BBC Proms
BBC Proms Calendar
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Fri 17 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Piano superstar Yunchan Lim joins Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Ravel’s bluesy Concerto in G major. We also hear music by Copland, Gershwin and Finzi, alongside a world premiere from French-British composer Josephine Stephenson
Piano superstar Yunchan Lim joins Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Ravel’s bluesy Concerto in G major. We also hear music by Copland, Gershwin and Finzi, alongside a world premiere from French-British composer Josephine Stephenson
Programme
- Fanfare for the Common Man(3 mins)
- An American in Paris(16 mins)
- Piano Concerto in G major(23 mins)
- interval
- That the sunrise not leave us unmoved(8 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- For St Cecilia(19 mins)
Performers
- Yunchan Limpiano
- Thomas Atkinstenor
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
Seats from £28.52 to £89.72 (including booking fee)
Sat 18 Jul 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Sun 19 Jul 2026
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Yorkshire’s esteemed Black Dyke Band shows off its virtuosity and versatility in a programme of contemporary pieces, arrangements of popular classics and excerpts from soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Zimmer
Yorkshire’s esteemed Black Dyke Band shows off its virtuosity and versatility in a programme of contemporary pieces, arrangements of popular classics and excerpts from soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Zimmer
Programme
- Four Minute Mile(4 mins)
- Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’(8 mins)arr. Frank Wright
- A Moorside Suite(15 mins)
- Force of Nature(15 mins)
- interval
- Symphony in two movements(18 mins)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – Hedwig’s Theme(3 mins)arr. Andrew Duncan
- Concierto de Aranjuez – Adagio(5 mins)arr. Kevin Bolton
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – Wheel of Fortune(5 mins)arr. Stephen Roberts
- Paganini Variations(15 mins)
Performers
- David Childseuphonium
- Nicholas Childsconductor
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee) - 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist
The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist
Programme
- Alborada del gracioso(8 mins)
- Fantasia baetica(12 mins)orch. Francisco Coll
- Concierto de Aranjuez(21 mins)
- interval
- The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 1(12 mins)
- The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2(12 mins)
- Boléro(13 mins)
Performers
- Rafael Aguirreguitar
- David Afkhamconductor
Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee*)
Mon 20 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Gianandrea Noseda leads massed forces in Beethoven’s monumental ‘Choral’ Symphony. We also hear the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe
Gianandrea Noseda leads massed forces in Beethoven’s monumental ‘Choral’ Symphony. We also hear the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe
Programme
- Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542(11 mins)orch. A. Davis
- These Righteous Paths(20 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
- interval
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’(65 mins)
Performers
- Abel Selaocoecellist
- Leah Hawkinssoprano
- Stephanie Wake-Edwardsmezzo-soprano
- Martin Muehletenor
- Derek Weltonbass
- Gianandrea Nosedaconductor
Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Tue 21 Jul 2026
- 18:00Royal Albert Hall
John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra perform Strauss’s monumental tone-poem alongside Betsy Jolas’s evocative Tales of a Summer Sea. Sueye Park joins them for Sibelius’s Nordic-tinged Violin Concerto
John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra perform Strauss’s monumental tone-poem alongside Betsy Jolas’s evocative Tales of a Summer Sea. Sueye Park joins them for Sibelius’s Nordic-tinged Violin Concerto
Programme
- Tales of a Summer Sea(15 mins)UK premiere
- Violin Concerto in D minor(35 mins)
- interval
- Also sprach Zarathustra(33 mins)
Performers
- Sueye Parkviolin
- John Storgårdsconductor
Composers
Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee) - 22:15Royal Albert Hall
The Jupiter Ensemble makes its Proms debut with British tenor Laurence Kilsby in a programme celebrating two jewels of the English Renaissance and Baroque – John Dowland and Henry Purcell – as well as ‘honorary’ Englishman George Frideric Handel
The Jupiter Ensemble makes its Proms debut with British tenor Laurence Kilsby in a programme celebrating two jewels of the English Renaissance and Baroque – John Dowland and Henry Purcell – as well as ‘honorary’ Englishman George Frideric Handel
Programme
- Can she excuse my wrongs?(3 mins)
- Now, O now, I needs must part(4 mins)
- The Fairy Queen – ‘If love’s a sweet passion’(5 mins)
- Strike the viol(4 mins)
- An Evening Hymn(5 mins)
- Theodora – ‘From virtue springs each gen’rous deed’(8 mins)
Performers
- Laurence Kilsbytenor
- Thomas Dunforddirector/lute
Seats from £12.20 to £30.56 (including booking fee)
Wed 22 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler’s brooding Sixth Symphony, and celebrate the centenary of Hungary’s greatest living composer, György Kurtág, with a rare performance of his powerful orchestral elegy Stele
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler’s brooding Sixth Symphony, and celebrate the centenary of Hungary’s greatest living composer, György Kurtág, with a rare performance of his powerful orchestral elegy Stele
Programme
- Stele(13 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 6 in A minor(79 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Composers
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Thu 23 Jul 2026
- 10:30Middlesbrough
BBC Young Composer workshops offer 12- to 18-year-olds the opportunity to create, collaborate and hone their music making skills together with support from experienced composers and musicians.
Part ofProms 2026 - 19:30Middlesbrough
The Unthanks join Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Ellie Slorach for a concert of songs shaped by the North
Seats from £8 - £41.50 - 19:30Royal Albert Hall
For their first Prom of the 2026 season, Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform spiritually charged works by Lili Boulanger, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Strauss, each reflecting on death and the afterlife
For their first Prom of the 2026 season, Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform spiritually charged works by Lili Boulanger, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Strauss, each reflecting on death and the afterlife
Programme
- Vieille prière bouddhique(7 mins)
- Stabat mater(28 mins)
- interval
- L’Ascension – four symphonic meditations(27 mins)
- Death and Transfiguration(23 mins)
Performers
- Mari Eriksmoensoprano
- Paula Murrihymezzo-soprano
- James Waytenor
- Szymon Mechlińskibaritone
- Ryan Bancroftconductor
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee) - 20:00The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
A celebration of musicians who have launched their careers under the groundbreaking BBC Introducing scheme, featuring a line-up of fresh performers that you’ll want to tell friends you saw here first
Seats £8
Fri 24 Jul 2026
- 19:00The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
The Royal Northern Sinfonia’s Music Director Dinis Sousa is joined by principal musicians Helena Gourd and Jude Carlton to perform the mesmerising meditation that is centenary composer Morton Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry
The Royal Northern Sinfonia’s Music Director Dinis Sousa is joined by principal musicians Helena Gourd and Jude Carlton to perform the mesmerising meditation that is centenary composer Morton Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry
Programme
- Crippled Symmetry(90 mins)
Performers
- Helena Gourdflute/bass flute
- Jude Carltonpercussion
- Dinis Sousapiano/celesta
Composers
Seats £8.00 to £27.00 - 19:30Royal Albert Hall
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London return to the Proms for the first of two concerts, performing Respighi’s trilogy of Rome-inspired tone-poems alongside the Walton’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto. Norwegian cellist Jonathan Aasgaard makes his Proms debut
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London return to the Proms for the first of two concerts, performing Respighi’s trilogy of Rome-inspired tone-poems alongside the Walton’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto. Norwegian cellist Jonathan Aasgaard makes his Proms debut
Programme
- The Force of Destiny – overture(8 mins)
- Cello Concerto(28 mins)
- interval
- Roman Festivals(25 mins)
- Fountains of Rome(15 mins)
- Pines of Rome(21 mins)
Performers
- Jonathan Aasgaardcello
- John Wilsonconductor
Seats from £28.52 to £89.72 (including booking fee) - 21:00The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
Mercury Prize-nominated South Tyneside-born singer-songwriter Nadine Shah collaborates with the Royal Northern Sinfonia in the latest of the orchestra’s series of bold musical dialogues
Seats £37
Sat 25 Jul 2026
- 14:00Royal Albert Hall
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars
Programme
- Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dancesexcerpts
- The Planetsexcerpts
- Star Warsexcerpts
Performers
- Richard David Caine
- James McNicholas
- Jessica Ransom
- Inel Tomlinson
- Karen Ní Bhroinconductor
Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee) - 16:00The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
A mini choral convention, shining a spotlight on voices from the North East as well as on the BBC Singers, featuring a selection from Parry’s Songs of Farewell and Tavener’s heartrending Song for Athene
A mini choral convention, shining a spotlight on voices from the North East as well as on the BBC Singers, featuring a selection from Parry’s Songs of Farewell and Tavener’s heartrending Song for Athene
Programme
- Hail, gladdening light
- Symphony of the Harmony of Heavenly Revelations – Alleluia, O virga mediatrix Details
- My soul, there is a country
- Sat on the shore
- Like as the waves
- and the swallow
- Never weather-beaten sailBBC commission: world premiere
- Night Prayer
- Song for Athene
- Songs of Farewell – No. 6: Lord, let me know mine end
- Concerto for Choir
Performers
- Jess Gillamsaxophone
- Sofi Jeanninconductor
- Tim Burkechorus director
- Simon Davies-Fidlerchoir director
Seats £8 - 18:00Royal Albert Hall
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars
Programme
- Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dancesexcerpts
- The Planetsexcerpts
- Star Warsexcerpts
Performers
- Richard David Caine
- James McNicholas
- Jessica Ransom
- Inel Tomlinson
- Karen Ní Bhroinconductor
Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee) - 19:30The Fire Station, Sunderland
Polish violinist Maria Włoszczowska directs the Royal Northern Sinfonia in a programme of musical innovations and provocations, featuring works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Mozart and a 14-year-old Mendelssohn
Polish violinist Maria Włoszczowska directs the Royal Northern Sinfonia in a programme of musical innovations and provocations, featuring works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Mozart and a 14-year-old Mendelssohn
Programme
- Divertimento(7 mins)
- Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings in D minor(37 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 39 in E flat major(29 mins)
Performers
- Maria Włoszczowskadirector/violin
Seats from £8 - £34 (+ booking fee)
Sun 26 Jul 2026
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Titular Organist of the Grand Organ at Notre-Dame in Paris, Olivier Latry returns for an all-Bach programme including an improvisation on Bach’s musical signature
Titular Organist of the Grand Organ at Notre-Dame in Paris, Olivier Latry returns for an all-Bach programme including an improvisation on Bach’s musical signature
Programme
- Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne(17 mins)arr. Messerer
- Cantata No. 147 – Chorale ‘Jesus bleibet meine Freude’(4 mins)transcr. Duruflé
- Bach’s Memento – Mattheus-Final(6 mins)arr. Widor
- Cantata No. 68 – Aria ‘Mein gläubiges Herze’(3 mins)transcr. Gigout
- Concerto in A minor, BWV 593(12 mins)
- Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539(8 mins)
- Chorale ‘Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter’, BWV 650(4 mins)
- Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565(10 mins)
- Improvisation on B-A-C-H(10 mins)
Performers
- Olivier Latryorgan
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee) - 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Lucas and Arthur Jussen make their Proms debut in Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos. They join the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada, who also perform two 20th-century classics: John Adams’s Harmonium and Poulenc’s Sinfonietta
Lucas and Arthur Jussen make their Proms debut in Poulenc’s Concerto for two pianos. They join the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada, who also perform two 20th-century classics: John Adams’s Harmonium and Poulenc’s Sinfonietta
Programme
- Sinfonietta(29 mins)
- Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor(20 mins)
- interval
- Harmonium(33 mins)
Performers
- Lucas and Arthur Jussenpianos
- Kazuki Yamadaconductor
Composers
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Mon 27 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Step into the great outdoors with Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as they perform nature-inspired works by Kristine Tjøgersen and Joseph Canteloube before Richard Strauss’s epic An Alpine Symphony
Step into the great outdoors with Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as they perform nature-inspired works by Kristine Tjøgersen and Joseph Canteloube before Richard Strauss’s epic An Alpine Symphony
Programme
- Between Trees(15 mins)UK premiere
- Songs of the Auvergne(15 mins)excerpts
- interval
- An Alpine Symphony(47 mins)
Performers
- Louise Aldersoprano
- Edward Gardnerconductor
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Tue 28 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Guy Johnston is the soloist in Benjamin Britten’s Cello Symphony. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo, who also perform Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 and the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Festen Suite
Guy Johnston is the soloist in Benjamin Britten’s Cello Symphony. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo, who also perform Sibelius’s Symphony No. 2 and the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Festen Suite
Programme
- Festen Suite(21 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
- Cello Symphony(34 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 in D major(40 mins)
Performers
- Guy Johnstoncello
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee)
Wed 29 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar’s sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir’s Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s The World’s Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duffy
Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar’s sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir’s Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s The World’s Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duffy
Programme
- Moon and Star(15 mins)
- The World’s Wife(20 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in A flat major(50 mins)
Performers
- Claire Boothsoprano
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor
Composers
Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee)
Thu 30 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Alena Baeva joins Delyana Lazarova and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as the soloist in Korngold’s filmic Violin Concerto. Bookending the concert are Dobrinka Tabakova’s exhilarating fanfare Orpheus’ Comet and Prokofiev’s lyrical Symphony No. 5
Alena Baeva joins Delyana Lazarova and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra as the soloist in Korngold’s filmic Violin Concerto. Bookending the concert are Dobrinka Tabakova’s exhilarating fanfare Orpheus’ Comet and Prokofiev’s lyrical Symphony No. 5
Programme
- Orpheus’ Comet(5 mins)
- Violin Concerto in D major(24 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in B flat major(46 mins)
Performers
- Alena Baevaviolin
- Delyana Lazarovaconductor
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee)
Fri 31 Jul 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Omer Meir Wellber and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen perform symphonies by Haydn and Schumann. At the heart of the programme is Bruch’s lush, ever-popular Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring Swedish soloist Daniel Lozakovich
Omer Meir Wellber and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen perform symphonies by Haydn and Schumann. At the heart of the programme is Bruch’s lush, ever-popular Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring Swedish soloist Daniel Lozakovich
Programme
- Symphony No. 44 in E minor, ‘Trauer’(22 mins)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor(24 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in D minor(29 mins)rev. version, 1851
Performers
- Daniel Lozakovichviolin
- Omer Meir Wellberconductor
Composers
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Sat 1 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Proms favourites Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra lift the bonnet on Mahler’s First Symphony. A dramatised first half featuring mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis introduces the piece, before a complete performance after the interval
Proms favourites Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra lift the bonnet on Mahler’s First Symphony. A dramatised first half featuring mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis introduces the piece, before a complete performance after the interval
Programme
- A musical and dramatic exploration of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1(45 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in D major(53 mins)performed from memory
Performers
- Natalie Lewismezzo-soprano
- Nicholas Collonconductor
Composers
Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
