Given Lunchtime's prediction in Private Eye that the Proms would be removed altogether from television, coverage here could be worse. The numbers are boosted a bit by having 7 (? one missing?) Proms Extra programmes (all on BBC Two - together with the G&I Gershwin/J Wilson; and Ravel et al, incl. Ustvolskaya, so presumably edited). First and Last Nights, as usual, live on Two and Four.
I think that leaves 17 concerts on BBC Four, including Strictly (is KD, she of the Infamous Foot, really listed in the Guide as 'presenter/dancer'?), Jamie Cullum, Bowie, Quincy Jones.
The 'classical music online part' of Lunchtime's prediction is partly answered by the fact that there will be 6 online (not clear how much of the concert will be included, whether it's live or not), some non classical: Gospel Prom, Wagner Die Walküre (Final Scene), Ten Pieces II, The Planets, Rihm and Strauss, and A celebration of Brazilian popular music from the past 100 years.
So, the remaining 13 concerts are (it's not clear whether the descriptions of the Proms are shorthand, or whether they mean only the works mentioned will be televised …):
Red Proms broadcast live:
Sunday, 17 July - BBC Four- Prom 3: Mozart, Exsultate, Jubilate
Sunday, 24 July - BBC Four - Prom 11: Tippett, A Child of Our Time
Friday, 29 July - BBC Four - Prom 18: Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D minor/LSO-Haitink
Sunday, 31 July - BBC Four - Proms 20: Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet
Friday, 5 August - BBC Four - Prom 27: Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto in D major
Tuesday, 23 August - BBC Four - Prom 21: Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 ‘Jupiter’
Wednesday, 24 August - BBC Four - Prom 51: Marlos Nobre, Kabbalah (UK premiere) &c. - + Grieg PC
Thursday, 25 August - BBC Four - Prom 41: Berlioz: Overture ‘King Lear’
Friday, 26 August - BBC Four - Prom 54: Mozart, Aria, ‘Per questa bella mano’, K612 - + Mzt Requiem/Bdpst Fest/Fischer
Sunday, 28 August - BBC Four - Prom 43: Wagner
Friday, 2 September - BBC Four - Prom 64: Boulez - Mahler 7 BPO/Rattle
Sunday, 4 September - BBC Four - Prom 55: Mozart, The Magic Flute – overture
Friday, 9 September - BBC Four - Prom 74: Verdi: Requiem
E&OE I hope what I've put is accurate, but full details are on one or other of the BBC Proms listings.
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