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Talks and Proms ExtrasIn 2007, as well as the 72 concerts in the Royal Albert Hall there are a further 13 concerts including Proms Chamber Music, Proms Saturday Matinees and the Young Composers concert at Cadogan Hall; plus six films, two Composer Portraits, the annual Audience Forum and more than 20 pre-concert talks.
RAH Royal Albert Hall CH Cadogan Hall BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall: Proms Chamber Music (PCMs) and Proms Saturday Matinees (PSMs)
BBC Proms Chamber Music and Saturday Matinee concerts are broadcast live on BBC Radio 3; Chamber Music concerts are repeated the following Saturday at 2.00pm Doors will open at 11.45am (PCMs) and 1.45pm (PSMs); entrance to the auditorium will be from half an hour before start-time Proms Composer Portraits
These events take place in the Arena of the RAH and admission is free. Tickets can be collected from Door 6 at the Royal Albert Hall from half an hour beforehand. Latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the talk.
Thursday 2 August, 5.00pm (before
Monday 20 August, 5.30pm (before Pre-Prom Talks
Saturday 14 July 6.00pm RAH
Edward Seckerson explores music from great British films with conductor John Wilson, prior to
Sunday 15 July, 5.00pm RAH
John Eliot Gardiner and Rosemary Nalden present the Buskaid Soweto String Project, prior to
Monday 16 July, 6.00pm RAH
Ivan Hewett explores the music of Berio, prior to Tuesday 17 July, 5.30pm RGS
Sam Hayden discusses his BBC commission, Substratum, with Björn Heile, Head of Music at Sussex University, prior to
Thursday 19 July, 6.00pm RAH
Piers Burton-Page introduces the music of Reinhold Glière, prior to
Sunday 22 July, 5.45pm RGS
Brett Dean introduces Vexations and Devotions in conversation with Meurig Bowen and performs his Intimate Decisions for solo viola, prior to
Monday 23 July, 5.30pm RAH
Sir Roger Norrington in conversation with Chris De Souza about Haydn's The Seasons, prior to
Tuesday 24 July, 5.30pm RAH
Hilary Finch introduces Verdi's Macbeth and discusses the composer's fascination with Shakespeare, prior to
Thursday 26 July, 6.00pm RGS
Nicholas Kenyon in conversation with Jenny Doctor and David Wright about the history of the Proms, prior to
Friday 27 July, 6.00pm RGS
Mervyn Cooke, Head of Music at Nottingham University, talks about Britten and Auden, prior to
Monday 30 July, 6.00pm RAH
Esa-Pekka Salonen in conversation with Gillian Moore about his Piano Concerto, prior to
Friday 3 August, 6.00pm RAH
Christopher Cook talks to Magnus Lindberg about his Clarinet Concerto, prior to
Wedneday 8 August, 6.00pm RAH
'John and Cleo: A Life in Jazz' - an illustrated talk by Geoffrey Smith, prior to
Thursday 9 August, 5.30pm RGS
Guto Puw discusses his BBC commission with musicologist Geraint Lewis, prior to
Friday 10 August, 7.15pm RGS
Conductor Stephen Hussey talks about his collaborations with Nitin Sawhney, prior to
Sunday 12 August, 2.30pm RGS
Barry Millington introduces Wagner's Götterdämmerung, prior to
Tuesday 14 August, 6.00pm RAH
Pianist Marcus Roberts and his trio in conversation with Sara Mohr-Pietsch, prior to
Wednesday 15 August, 6.00pm RAH
Stephen Johnson talks about the music of Sibelius, prior to
Thursday 16 August, 5.30pm RAH
'Music and the idea of the North: Grieg's Piano Concerto', a talk by Daniel Grimley, prior to
Saturday 18 August, 5.00pm RAH
Stephen Maddock and Michael Foster discuss Elgar's The Apostles, prior to
Tuesday 21 August, 6.00pm RGS
John Adams introduces his Doctor Atomic Symphony in conversation with Paul Hughes, prior to
Thursday 23 August, 6.00pm RAH
Lindsay Kemp talks to players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra about their collaboration, prior to
Friday 31 August, 5.45pm RAH
Tom Service talks to Thea Musgrave, Evelyn Glennie and Nicholas Daniel about Two's Company, prior to
Thursday 6 September, 5.30pm RAH
David Cairns introduces Berlioz's Damnation of Faust, prior to
Friday 7 September, 6.00pm RAH
Paul Griffiths introduces Elliott Carter's recent work, Three Illusions, prior to Proms FilmsMost films are screened at the
Sunday 15 July 2.00pm (RGS)
Saturday 21 July 2.00pm (RGS)
Sunday 29 July 2.00pm (RGS)
Saturday 11 August 2.00pm (RGS)
Sunday 19 August 2.00pm (RGS)
Sunday 2 September 2.00pm (CH) BBC Proms/Guardian Young Composers' Concert
Friday 17 August, 4.00pm at Cadogan Hall
For more details of the Inspire Day, email promslearning@bbc.co.uk Pre-Prom Panel
Saturday 26 August, 5.30pm Proms Radio 3 Editor Edward Blakeman, BBC SO Chief Producer Ann McKay, TV Classical Music Editor Oliver Macfarlane and TV director Jonathan Haswell share their insights on bringing the Proms to television and radio. Meet the Players
Friday 20 July 6.00pm
A chance to meet members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales before
Saturday 1 September 5.00pm
A chance to meet players from the San Francisco Symphony before Audience Forum
Your chance to put questions about the Proms to Director Nicholas Kenyon and RAH Chief Executive David Elliott. Music Intro (RCA)
Saturday 4 August 5.00pm
What about if you've never been to the Proms before? Don't be daunted, give Music Intro a go. Before five of this year's concerts, you'll get the chance to have a sneak preview of what's going to be played and learn the stories behind the music. You'll also be able to meet some of the musicians, and if you bring an instrument you'll have the chance to play the themes. Whether it's Debussy or Shostakovich, Gershwin or Britten that tickles your fancy, one thing's certain - by the time you get to the concert, you'll know a lot more than you did when you arrived for Music Intro.
Family Orchestra (RCA)
Saturday 21 July 2.00pm
We launched this initiative in 2006 and it was such a success that this year we're expanding it. The idea is simple: family members, be they mums, dads, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles or grandparents, sitting side-by-side making music. Whatever instrument you play, at whatever level, you can come and join in the fun. There are several pre-Prom events that involve the Family Orchestra, including Rachel Portman's The Water Diviner's Tale, Out+About in Brighton and the astonishing 250-strong Simón Bolívar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. In the words of its founder José Antonio Abreu, 'It's a big family which is dedicated to harmony, to those beautiful things which only music can bring to human beings'. Why not bring your own family and have a go at some Latin American music before their Prom?
Brass Massive (RCM)
Saturday 28 July 10.00am
Following on from the success of Violins!! (2005) and last year's The Voice, when Orlando Gough brought together over 1,000 amateur and professional singers, the Royal Albert Hall will be resounding to the sound of brass in all its many forms on 28 July. It's a day of massed forces celebrating the diversity and joy of brass instruments and their repertory, and it offers something for anyone involved in brass, from star soloists such as Håkan Hardenberger and David Pyatt, to the youngest enthusiast who has just had his or her first trumpet lesson. It will bring together the brass players of the BBC Philharmonic, the Grimethorpe Colliery and Black Dyke bands and, for a truly international flavour, some remarkable Uzbek trumpeters. 
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Saturday Afternoons at 3pm
Prom 27
Covering a range of topics from world premieres to performance practice, Pre-Prom Talks offer the opportunity to find out more about the music at this year’s Proms. Talks are given by leading composers, performers, writers and broadcasters; they last about half an hour and begin 90 minutes before the main concert. This year the talks are divided between the auditorium of the 
Tuesday 4 September 5.45pm