The Proms Centre. Roger Wright became Controller of the Proms in October 2007, whilst retaining responsibility for BBC Radio 3 and taking up a broader role controlling the BBC's classical music output across all media. The 2008 season ran from 18 July to 13 September 2008. The BBC released details of the season slightly earlier than usual, on 9 April 2008. Composers whose anniversaries were marked include: The celebration of Stockhausen was centred on two large-scale concerts on 2 August 2008, and complementing Vaughan Williams's interest in folk music, the first Sunday was given over to a celebration of various aspects of
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