Presented by Louise Fryer. With BBC Proms 2008: The LPO perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Kashchey the Immortal and Stravinsky's The Firebird. Plus Chamber Music: Songs by Beethoven. Show more
Kathleen Jamie tries to discover why, all around the coast of the British Isles, as well as inland, there can be found the remains of whales. Show more
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. This Prom exploring the natural world continues with Xenakis's Pleiades, which considers notions of clouds, nebulae and dust galaxies. Show more
Poet Lavinia Greenlaw and astronomer Paul Murdin join Ian McMillan to contemplate the various ways in which writers have responded to astronomical ideas.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. This Prom exploring the natural world and beyond concludes with a performance of Holst's The Planets. Show more