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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Proms Intro - Tuesday 8 Sept
Martin Handley in conversation with the composer and conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

Sherlock Holmes - Proms Literary Festival: Victorian Season - Monday 7 Sept
Matthew Sweet is joined by A. N. Wilson and Steven Moffat to discuss Sherlock Holmes and his love of Mendelssohn. With readings by David Warner.

Stravinsky's Agon - Proms Intro - Friday 28 Aug
Louise Fryer is joined by composer Julian Anderson and Stravinsky biographer Stephen Walsh to discuss Stravinsky's final ballet, Agon.

Anniversary Composers - Proms Intro - Tuesday 25 Aug
Sir Roger Norrington and musicians from the OAE discuss the influences of anniversary composers Purcell, Handel, Haydn & Mendelssohn on British musical life.

Stravinsky's Orpheus - Proms Literary Festival - Saturday 15 Aug
Philip Pullman, author of the award-winning trilogy His Dark Materials, talks to Susan Hitch about the powerful myth of Orpheus.

Stravinsky Ballets - Proms Intro - Thursday 13 Aug
Christopher Cook discusses The Rite of Spring with Director of the Royal Ballet, Monica Mason, and choreographer Millicent Hodson, who has reconstructed Nijinsky's original choreography for The Rite of Spring.

Tennyson - Proms Literary Festival - Sunday 2 Aug
Andrew Motion (Poet Laureate, 1999-2009) introduces his choice of Tennyson poems, 200 years after the great poet's birth in 1809. With readings performed by Fiona Shaw. Matthew Sweet is the host.

Stravinsky Ballets - Proms Intro - Tuesday 28 July
Christopher Cook presents the first of three talks celebrating Stravinsky ballets, discussing The Firebird and Petrushka with musicologist David Nice, and Stephanie Jordan, Research Professor at Roehampton University.

Music at Cambridge - Proms Intro - Wednesday 22 July
To celebrate the 800th Anniversary of the University of Cambridge, Louise Fryer hosts a discussion on its musical heritage.