Classical concerts are usually sober, sit-up-straight affairs, with just enough light in the darkened hall to peer at the programme note and keep track of what you’re actually listening to. Mental ...

LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - American conductor Marin Alsop is to become the first woman in 118 years to lead the Last Night of the Proms, the grand finale of Britain's leading classical music ...

Some of classical music's biggest stars have played London's Royal Albert Hall for the Last Night of the Proms It was the finale to the world's largest classical festival - which has featured dozens ...

The composer’s Cello Concerto, written for and performed by Sol Gabetta, was perfectly precise in conductor Tianyi Lu’s hands, despite its dizzying technical demands on soloist and orchestra ...

Two giants of the jazz world and one composer who has had vast influence on modern music made up a mixed, but interesting, evening at the BBC Prom 35 in the ever-majestic Royal Albert Hall. We began ...

Unlike the Last Night of the Proms, which has developed its own mythology and status (thanks to the traditions that surround it), the First Night of the Proms is not bound by any particular structure ...