Radio & Television

BBC Four is screening a series of eight intimate and pioneering portraits of great musicians on consecutive Friday evenings over eight weeks during the autumn.

The BBC announces new primetime Saturday nights for the 2008 BBC Proms on BBC Two, regular live relays on BBC Four and that all televised Proms will be available on demand on the BBC iPlayer.

Ten Late Night Proms this season range from vocal delights such as the Tallis Scholars with Renaissance music, The King’s Singers in celebration of their 40th birthday, Stockhausen’s Stimmung and Rachmaninov’s Vespers, to jazz with Nigel Kennedy and his quintet, NKQ, Daniel Barenboim and members of his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a cello recital by Jian Wang and traditional Indian music.

Over 150 events throughout the eight-week festival - more events than ever before.

The BBC Proms, one of the world’s greatest music festivals, celebrates key anniversaries of four major composers in 2008.