Proms special issue!
Joshua Bell As the brilliant violinist tunes up for Tchaikovsky, he tells us about the magic of performing at the Proms
The BBC Proms in full Details of every single Prom in our comprehensive concert listings pages
Sir Malcolm Sargent Andrew Green looks at the life and career of 'Flash Harry', the conductor who put the pizazz into the Last Night of the Proms
Camille Saint-Saëns Sublime talent or stick-in-the-mud? What the French composer's peers really thought of him…
PLUS ON YOUR FREE CD Paul Lewis plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 plus Sir Adrian Boult conducts Holst's The Planets
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