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Music Matters

Sakari Oramo on Sibelius

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Conductor Sakari Oramo talks about Sibelius, Phelim McDermott discusses Verdi's Aida, and Paul Driver and Frances Wilson debate the legacy of music critic Ernest Newman. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Service
Interviewed Guest:
Sakari Oramo
Interviewed Guest:
Phelim McDermott
Interviewed Guest:
Keri-Lynn Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Driver
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Wilson

BBC Proms

2019

Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Katie Derham hosts the climax of the world's greatest classical music festival live from London's Royal Albert Hall. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katie Derham
Conductor:
Sakari Oramo
Music Group:
BBC Singers
Musician:
Daniel Kidane
Producer:
Seren Irvine
Producer:
Ian Russell

Start the Week

Finland at 100

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion programme. Amol Rajan discusses Finland at 100 with composer Sakari Oramo, curator Sointu Fritze, writer Horatio Clare and economist Martin Sandbu. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Sakari Oramo
Interviewed Guest:
Sointu Fritze
Interviewed Guest:
Horatio Clare
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Sandbu
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Front Row

Sakari Oramo, MO Walsh, Witnesses, The creative process as art

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to Sakari Oramo about conducting the first night of the Proms and to Louisianan novelist MO Walsh, and reviews Witnesses, a French thriller set in north France. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Sakari Oramo
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
MO Walsh

BBC Proms

2019

Last Night of the Proms, part 2

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Katie Derham introduces live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall of the climax of the world’s greatest classical music festival, including the traditional Last Night classics. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katie Derham
Conductor:
Sakari Oramo
Music Group:
BBC Singers
Producer:
Guy Freeman
Producer:
Ben Weston

BBC Proms

2022

First Night of the Proms

Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Clive Myrie and special guests present the first night of the 2022 Proms, featuring Sakari Oramo conducting the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra in a performance of Verdi's Requiem. Show more

BBC Proms

2017

Last Night of the Proms - Part One

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

The BBC Proms 2017 season comes to a close with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their chief conductor Sakari Oramo leading proceedings live from London's Royal Albert Hall. Show more

BBC Proms

2017

Last Night of the Proms - Part Two

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

The BBC Proms 2017 comes to a close with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sakari Oramo leading proceedings live from London's Royal Albert Hall. Show more

BBC Proms

2021

Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Australian tenor Stuart Skelton is joined by Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo for the climax of the Proms season. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katie Derham
Conductor:
Sakari Oramo
Producer:
Cat Dixon
Director:
Marcus Viner
Production Company:
Livewire Pictures

BBC Proms

2021

Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

Duration: 1 hour, 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Katie Derham welcomes a live audience back to the Royal Albert Hall for the climax of the world’s greatest classical music festival, the Last Night of the Proms. Show more

Contributors

Conductor:
Sakari Oramo
Presenter:
Katie Derham
Producer:
Cat Dixon
Director:
Marcus Viner
Production Company:
Livewire Pictures

BBC Proms

2016

Last Night of the Proms, Part Two

Duration: 1 hour, 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Katie Derham introduces the second half of the Last Night of the Proms, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Singers, and conductor Sakari Oramo. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katie Derham
Performer:
BBC Singers
Conductor:
Sakari Oramo
Executive Producer:
Francesca Kemp

BBC Proms

2014

Last Night of the Proms - Part 1

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the final concert of the 2014 Proms season. Conductor Sakari Oramo takes charge of his first Last Night. Show more

BBC Proms

2014

Last Night of the Proms - Part 2

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

The grand finale to the 2014 Proms, with violinist Janine Jansen and baritone Roderick Williams and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Sakari Oramo. Show more

BBC Proms

2020

First Night of the Proms

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Katie Derham presents the first night of the live classical music festival, featuring the works of Beethoven, Aaron Copland and young British composer Hannah Kendall. With special guest Stephen Fry. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Fry
Presenter:
Katie Derham
Conductor:
Sakari Oramo
Music Arranger:
Hannah Kendall
Music Group:
BBC Singers
Director:
Rhodri Huw
Series Producer:
Kaye Godleman

BBC Proms

2016

First Night of the Proms - Part 2

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Katie Derham presents the second half of the opening of the 2016 BBC Proms. Sakari Oramo conducts a performance of Prokofiev's celebrated cantata Alexander Nevsky. Show more

BBC Proms

2016

First Night of the Proms - Part 1

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Katie Derham presents the launch of the world's greatest classical music festival from the Royal Albert Hall. The celebrations open with Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet overture. Show more

BBC Proms

2015

First Night of the Proms

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

BBC Music launches the world's greatest classical music festival from the Royal Albert Hall. Featuring music by William Walton, Mozart, Sibelius and Nielsen. Show more

BBC Proms

2018

First Night of the Proms

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

First transmitted in 2018. The world premiere of Five Telegrams, with music by Anna Meredith and amazing digital projections marking the centenary of the end of World War I. Show more

BBC Proms

Proms Extra 2014

Episode 3

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Katie Derham hosts Proms Extra, the weekly Proms magazine show. Katie is joined by Sir Willard White, conductor Sakari Oramo and violinist Janine Jansen. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Katie Derham
Interviewed Guest:
Willard White
Interviewed Guest:
Sakari Oramo
Interviewed Guest:
Janine Jansen
Series Producer:
Dawn Payne