A Proms Special! Nicholas Collon, Prog Rock and Jessie Montgomery

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Tom Service with guests, stories and the perfect classical soundtrack for the weekend! Tom sits down with conductor Nicholas Collon to talk about his life in music. An ever-present at the Proms, for the past few years he has lead his Aurora Orchestra in their hugely popular memorised performances. This year, it's the challenge of Mahler's hour-long and vast First Symphony - he talks to Tom about founding the orchestra 20 years ago and his musical journey to everything he does today, from Aurora to the Finnish Radio Symphony and beyond! Tom also chats to broadcaster Stuart Maconie and prog rock royalty Carl Palmer, of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, ahead of tonight's Prog Rock Prom and explores the surprising links between classical and prog rock music! And our focus on musical Creators continues with the American composer Jessie Montgomery, whose emotional piece These Righteous Paths has its UK premiere at the Proms this week with the cellist Abel Selaocoe.