The Proms David Pickard as the next Director of The Proms. The 2006 season (the 112th) marked the 250th birthday celebrations of Mozart and the centenary of Shostakovich's birth. New initiatives included four Saturday matinee concerts at the Cadogan Hall and the chance for audience members to get involved with "The Voice", a collaborative piece performed in two Proms on 29 July. On 3 September 2006, a concert was cancelled due to a fire. The season saw the launch of a venture called the Proms Family Orchestra in which children and their extended families can make music with BBC musicians. The 2007
The Proms Proms. The 2013 season celebrated several composer anniversaries: The season featured concert performances of seven of his thirteen operas, including "Der Ring des Nibelungen" performed over the course of one week by the Staatskapelle Berlin, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the first time the complete "Ring" cycle had been performed at The Proms in a single season. BBC Radio 3 also collaborated with BBC Radio 2 and Radio 6. The 2014 season had a number of pieces in commemoration of the 100 year anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, including the premier of the first violin concerto "1914" by