Fri 17 Jul

19:00 - First Night of the Proms 2026 (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man (3 mins)
  • George Gershwin An American in Paris (16 mins)
  • Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major (23 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Josephine Stephenson That the sunrise not leave us unmoved (8 mins)
  • Gerald Finzi For St Cecilia (19 mins)

BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

Sat 18 Jul

19:30 - Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man (8 mins)
  • Ian Anderson Living in the Past (4 mins)
  • Mike Ratledge Out-Bloody-Rageous (5 mins)
  • Tony Banks A Trick of the Tail
  • Tony Banks I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
  • Northern Lights (5 mins)
  • Justin Hayward Nights in White Satin (5 mins)
  • Peter Hammill Refugees (6 mins)
  • Yes And You and I – Close to the Edge – Siberian Khatru (11 mins)
  • Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells, Part One (8 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Keith Emerson Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2 (5 mins)
  • Osibisa Komfo (5 mins)
  • Frank Zappa Peaches en Regalia (4 mins)
  • Thijs van Leer Sylvia (4 mins)
  • King Crimson 21st Century Schizoid Man - I Talk to the Wind - Court of the Crimson King (10 mins)
  • Ian Anderson Reasons for Waiting (5 mins)
  • Tony Banks Entangled (7 mins)
  • On Reflection (6 mins)
  • The Incredible String Band Maker of Islands (7 mins)
  • Richard Wright Great Gig in the Sky (5 mins)
  • Rick Davies Crime of the Century (6 mins)
  • Greg Lake The Great Gates of Kiev (7 mins)

Guy Garvey / Jane Weaver / Gruff Rhys / BBC Concert Orchestra

Sun 19 Jul

11:00 - Black Dyke Band (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Judith Bingham Four Minute Mile (4 mins)
  • Hector Berlioz Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’ (8 mins)
  • Gustav Holst A Moorside Suite (15 mins)
  • Peter Graham Force of Nature (15 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Edward Gregson Symphony in two movements (18 mins)
  • John Williams Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – Hedwig’s Theme (3 mins)
  • JoaquĂ­n Rodrigo En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’) (5 mins)
  • Klaus BadeltHans Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – Wheel of Fortune (5 mins)
  • Philip Wilby Paganini Variations (15 mins)

Black Dyke Band / Nicholas Childs (conductor) / David Childs (euphonium)

19:00 - Boléro: Rhythms of Spain (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Maurice Ravel Alborada del gracioso (8 mins)
  • Manuel de Falla Fantasia baetica (12 mins)
  • JoaquĂ­n Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez (21 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 1 (12 mins)
  • Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2 (12 mins)
  • Maurice Ravel BolĂ©ro (13 mins)

Spanish National Orchestra / David Afkham (conductor) / Rafael Aguirre (guitar)

Mon 20 Jul

19:00 - Beethoven’s Ninth (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 (11 mins)
  • Jessie Montgomery These Righteous Paths (20 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’ (65 mins)

Philharmonia Chorus / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Derek Welton (bass) / Abel Selaocoe (cellist)

Tue 21 Jul

18:00 - Also sprach Zarathustra (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Betsy Jolas Tales of a Summer Sea (15 mins)
  • Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor (35 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (33 mins)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John StorgÄrds (conductor) / Sueye Park (violin)

22:15 - Late Night Baroque (Royal Albert Hall)

  • John Dowland Can she excuse my wrongs? (3 mins)
  • John Dowland Now, O now, I needs must part (4 mins)
  • Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen – ‘If love’s a sweet passion’ (5 mins)
  • Henry Purcell Strike the viol (4 mins)
  • Henry Purcell An Evening Hymn (5 mins)
  • George Frideric Handel Theodora – ‘From virtue springs each gen’rous deed’ (8 mins)

Jupiter Ensemble / Thomas Dunford (director/lute) / Laurence Kilsby (tenor)

Wed 22 Jul

19:00 - Mahler’s ‘Tragic’ Sixth (Royal Albert Hall)

  • György KurtĂĄg Stele (13 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A minor (79 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Thu 23 Jul

19:30 - Afterlife: Visions of the Beyond (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Lili Boulanger Vieille priĂšre bouddhique (7 mins)
  • Karol Szymanowski Stabat mater (28 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Olivier Messiaen L’Ascension – four symphonic meditations (27 mins)
  • Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration (23 mins)

BBC National Chorus of Wales / London Philharmonic Choir / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Szymon MechliƄski (baritone)

Fri 24 Jul

19:30 - John Wilson Conducts Respighi’s ‘Roman Trilogy’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Giuseppe Verdi The Force of Destiny – overture (8 mins)
  • William Walton Cello Concerto (28 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Ottorino Respighi Roman Festivals (25 mins)
  • Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome (15 mins)
  • Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome (21 mins)

Sinfonia of London / Jonathan Aasgaard (cello) / John Wilson (conductor)

Sat 25 Jul

14:00 - Horrible Science: The Big Bang Proms Experiment (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Alexander Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
  • Gustav Holst The Planets
  • John Williams Star Wars

Richard David Caine / James McNicholas / Jessica Ransom / Inel Tomlinson

18:00 - Horrible Science: The Big Bang Proms Experiment (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Alexander Borodin Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
  • Gustav Holst The Planets
  • John Williams Star Wars

Richard David Caine / James McNicholas / Jessica Ransom / Inel Tomlinson

Sun 26 Jul

11:00 - Olivier Latry Plays Bach (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne (17 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 147 – Chorale ‘Jesus bleibet meine Freude’ (4 mins)
  • Charles‐Marie Widor Bach’s Memento – Mattheus-Final (6 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 68 – Aria ‘Mein glĂ€ubiges Herze’ (3 mins)
  • Antonio VivaldiJohann Sebastian Bach Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (12 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539 (8 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale ‘Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter’, BWV 650 (4 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (10 mins)
  • Olivier Latry Improvisation on B-A-C-H (10 mins)

Olivier Latry (organ)

19:00 - Poulenc and Adams (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Francis Poulenc Sinfonietta (29 mins)
  • Francis Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor (20 mins)
  • ⁂
  • John Adams Harmonium (33 mins)

CBSO Chorus / Sydney Philharmonia Chorus / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

Mon 27 Jul

19:00 - From the Alps to the Auvergne (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Kristine TjĂžgersen Between Trees (15 mins)
  • Trad.Joseph Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne (15 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Richard Strauss An Alpine Symphony (47 mins)

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor) / Louise Alder (soprano)

Tue 28 Jul

19:00 - Sibelius’s Second (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Mark‐Anthony Turnage Festen Suite (21 mins)
  • Benjamin Britten Cello Symphony (34 mins)
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  • Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major (40 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Guy Johnston (cello) / Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Wed 29 Jul

19:00 - Elgar’s First (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Judith Weir Moon and Star (15 mins)
  • Brett Dean The World’s Wife (20 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Edward Elgar Symphony No. 1 in A flat major (50 mins)

BBC Singers / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) / Claire Booth (soprano)

Thu 30 Jul

19:00 - Korngold’s Violin Concerto (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Dobrinka Tabakova Orpheus’ Comet (5 mins)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D major (24 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Sergey Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (46 mins)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Delyana Lazarova (conductor) / Alena Baeva (violin)

Fri 31 Jul

19:30 - Bruch’s Violin Concerto (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 44 in E minor, ‘Trauer’ (22 mins)
  • Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (24 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Robert Schumann Symphony No. 4 in D minor (29 mins)

The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Omer Meir Wellber (conductor) / Daniel Lozakovich (violin)

Sat 1 Aug

19:00 - Mahler’s First by Heart (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Gustav Mahler A musical and dramatic exploration of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (45 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major (53 mins)

Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor) / Natalie Lewis (mezzo-soprano)

Sun 2 Aug

11:00 - Mahler’s First by Heart (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Gustav Mahler A musical and dramatic exploration of Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (45 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major (53 mins)

Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor) / Natalie Lewis (mezzo-soprano)

19:30 - Kavakos Plays Tchaikovsky (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Dani Howard Concerto for Brass, ‘SIGNAL’ (18 mins)
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major (33 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Alexander Scriabin Symphony No. 2 in C major (41 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Paavo JĂ€rvi (conductor) / Leonidas Kavakos (violin)

Mon 3 Aug

19:00 - Rachmaninov’s ‘Paganini’ Variations (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Oliver Knussen Flourish with Fireworks (4 mins)
  • Sergey Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (22 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 in G minor, ‘The Year 1905’ (55 mins)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Thomas SÞndergÄrd (conductor) / Kirill Gerstein (piano)

Tue 4 Aug

19:00 - Dvoƙák and Mendelssohn (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann MĂ€rchen-Suite (Fairy-Tale Suite) (19 mins)
  • Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor (26 mins)
  • ⁂
  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák Symphony No. 7 in D minor (35 mins)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Elena Schwarz (conductor) / Alina Ibragimova (violin)

Wed 5 Aug

18:00 - Rachmaninov’s Second (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Maurice Ravel La vallĂ©e des cloches (orch. C. Matthews) (6 mins)
  • Nadia Boulanger Fantasy for piano and orchestra (20 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Sergey Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E minor (60 mins)

Hallé / Kahchun Wong (conductor) / Alexandra Dariescu (piano)

Thu 6 Aug

19:00 - Elder Conducts Weber’s ‘Oberon’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Carl Maria von Weber Oberon (120 mins)

Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Rachael Wilson (Fatima) / Charlotte Bowden (Mermaid)

Fri 7 Aug

19:00 - Rossini’s ‘Stabat mater’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ottorino Respighi Church Windows (27 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Gioachino Rossini Stabat mater (61 mins)

Epiphoni Consort / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Nicola Ulivieri (bass)

Sat 8 Aug

19:30 - Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie fantastique’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Franz Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (11 mins)
  • Thomas AdĂšs Dante – Part 2: Purgatorio (24 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (49 mins)

National Youth Orchestra / Thomas AdĂšs (conductor)

Sun 9 Aug

11:00 - Relaxed Prom (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Louis Prima Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) (4 mins)
  • Radiohead Pyramid Song (5 mins)
  • Caroline Shaw Partita – Sarabande (5 mins)
  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Finale (Furiant) (5 mins)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (14 mins)
  • Meredith Monk Panda Chant II (2 mins)
  • Duke Ellington It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing) (5 mins)

BBC Singers / Fantasia Orchestra / Tom Fetherstonhaugh (conductor)

19:00 - The OAE Plays Mozart and Haydn (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka Miserere in C minor (14 mins)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Masonic Funeral Music (5 mins)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Aria ‘Schon lacht der holde FrĂŒhling’ (8 mins)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Aria ‘Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!’ (6 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Joseph Haydn Mass in D minor, ‘Nelson Mass’ (42 mins)

Choir of the Age of Enlightenment / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / William Thomas (bass) / Peter Whelan (conductor)

Mon 10 Aug

19:00 - Salonen Conducts 20th-Century Classics (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Igor Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements (22 mins)
  • Alban Berg Violin Concerto (22 mins)
  • ⁂
  • BĂ©la BartĂłk Concerto for Orchestra (36 mins)

Juilliard Orchestra / Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra / Esa‐Pekka Salonen (conductor) / Vilde Frang (violin)

Tue 11 Aug

18:00 - Dudamel and the LA Phil: Beethoven and AdĂšs (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’ (39 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Thomas AdĂšs Dante – Part 1: Inferno (45 mins)

Los Angeles Philharmonic / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

22:15 - Evelyn Glennie and the Fantasia Orchestra (Royal Albert Hall)

  • John Coltrane Welcome
  • Duke Ellington It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing) (5 mins)
  • HĂ©loĂŻse Werner The Wood Pigeon (5 mins)
  • Vincent Ho Sandman’s Castle (7 mins)
  • Morton Feldman Rothko Chapel (6 mins)
  • Caroline Shaw Partita – Sarabande (5 mins)
  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Finale (Furiant) (5 mins)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (14 mins)
  • Evelyn GlenniePhilip Sheppard Orologeria aureola (5 mins)
  • Radiohead Pyramid Song (5 mins)
  • Meredith Monk Panda Chant II (2 mins)

BBC Singers / Fantasia Orchestra / Tom Fetherstonhaugh (conductor) / Evelyn Glennie (percussion)

Wed 12 Aug

19:00 - Dudamel and the LA Phil: Beethoven and Ortiz (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major (36 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Gabriela Ortiz RevoluciĂłn diamantina (42 mins)

Los Angeles Philharmonic / Los Angeles Master Chorale ((upper voices)) / Gustavo Dudamel (conductor)

Thu 13 Aug

19:00 - Gershwin’s Piano Concerto (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Wynton Marsalis Concerto for Orchestra (36 mins)
  • ⁂
  • George Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major (31 mins)
  • Samuel Barber Symphony No. 1 in One movement (21 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / James Gaffigan (conductor) / Yeol Eum Son (piano)

Fri 14 Aug

Sat 15 Aug

19:30 - Pappano Conducts Berlioz’s ‘Requiem’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Hector Berlioz Requiem (Grande messe des morts) (82 mins)

BBC Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Sun 16 Aug

11:00 - Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven and Baroque (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Martin Fröst Cradle Song (2 mins)
  • Jacob MĂŒhlrad Helix (5 mins)
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau Dardanus – Gigue (Act 5)
  • George Frideric Handel Dixit Dominus – ‘De torrente in via bibet’
  • Shai Wosner Bulgarian gigue
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau Les Indes galantes – Les sauvages
  • Göran FröstMartin Fröst Nomadic Dances (5 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major (38 mins)

Swedish Chamber Orchestra / Martin Fröst (conductor/clarinetcomposer)

19:30 - Elgar’s Cello Concerto (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Anton Webern Passacaglia (11 mins)
  • Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor (30 mins)
  • ⁂
  • William Walton Symphony No. 2 (28 mins)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Pablo FerrĂĄndez (cello) / Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

Mon 17 Aug

19:00 - Copland and Stravinsky (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Aaron Copland Billy the Kid – suite (22 mins)
  • Gabriel Kahane Clarinet Concerto, ‘If love will not swing wide the gates’ (22 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Igor Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 version) (34 mins)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Anthony McGill (clarinet) / Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

Tue 18 Aug

19:00 - Shostakovich’s Tenth (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Édith Canat de Chizy Skyline (Concerto for three percussionists, timpani and orchestra) (20 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor (55 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)

Wed 19 Aug

19:00 - ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ from Glyndebourne (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Richard Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos (120 mins)

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Glyndebourne Festival Opera / Rachel Willis-SĂžrensen (Ariadne) / David Butt Philip (Bacchus)

Thu 20 Aug

19:00 - Miles Davis Centenary (Royal Albert Hall)

  • George Gershwin Porgy and Bess – ‘Bess, you is my woman now’ (5 mins)
  • George Gershwin Porgy and Bess: – ‘Gone, gone, gone’ (4 mins)
  • George Gershwin Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’ (4 mins)
  • George Gershwin Porgy and Bess – ‘I loves you, Porgy’ (4 mins)
  • Manuel de Falla El amor brujo – Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp (4 mins)
  • JoaquĂ­n Rodrigo En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’) (17 mins)
  • Gil Evans Boplicity (3 mins)
  • Kurt Weill My Ship (5 mins)
  • Miles DavisGil Evans Miles Ahead
  • Eddie Barclay Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas) (4 mins)

BBC Concert Orchestra / Harish Raghavan (bass) / Miho Hazama (conductor) / Kendrick Scott (drums)

Fri 21 Aug

19:00 - Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Bushra El-Turk Mosaic (8 mins)
  • Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor, ‘Farewell’ (28 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Gustav Mahler Das Lied von der Erde (68 mins)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Anja Bihlmaier (conductor) / Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano) / Clay Hilley (tenor)

Sat 22 Aug

19:30 - Chineke! Orchestra with Angel Blue (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Edmund Thornton Jenkins Dance Suite (15 mins)
  • Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (15 mins)
  • ⁂
  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák Symphony No. 8 in G major (34 mins)

Chineke! Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor) / Angel Blue (soprano)

Sun 23 Aug

11:00 - Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony (17 mins)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major (16 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Thea Musgrave Bassoon Concerto, ‘Out of the Darkness’ (12 mins)
  • Edward Elgar Romance for bassoon and orchestra (5 mins)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’ (18 mins)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Amy Harman (bassoon) / Benjamin Marquise Gilmore (director/leader) / Felix Klieser (horn)

19:30 - Capuçon Plays Dvoƙák’s Cello Concerto (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version) (12 mins)
  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák Cello Concerto in B minor (40 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Claude Debussy PrĂ©lude Ă  l’aprĂšs-midi d’un faune (10 mins)
  • Edgard VarĂšse AmĂ©riques (26 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Gautier Capuçon (cello) / Alain Altinoglu (conductor)

Mon 24 Aug

19:00 - American Classics (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Joan Tower Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (3 mins)
  • Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’ (24 mins)
  • George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (orch. GrofĂ©) (16 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Jerome Moross The Big Country – prelude (3 mins)
  • Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring – suite (23 mins)
  • William Grant Still Three Visions – No. 2: Summerland (5 mins)
  • Leonard Bernstein On the Town – Three Dance Episodes (11 mins)

Marcus Roberts Trio / Philharmonia Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor)

Tue 25 Aug

Wed 26 Aug

19:00 - The Met Orchestra Plays Strauss (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier – suite (26 mins)
  • Richard Strauss Salome (18 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben (46 mins)

The Met Orchestra / Yannick NĂ©zet‐SĂ©guin (conductor) / Elza van den Heever (soprano)

Thu 27 Aug

18:00 - The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Kaija Saariaho LumiĂšre et pesanteur (7 mins)
  • Gustav Mahler RĂŒckert-Lieder (20 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G major (57 mins)

The Met Orchestra / Yannick NĂ©zet‐SĂ©guin (conductor) / Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)

Fri 28 Aug

Sat 29 Aug

19:30 - Stravinsky and Prokofiev with the Oslo Philharmonic (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Øyvind Torvund Symphonic Poem No. 1, ‘Forest Morning’ (12 mins)
  • Igor Stravinsky Violin Concerto (22 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Sergey Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (42 mins)

Oslo Philharmonic / Mirga GraĆŸinytė‐Tyla (conductor) / Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin)

Sun 30 Aug

19:00 - Berlioz’s ‘The Damnation of Faust’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Hector Berlioz The Damnation of Faust (130 mins)

MaĂźtrise de Radio France / ChƓur de Radio France / Les SiĂšcles / Thomas DoliĂ© (Brander)

Mon 31 Aug

Tue 1 Sep

19:30 - Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto (Royal Albert Hall)

  • VĂ­tězslava KaprĂĄlovĂĄ Suita rustica (16 mins)
  • Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (40 mins)
  • ⁂
  • LeoĆĄ Janáček Sinfonietta (24 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jakub HrƯơa (conductor) / Lukáơ Vondráček (piano)

Wed 2 Sep

18:30 - Berlin Philharmonic Plays Elgar and Tchaikovsky (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Edward Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variations (31 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F minor (44 mins)

Berlin Philharmonic / Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

22:15 - Steve Reich at 90 (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Guillaume de Machaut Messe de Nostre Dame – Kyrie (4 mins)
  • PĂ©rotin Beata viscera (2 mins)
  • Johannes Ockeghem Motet ‘Intemerata Dei mater’ (7 mins)
  • Hildegard von Bingen Symphony of the Harmony of Heavenly Revelations – O orzchis Ecclesia (2 mins)
  • John Dunstable Veni sancte spiritus/Veni creator spiritus (6 mins)
  • Owain ParkTrad. Phos hilaron ('Hail, gladdening light’) (2 mins)
  • Josquin des Prez O virgo prudentissima (6 mins)
  • Steve Reich Tehillim (30 mins)

The Gesualdo Six / Colin Currie Group / Colin Currie (conductor) / Owain Park (director)

Thu 3 Sep

19:00 - Berlin Philharmonic Plays Beethoven and Scriabin (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major (42 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Alexander Scriabin Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘The Divine Poem’ (50 mins)

Berlin Philharmonic / Kirill Petrenko (conductor) / Augustin Hadelich (violin)

Fri 4 Sep

19:00 - Vaughan Williams’s ‘Fantasia’ and Symphony No. 9 (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (15 mins)
  • Benjamin Britten Violin Concerto (32 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Carmel Smickersgill A Brick Thrown with Love (10 mins)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 9 in E minor (33 mins)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Manze (conductor) / Simone Lamsma (violin)

Sat 5 Sep

19:00 - Martha Argerich Plays Beethoven (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Louise Farrenc Overture No. 2 (7 mins)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major (28 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor (46 mins)

Munich Philharmonic / Lahav Shani (conductor) / Martha Argerich (piano)

Sun 6 Sep

11:00 - John Wilson Conducts the Sinfonia of London Strings (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Lennox Berkeley Serenade for strings (13 mins)
  • Frank Bridge Lament (4 mins)
  • Benjamin Britten Les illuminations (22 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Imogen Holst Suite for String Orchestra (16 mins)
  • Benjamin Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (26 mins)

Sinfonia of London ((strings)) / John Wilson (conductor) / Julie Roset (soprano)

19:30 - Dvoƙák’s ‘New World’ Symphony (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (18 mins)
  • Gwilym Simcock Triple Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn and Cello (20 mins)
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  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’ (40 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sheku Kanneh‐Mason (cello) / Sakari Oramo (conductor) / Ben Goldscheider (horn)

Mon 7 Sep

19:00 - Rattle Conducts Schumann (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Robert Schumann Genoveva – overture (10 mins)
  • Robert Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor (33 mins)
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  • Robert Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major (38 mins)

Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) / Isabelle Faust (violin)

Tue 8 Sep

18:30 - Rachmaninov, BartĂłk and VarĂšse (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Edgard VarĂšse Density 21.5 (3 mins)
  • BĂ©la BartĂłk Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (28 mins)
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  • Sergey Rachmaninov Symphony No. 3 in A minor (39 mins)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) / Matthew Higham (flute)

Wed 9 Sep

19:00 - Strauss’s ‘Four Last Songs’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Hans Werner Henze Erlkönig – orchestral fantasy (6 mins)
  • Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’ (25 mins)
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  • Gustav Mahler What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (arr. Benjamin Britten) (10 mins)
  • Richard Strauss Four Last Songs (24 mins)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / PaweƂ KapuƂa (conductor) / Natalya Romaniw (soprano)

Thu 10 Sep

19:00 - Bach’s Mass in B minor with Arcangelo (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Mass in B minor (115 mins)

Arcangelo / Florian Störtz (bass-baritone) / Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor) / Jonathan Cohen (director/harpsichord)

Fri 11 Sep

20:00 - Mahler’s Ninth with the Mahler Academy Orchestra (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9 (81 mins)

Mahler Academy Orchestra / Philipp von Steinaecker (conductor)

Sat 12 Sep

19:15 - Last Night of the Proms 2026 (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Trad. Fantasia on British Sea-Songs (13 mins)
  • Thomas Arne Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent) (3 mins)
  • Edward Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’) (8 mins)
  • Hubert Parry Jerusalem (orch. Elgar) (2 mins)
  • Unknown The National Anthem (arr. Britten) (2 mins)
  • Trad. Auld Lang Syne (2 mins)

BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor)