Proms Unplucked

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How do you get into the biggest classical music festival in the world? Follow composer and comedian Vikki Stone as she unbuttons the BBC Proms and asks the questions everyone else is afraid to ask.

03/09/2017

The Well-Tempered Glass of Wine

Vikki is backstage with the Stax stars and takes Sophie Ellis-Bextor to her first prom.

36 min
27/08/2017

Don't Trust 'em

Vikki Stone takes singer and composer Imogen Heap on a prom date, reviews the proms Reformation Day and is backstage at the Metropole Orkest prom of the work of Charles Mingus.

29 min
20/08/2017

The Corridor Monstrosity

On the floor at the Proms with a famous psychotherapist, that Daft Punk encore, in depth on the Ravi Shankar/Philip Glass collaboration and DIY Gurrelieder with Sir Simon Rattle.

27 min
13/08/2017

Oh, What a Wonderful Podcast

Pub landlord Al Murray is Vikki Stone's Proms Date, Marcus Brigstocke describes his Proms debut in Oklahoma! and choirs – does size really matter?

25 min
06/08/2017

The Interpreter

Vikki Stone on the art of interpretation, the cadenza, jazz standards and Pointless.

29 min
30/07/2017

The Arrangement

Vikki is backstage at the Scott Walker Prom and explores the many New Pieces of the Week.

30 min
23/07/2017

Episode II: A New Episode

Vikki on tricky scores, film scores, the John Williams phenomenon, and Shostakovich.

24 min
16/07/2017

The First Date

Vikki Stone starts her summer of "Prom Dates" and makes a music quiz obligatory.

28 min

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How do you get into the biggest classical music festival in the world? Follow composer and comedian Vikki Stone as she unbuttons the BBC Proms and asks the questions everyone else is afraid to ask.