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How do you get into the biggest classical music festival in the world? Follow composer and comedian Vikki Stone as she unbuttons the 麻豆社 Proms and asks the questions everyone else is afraid to ask.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    The Well-Tempered Glass of Wine

    Sun 3 Sep 2017

    Vikki is backstage with the Stax stars and takes Sophie Ellis-Bextor to her first prom.

  • Don't Trust 'em

    Sun 27 Aug 2017

    Vikki takes Imogen Heap to a prom and travels from the Reformation to a jazz revolution.

  • The Corridor Monstrosity

    Sun 20 Aug 2017

    Vikki encounters a massive drum, some unexpected Daft Punk, chains and scaffold poles.

  • Oh, What a Wonderful Podcast

    Sun 13 Aug 2017

    Vikki hangs with the Chaps in Chaps, backstage for a complete Oklahoma! prom.

  • The Interpreter

    Sun 6 Aug 2017

    Vikki Stone on the art of interpretation, the cadenza, jazz standards and Pointless.

  • The Arrangement

    Sun 30 Jul 2017

    Vikki is backstage at the Scott Walker Prom and explores the many New Pieces of the Week.

  • Episode II: A New Episode

    Sun 23 Jul 2017

    Vikki on tricky scores, film scores, the John Williams phenomenon, and Shostakovich.

  • The First Date

    Sun 16 Jul 2017

    Vikki Stone starts her summer of "Prom Dates" and makes a music quiz obligatory.

  • The Last Podcast of the Proms

    Sat 10 Sep 2016

    Vikki duets with Sir James Galway, rolls with Rick Astley, and queues the last night.

  • Programme Notes

    Wed 7 Sep 2016

    Vikki is on eternity with Daniel Barenboim and the best spot to nap at the Albert Hall.

  • Only Fools and Orchestras

    Fri 2 Sep 2016

    Vikki watches football in a park, a Prom in a car park, and Simon Rattle explains Boulez.

  • Talking Stick

    Tue 30 Aug 2016

    Vikki speaks to the ones with their backs to us, in a conductors' special.

  • Name That Spoon

    Fri 26 Aug 2016

    Vikki explores Mozart conspiracy theories and plays Bizet spoons with Radio 3 controller.

  • Quincy Jones Celestial Twin

    Tue 23 Aug 2016

    Vikki talks parties with the awesome Quincy Jones and his friend Sir Michael Caine.

  • The Errors of Comedy

    Fri 19 Aug 2016

    Vikki takes a special look at the theme of Shakespeare and other potential Prom themes.

  • It's Pronounced Purcell

    Tue 16 Aug 2016

    Vikki swings with the vocalists in a singers' special.

  • Of course Jamie Cullum's friends don't clap on 1 and 3

    Fri 12 Aug 2016

    Vikki is at the Jamie Cullum Prom and tries a binaural v. stereo listening challenge.

  • Name That Tune

    Tue 9 Aug 2016

    Vikki on younger orchestras, science fiction, busking, and the first Proms Name That Tune.

  • The Baton Relay

    Fri 5 Aug 2016

    Vikki runs the inaugural Proms Unplucked (conductor's) Baton Relay athletics event.

  • The Saw and The Stone

    Tue 2 Aug 2016

    Vikki Stone gets playing and meets the flash prommers, a glass rubber and a saw bower.

  • It's Pronounced Bowie

    Fri 29 Jul 2016

    Vikki tries the tabla, talks electric violin and showbiz, and goes backstage at Bowie.

  • 12 Cellists Walk Into a Green Room

    Tue 26 Jul 2016

    Vikki Stone focuses on the cello, one of the themes of this year's 麻豆社 Proms season.

  • The Loneliness of the Late-Night Organist

    Fri 22 Jul 2016

    The glitz of Strictly, the RAH organ and a whack on a big Verdi Drum.

  • Last Minute Changes

    Tue 19 Jul 2016

    Vikki Stone takes you behind the scenes at the 麻豆社 Proms.

  • Rig Week

    Fri 15 Jul 2016

    Vikki Stone is backstage for the first night of the greatest classical music festival.

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