The life and career of David Bowie will be celebrated in London as part of BBC Proms.

Curated, conducted and directed by Andre de Ridder, the concert will span Bowie's entire career from Space Oddity to Blackstar.

Bowie's music will be reimagined and reworked for the new event.

"His songs stand the test of time but also the test of many different metamorphoses."

"In the process of making the arrangements we found, for example, that a lot of the songs that have a very strong beat in the originals don't necessarily need that.

Harmonically and melodically they have so much intricacy that maybe, in some of these arrangements, is brought out a little bit more.

We really tried to bring in a great variety of composers and singers and interpreters from different genres and styles."

The David Bowie Prom will be broadcast live on BBC Four, Radio 3 and 6 Music on July 29.