BBC

===Music===
[[File:BBC Big Band - Town Hall Birmingham - May 2012.jpg|thumb|The [[BBC Big Band]] ]]
The BBC employs 5 staff orchestras, a professional choir, and supports two amateur choruses, based in BBC venues across the UK;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras|title=BBC Orchestras and Choirs|website=BBC Music Events|language=en|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014201823/https://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras|archive-date=14 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]], the [[BBC Singers]] and [[BBC Symphony Chorus]] based in London, the [[BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra]] in Glasgow, the [[BBC Philharmonic]] in Salford, the [[BBC Concert Orchestra]] based in Watford, and the [[BBC National Orchestra of Wales]] and [[BBC National Chorus of Wales]] in Cardiff. It also buys a selected number of broadcasts from the [[Ulster Orchestra]] in Belfast and the [[BBC Big Band]].

The [[The Proms|BBC Proms]] have been produced by the BBC every year since 1927,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1sgMxZvFzHQG3Y1HktMfg6w/history-of-the-proms|title=BBC Radio 3 – BBC Proms – History of the Proms|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414071428/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1sgMxZvFzHQG3Y1HktMfg6w/history-of-the-proms|archive-date=14 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> stepping in to fund the popular classical music festival when music publishers Chappell and Co withdrew their support. In 1930, the newly formed BBC Symphony Orchestra gave all 49 Proms, and have performed at every Last Night of the Proms since then. Nowadays, the BBC's orchestras and choirs are the backbone of the Proms,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/proms-2017/artists/bbc-orchestras-choirs|title=BBC – BBC orchestras and choirs – Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-date=23 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223174715/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/proms-2017/artists/bbc-orchestras-choirs|url-status=live}}</ref> giving around 40%–50% of all performances each season.

Many famous musicians of every genre have played at the BBC, such as [[The Beatles]] (''[[Live at the BBC (Beatles album)|Live at the BBC]]'' is one of their many albums). The BBC is also responsible for the broadcast of [[Glastonbury Festival]], [[Reading Festival]] and [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|United Kingdom]] coverage of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]], a show with which the broadcaster has been associated for over 60 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC One Celebrates 60 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest with special anniversary event |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/eurovision-60 |access-date=1 January 2022 |agency=BBC |archive-date=1 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101025310/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/eurovision-60 |url-status=live }}</ref> The BBC also operates the division of BBC Audiobooks sometimes found in association with Chivers Audiobooks.