Works by “the old Ludwig van” – as A Clockwork Orange’s Alex would say – remain popular as part of the BBC Proms series, with this performance of his fifth symphony the second of eight Beethoven ...

The Proms 2025 may be over, but there’s still time to catch up on the highlights at home. With 86 concerts on offer, there is something for everyone – from Beethoven symphonies to an eight-hour Prom ...

Bringing Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra back to the BBC Proms, last night’s concert offered a programme of Beethoven’s "Symphony No. 7 in A major" alongside Bartok’s dark one-act ...

Part of the BBC Proms.With his Symphony No. 7 Beethoven permanently realigned Western music’s fundamental relationship with rhythm. In the process, he created some of the most compelling music of his ...

Part of the BBC Proms.Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has one of classical music’s most famous openings. This iconic four-note motif returns again and again. Is it a thunderclap – or fate, knocking at the ...

12:39 AM Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Psalm 150, WAB 38 Sophie Bevan (soprano), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Neil Ferris ...

Rhiannon May (centre) plays Ludwig van Beethoven in the British Sign Language performance at the BBC Proms Conversations between Ludwig van Beethoven and his friends are being used for a British Sign ...