Performances of BBC Symphony Orchestra at BBC Proms

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

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

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

Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos joins Paavo Järvi and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Bookending the evening are Scriabin’s iconoclastic Symphony No. 2 and the world premiere of Dani Howard’s Concerto for Brass

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus join forces with the Epiphoni Consort and a quartet of star soloists for Rossini’s operatic Stabat mater. Nil Venditti also conducts the Proms premiere of Respighi’s Church Windows

James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with an all-American programme featuring works by George Gerswhin, Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis

Cristian Măcelaru leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. The concert opens with the UK premiere of Édith Canat de Chizy’s intricately textured Skyline

French cellist Gautier Capuçon is the soloist in Dvořák’s nostalgic homage to his Bohemian roots. He joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu for a programme that bridges Paris and New York

Altın Gün brings its unique blend of psychedelic folk-rock to the Proms. They join forces with special guest Derya Yıldırım, Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra to turn cool riffs and Anatolian folk textures into rich orchestral colours

Jakub Hrůša and the BBC Symphony Orchestra join Czech pianist Lukáš Vondráček for this Everest of Romantic piano concertos. Bookending the concert are Kaprálová’s Suita rustica and Janáček’s best-loved orchestral work, the Sinfonietta

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvořák’s famous ‘New World’ Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo