoor concert

Outdoor concert venues and theatres allowed to reopen in England following lockdown

Pianist Yulia Chaplina

Lockdown Recommendations from Musicians: Pianist Yulia Chaplina

Lockdown listening

Our pick of the concerts and operas to stream online

Empty concert hall

How to watch concerts from home: the concerts and operas available to stream online during the coronavirus pandemic

Eric Whitacre Virtual Choir

How to join virtual orchestras, choirs and music masterclasses online

Music lessons and workshops for kids during lockdown

The BBC Proms

Everything you need to know about the 2020 season

BBC Proms 2020 Launch Image

BBC Proms announce 2020 season of live and archive concerts

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Six of the best… First Nights of the Proms

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BBC Proms to return with a virtual festival and two weeks of live concerts

15 things we love about the BBC Proms…

Music news

The latest happenings from the classical music world

Composer John Cage

New documentary about John Cage’s relationship with silence coming to BBC Radio 3

Cadogan Hall, London

Cadogan Hall becomes one of the first UK music venues to reopen following lockdown

Royal Opera House, London

UK government pledges £1.57 billion bailout for arts industry

Italian composer Ennio Morricone poses on the red carpet of the European premiere of film 'The Hateful Eight' in London on December 10, 2015. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo by LEON NEAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)

Podcast

Top musicians share their musical passions with the BBC Music Magazine team

Drive-in operas • BBC Music Magazine Awards • Music and fashion

Culture in Quarantine • Ravi Shankar • Cyrillus Kreek

Cancelled concerts • Women in classical music • Angela Hewitt’s piano

Oscars Nominations • Beethoven • Piccolo Chamber Music

Beethoven 250

Celebrate the great composer with fascinating articles, playlists, interviews and more…

How did Beethoven cope with going deaf?

Five of the best lesser-known Beethoven works to discover

10 of the best recordings released in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary

10 composers who were inspired by Beethoven

The top 20 Beethoven works

Beethoven: A guide to his symphonies

BBC Music Magazine's Recording of the Year

Greatest recordings

Our recommendations of essential additions to your listening library

The best recordings of Paul Robeson

Bach for beginners: the recordings to help you discover Bach

The best recordings of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata

Beethoven

The best recordings of Beethoven’s Fidelio

More great recordings

The great composers

Explore the lives and works of classical music's finest composers

Film composer Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone: the Italian film composer on reassessing his role as ‘king of the cowboy genre’

Eight of the best BME composers you should know about

Rafael Nadal

10 famous Beethoven fans

10 Beethoven references in popular culture