Running from 15 July to 10 September, the Proms returns this summer for its first full eight-week season in two years. Booking opens 21 May. From Mozart and Beethoven to Ravel and Prokofiev ...

Maxim bookends the concert with two contrasting symphonies. Prokofiev’s Symphony No 1, affectionately dubbed ‘Classical’, opens with a light-hearted nod to the wit and elegance of Haydn.

Gabriel Prokofiev is a London-based ... To begin with, the piece shook up what was expected of classical music, but when it was performed at the BBC Proms in August 2011 with world champion ...