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Proms Extra

Part of the BBC Proms 2016

Add to my Calendar 01-08-2016 17:45 01-08-2016 19:45 36 Proms Extra Veteran sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world non-stop single-handedly, talks about the sea, shipwrecks and sea captains depicted in Shakespeare’s plays. Edited version broadcast on BBC Radio 3 during tonight’s interval Imperial College Union, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Imperial College Union
Prince Consort Road
Kensington
London
SW7 2BB
England

Monday 1st August 2016
5:45 PM

Programme

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Fri 15 Jul 16 - 04:30 PM

Fri 15 Jul 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

Sat 16 Jul 16 - 12:30 PM

Proms Extra: Sing

Sat 16 Jul 16 - 05:15 PM

Sat 16 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 2: Mussorgsky – Boris Godunov

Sun 17 Jul 16 - 10:30 AM

Learn to Play with Music for All

Sun 17 Jul 16 - 02:30 PM

Proms Extra: Sing

Sun 17 Jul 16 - 05:00 PM

Sun 17 Jul 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 3: Mozart, Haydn and Fauré

Mon 18 Jul 16 - 01:00 PM

PCM1: Debussy, Dutilleux and Mozart

Mon 18 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Proms Extra: Family Workshop

Mon 18 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Mon 18 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 4: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and Valery Gergiev

Tue 19 Jul 16 - 04:45 PM

Tue 19 Jul 16 - 06:30 PM

Prom 5: Beethoven – Missa solemnis

Tue 19 Jul 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 6: Gospel Prom

Wed 20 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Wed 20 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 7: Faure, Stravinsky and Poulenc

Thu 21 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Thu 21 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Proms 8: Strictly Prom

Thu 21 Jul 16 - 10:00 PM

Fri 22 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Fri 22 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 9: Le Cercle de l’Harmonie

Sat 23 Jul 16 - 11:00 AM

Prom 10: Ten Pieces II

Sat 23 Jul 16 - 02:00 PM

Proms Extra: Sing

Sat 23 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Sat 23 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 11: Wagner and Tippett

Sun 24 Jul 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Extra: Family Orchestra & Chorus

Sun 24 Jul 16 - 04:00 PM

Prom 12: Ten Pieces II

Sun 24 Jul 16 - 06:00 PM

Sun 24 Jul 16 - 08:00 PM

Prom 13: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9

Mon 25 Jul 16 - 01:00 PM

PCM 2: Guy Johnston and friends

Mon 25 Jul 16 - 05:15 PM

Mon 25 Jul 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 14: Rossini – The Barber of Seville

Tue 26 Jul 16 - 11:00 AM

Proms Extra: Session with Mr Switch

Tue 26 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Tue 26 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 15: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis

Wed 27 Jul 16 - 05:15 PM

Proms Extra: Family Workshop

Wed 27 Jul 16 - 05:15 PM

Wed 27 Jul 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 16: Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet

Thu 28 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Thu 28 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 17: Roger Norrington conducts Berlioz, Beethoven and Brahms

Fri 29 Jul 16 - 04:50 PM

Fri 29 Jul 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 18: Mahler – Symphony No.3

Fri 29 Jul 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 19: David Bowie Prom

Sat 30 Jul 16 - 12:30 PM

Proms Extra: Sing

Sat 30 Jul 16 - 06:00 PM

Sat 30 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 20: Berlioz – Romeo and Juliet

Sun 31 Jul 16 - 11:00 AM

Proms Extra: Family Orchestra & Chorus

Sun 31 Jul 16 - 03:45 PM

Prom 21: Aurora Orchestra – Wolfgang Rihm, Strauss and Mozart

Sun 31 Jul 16 - 05:45 PM

Sun 31 Jul 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 22: Ravel, Lera Auerbach and Debussy

Mon 01 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

PCM 3: A Satie cabaret

Mon 01 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 23: Jörg Widmann, Schumann, Sibelius and Nielsen

Tue 02 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Tue 02 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Proms Extra: Family Workshop

Tue 02 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 24: Ginastera, Britten and Schubert

Wed 03 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Wed 03 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 25: Dvořák’s Cello Concerto and Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

Thu 04 Aug 16 - 06:00 PM

Thu 04 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 26: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Oliver Knussen

Thu 04 Aug 16 - 10:00 PM

Fri 05 Aug 16 - 05:15 PM

Fri 05 Aug 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 27: Helen Grime, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

Fri 05 Aug 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 28: National Jazz Orchestra of Scotland

Sat 06 Aug 16 - 11:00 AM

Proms Extra: Inspire Session with Hannah Kendall

Sat 06 Aug 16 - 03:00 PM

Proms at … The Chapel, Old Royal Naval College

Sat 06 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Sat 06 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Sun 07 Aug 16 - 02:00 PM

Proms Extra: Family Workshop

Sun 07 Aug 16 - 03:45 PM

Prom 30: National Youth Orchestra of Scotland

Sun 07 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Sun 07 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 31: Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky

Mon 08 Aug 16 - 12:00 PM

Proms Extra: Session with Jamie Cullum

Mon 08 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Chamber Music 4: Håkan Hardenberger

Mon 08 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Mon 08 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 32: Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Schoenberg, Dutilleux and Mahler

Tue 09 Aug 16 - 11:00 AM

Proms Extra: Session with Guy Johnston

Tue 09 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Tue 09 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 33: Mark Simpson, Dutilleux and Elgar

Wed 10 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Wed 10 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 34: Dutilleux, HK Gruber and Beethoven

Wed 10 Aug 16 - 09:45 PM

Thu 11 Aug 16 - 05:15 PM

Thu 11 Aug 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 35: Bartók, Malcolm Hayes and Dvořák

Thu 11 Aug 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 36: Jamie Cullum Prom

Fri 12 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Fri 12 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 37: BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thomas Søndergård

Sat 13 Aug 16 - 11:00 AM

Proms Extra: Family Orchestra & Chorus

Sat 13 Aug 16 - 02:00 PM

Proms Extra: Sing

Sat 13 Aug 16 - 03:00 PM

Proms at … Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe

Sat 13 Aug 16 - 05:15 PM

Sat 13 Aug 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 38: The John Wilson Orchestra performs Gershwin

Sat 13 Aug 16 - 08:00 PM

Proms at … Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe

Sun 14 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Sun 14 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 39: Haydn, Charlotte Bray and Mahler

Mon 15 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Chamber Music 5: Fretwork and Stile Antico

Mon 15 Aug 16 - 05:30 PM

Mon 15 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Mon 15 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 40: Britten Sinfonia and Thomas Adès

Tue 16 Aug 16 - 05:15 PM

Tue 16 Aug 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 41: The Hallé – Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde

Tue 16 Aug 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 42: The Sixteen sing Bach and Pärt

Wed 17 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Wed 17 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 43: Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim and the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra

Thu 18 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Thu 18 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 44: Shakespeare: Stage and Screen

Thu 18 Aug 16 - 10:00 PM

Fri 19 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Fri 19 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 45: Janáček: The Makropulos Affair

Sat 20 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Extra: Sing

Sat 20 Aug 16 - 03:00 PM

Proms at … Roundhouse, Camden

Sat 20 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 46: Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder and Mozart’s Mass in C minor

Sun 21 Aug 16 - 02:00 PM

Proms Extra: Family Workshop

Sun 21 Aug 16 - 03:45 PM

Prom 47: Ulster Orchestra and Rafael Payare

Sun 21 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Sun 21 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 48: Matthias Pintscher and Mendelssohn

Mon 22 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Chamber Music 6: Louis Lortie

Mon 22 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Mon 22 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 49: Quincy Jones Prom

Tue 23 Aug 16 - 12:00 PM

Proms Extra: Session with Gabriela Montero

Tue 23 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 50: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev

Wed 24 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Extra: Inspire Session with Jules Buckley

Wed 24 Aug 16 - 05:15 PM

Wed 24 Aug 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 51: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop

Wed 24 Aug 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 52: São Paulo Jazz Symphony Orchestra

Thu 25 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Thu 25 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 53: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra – Emily Howard, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov

Thu 25 Aug 16 - 09:50 PM

Fri 26 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Fri 26 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 54: Collegium Vocale Gent and the Budapest Festival Orchestra

Sat 27 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Extra: Inspire Session with Bold Tendencies and Multi-Story

Sat 27 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Sat 27 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 55: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Sun 28 Aug 16 - 11:00 AM

Prom 56: CBeebies Prom

Sun 28 Aug 16 - 12:30 PM

Proms Extra: Family Events

Sun 28 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Sun 28 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 57: Thomas Larcher, Wagner and Richard Strauss

Mon 29 Aug 16 - 11:00 AM

Prom 58: CBeebies Prom

Mon 29 Aug 16 - 12:30 PM

Proms Extra: Family Events

Mon 29 Aug 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Chamber Music 7: Armida Quartet

Mon 29 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Mon 29 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 59: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Beethoven

Tue 30 Aug 16 - 05:15 PM

Tue 30 Aug 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 60: Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester

Tue 30 Aug 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 61: Late Night with Kamasi Washington

Wed 31 Aug 16 - 05:45 PM

Wed 31 Aug 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 62: Bayan Northcott, Mozart and Zemlinsky

Thu 01 Sep 16 - 05:45 PM

Thu 01 Sep 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 63: Bach – Mass in B minor

Thu 01 Sep 16 - 09:45 PM

Fri 02 Sep 16 - 05:00 PM

Fri 02 Sep 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 64: Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle – Boulez and Mahler

Fri 02 Sep 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 65: Pierre Boulez, Béla Bartók and Elliott Carter

Sat 03 Sep 16 - 12:00 PM

Proms at … Bold Tendencies Multi-Storey Car Park

Sat 03 Sep 16 - 03:00 PM

Proms at … Bold Tendencies Multi-Storey Car Park, Peckham

Sat 03 Sep 16 - 05:45 PM

Sat 03 Sep 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 66: Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle – Julian Anderson, Dvořák and Brahms

Sun 04 Sep 16 - 12:30 PM

Proms Extra: Sing

Sun 04 Sep 16 - 02:00 PM

Proms Extra: Family Workshop

Sun 04 Sep 16 - 03:45 PM

Prom 67: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel

Sun 04 Sep 16 - 05:15 PM

Sun 04 Sep 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 68: Rossini – Semiramide

Mon 05 Sep 16 - 01:00 PM

Proms Chamber Music 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter

Mon 05 Sep 16 - 05:45 PM

Mon 05 Sep 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 69: Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim – Mozart and Bruckner

Tue 06 Sep 16 - 05:45 PM

Wed 07 Sep 16 - 05:45 PM

Wed 07 Sep 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 71: Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Daniil Trifonov – Mozart and Bruckner

Wed 07 Sep 16 - 10:00 PM

Thu 08 Sep 16 - 05:15 PM

Thu 08 Sep 16 - 07:00 PM

Prom 72: Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Nikolaj Znaider

Thu 08 Sep 16 - 10:15 PM

Prom 73: Handel – Coronation Anthems

Fri 09 Sep 16 - 05:45 PM

Fri 09 Sep 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 74: Verdi – Requiem

Sat 10 Sep 16 - 03:00 PM

BBC Proms in the Park Northern Ireland

Sat 10 Sep 16 - 03:00 PM

BBC Proms in the Park Hyde Park

Sat 10 Sep 16 - 03:00 PM

Proms in the Park Wales

Sat 10 Sep 16 - 04:30 PM

Sat 10 Sep 16 - 07:15 PM

BBC Proms in the Park Scotland

Tue 06 Sep 16 - 07:30 PM

Prom 70: Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim – Mozart and Bruckner

Programme Note

Veteran sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world non-stop single-handedly, talks about the sea, shipwrecks and sea captains depicted in Shakespeare’s plays.

Edited version broadcast on BBC Radio 3 during tonight’s interval

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