BBC Proms Season 2024 Episode 13 - Holst's The Planets at the Proms

Airdate: 2024-Aug-25

Episode summary:

Clive Myrie is joined by space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock and presents a Proms performance that depicts a journey through the solar system, featuring Sakari Oramo conducting performances of Sibelius's The Wood Nymph, Lara Poe's brand-new work Songs from the Countryside, with soprano Anu Komsi. Plus, students from the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra come together for this programme.

About BBC Proms series:

BBC Proms is the world's greatest classical music festival.