Social distancing meant there was no place for promenaders this year at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Classical music
Vincent Dowd
Arts reporter, BBC News
Errolyn Wallen on how she has reworked Jerusalem so it is more "gentle and reflective".
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There had been fierce criticism after the lyrics were dropped for The Last Night of the Proms.
Read moreClaire Holdich wants to stretch the boundaries of classical music to get more people involved.
Orchestral versions of the song and Land Of Hope And Glory will be played but without lyrics.
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Paul Glynn
Entertainment reporter
Reports suggest the BBC is considering axing certain songs because of associations with colonialism.
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Thomas Mackintosh
BBC News, London
Composer Tony Britten was told "the music has become as iconic to football as red is to Coca-Cola".
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The renowned pianist spent a large part of his career focused on music written for the left hand.
Read moreCBSO play Beethoven’s Fifth
Katie Derham introduces the first of six weekly programmes celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Proms, featuring some of the most memorable concerts from the unrivalled Proms archive. Katie is joined by conductor Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla to mark Beethoven’s 250th birthday year with another chance to see her acclaimed Proms appearance with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra from 2017. As well as a thrillingly fresh interpretation of Beethoven’s famous Fifth Symphony, the concert also includes his Leonore Overture No 3 and a world premiere by Irish maverick Gerald Barry, performed by tenor Allan Clayton. All this alongside Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major performed by Leila Josefowicz.
Mark Savage
BBC music reporter
A virtual orchestra of 350 musicians will launch a lockdown version of the annual music festival.
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