Fri 18 Jul

18:45 - First Night of the Proms 2025 (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Arthur Bliss Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood (2 mins)
  • Felix Mendelssohn Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’) (10 mins)
  • Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor (35 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Errollyn Wallen The Elements (10 mins)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Sancta civitas (30 mins)

BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / London Youth Choirs ((members from))

Sat 19 Jul

19:00 - The Great American Songbook and Beyond with Samara Joy (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Nacio Herb Brown You Stepped Out of a Dream (5 mins)
  • Hoagy Carmichael Stardust (4 mins)
  • Jimmy Davis Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) (4 mins)
  • Erroll Garner Misty (5 mins)
  • Thelonious Monk Worry Later (San Francisco Holiday) (4 mins)
  • Mal Waldron Left Alone (8 mins)
  • Axel Stordahl Day by Day (5 mins)
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  • Sam Coslow Beware My Heart (7 mins)
  • Duke Ellington I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (4 mins)
  • Samara Joy Peace of Mind/Dreams Come True (7 mins)
  • Samara Joy Five Stages of Love (Love’s Impression) (8 mins)
  • Teddy Wilson Little Things That Mean So Much (4 mins)
  • Thelonious Monk Ugly Beauty (6 mins)
  • AntĂ´nio Carlos Jobim Chega de saudade (7 mins)

Samara Joy / Samara Joy Octet / BBC Concert Orchestra / Miho Hazama (conductor)

Sun 20 Jul

11:00 - Vivaldi and Bach (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 356 (7 mins)
  • Antonio Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D minor, RV 813 (9 mins)
  • Antonio Vivaldi Trio Sonata in D minor, ‘La follia’ (10 mins)
  • Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 157 (6 mins)
  • Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons – Summer (10 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 – Air (4 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R – Largo (6 mins)

Le Consort / ThĂŠotime Langlois de Swarte (violin/director)

19:30 - Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Dmitry Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra (22 mins)
  • Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (19 mins)
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  • William Walton Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor (43 mins)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) / Nicholas McCarthy (piano)

Mon 21 Jul

19:30 - Mahler’s Seventh (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Tom Coult Monologues for the Curious (24 mins)
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  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7 (77 mins)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John StorgĂĽrds (conductor) / Allan Clayton (tenor)

Tue 22 Jul

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

  • Richard Strauss Death and Transfiguration (23 mins)
  • Mark Simpson ZEBRA (or, 2-3-74: The Divine Invasion of Philip K. Dick) (20 mins)
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  • Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (49 mins)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Anja Bihlmaier (conductor) / Sean Shibe (electric guitar)

Wed 23 Jul

18:30 - French Night with the Orchestre National de France (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Maurice Ravel Rapsodie espagnole (16 mins)
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8 (22 mins)
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  • Charlotte Sohy Danse mystique (13 mins)
  • Ernest Chausson Poème (17 mins)
  • Maurice Ravel La valse (12 mins)

Orchestre national de France / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor) / Randall Goosby (violin)

22:15 - Boulez and Berio: 20th-Century Giants (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Luciano Berio Sequenza V (6 mins)
  • Pierre Boulez Dialogue de l’ombre double (18 mins)
  • Luciano Berio Recital I (for Cathy) (35 mins)

Ensemble intercontemporain / JĂŠrĂ´me Comte (clarinet) / Pierre Bleuse (conductor) / IRCAM (live electronics)

Thu 24 Jul

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

  • Igor Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale (21 mins)
  • Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor (26 mins)
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  • Anthony Davis Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey (15 mins)
  • Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks (15 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo (conductor) / Augustin Hadelich (violin)

Fri 25 Jul

18:30 - Beethoven’s Fifth (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau Les Indes galantes – suite (24 mins)
  • Camille Saint‐SaĂŤns Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, ‘Egyptian’ (29 mins)
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  • Jay Capperauld Bruckner’s Skull (16 mins)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor (31 mins)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) / Alexandre Kantorow (piano)

Sat 26 Jul

Sun 27 Jul

19:30 - Mozart and Bruckner (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ryan Wigglesworth for Laura, after Bach (10 mins)
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (30 mins)
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  • Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major (64 mins)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor) / Mariam Batsashvili (piano)

Mon 28 Jul

19:30 - Beethoven and Birtwistle (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Harrison Birtwistle Earth Dances (38 mins)
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  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’ (47 mins)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Tue 29 Jul

Wed 30 Jul

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

  • GraĹźyna Bacewicz Concerto for String Orchestra (14 mins)
  • Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (33 mins)
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  • Witold Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra (28 mins)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) / Vadym Kholodenko (piano)

Thu 31 Jul

18:30 - Rachmaninov and Copland (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Elsa Barraine Symphony No. 2 (17 mins)
  • Aaron Copland Clarinet Concerto (18 mins)
  • Artie Shaw Clarinet Concerto (8 mins)
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  • Sergey Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances (35 mins)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Martin FrĂśst (clarinet) / Joshua Weilerstein (conductor)

22:15 - Arvo Pärt at 90 (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Arvo Pärt Da pacem Domine (6 mins)
  • Arvo Pärt Veni creator (3 mins)
  • Arvo Pärt Magnificat (7 mins)
  • Arvo Pärt The Deer’s Cry (5 mins)
  • Arvo Pärt FĂźr Jan van Eyck (3 mins)
  • Galina Grigorjeva Svyatki – ‘Spring is Coming’ (3 mins)
  • Sergey Rachmaninov All Night Vigil (Vespers) – ‘Bogoroditse Devo’ (3 mins)
  • Sergey Rachmaninov All Night Vigil (Vespers) – ‘Slava v vyshnikh Bogu’ (3 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Motet ‘Ich lasse dich nicht’, BWV 1165 (5 mins)
  • Arvo Pärt Peace upon you, Jerusalem (6 mins)
  • Arvo Pärt De profundis (7 mins)
  • Arvo Pärt Vater unser (3 mins)
  • Veljo Tormis Curse upon Iron (10 mins)

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir / TĂľnu Kaljuste (conductor) / Kadri Tomooja (organ)

Fri 1 Aug

19:30 - Yunchan Lim Plays Rachmaninov (Royal Albert Hall)

  • John Adams The Chairman Dances (12 mins)
  • Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor (29 mins)
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  • Luciano Berio Sinfonia (27 mins)

BBC Singers / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Kazuki Yamada (conductor) / Yunchan Lim (piano)

Sat 2 Aug

11:00 - Viennese Whirl (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus – overture (8 mins)
  • Johann Strauss II ‘Mein Herr Marquis’ (Laughing Song) (5 mins)
  • Josef Strauss Brennende Liebe – polka-mazurka (6 mins)
  • Emmerich KĂĄlmĂĄn Das Veilchen vom Montmartre – ‘Ich sing mein Lied im Regen und Schne’ (7 mins)
  • Robert Stolz Wiener CafĂŠ – waltz (6 mins)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold Straussiana (7 mins)
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  • Franz LehĂĄr The Land of Smiles – overture (8 mins)
  • Carl Zeller Der Vogelhändler – ‘Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol’ (3 mins)
  • Amy Beach Bal masquĂŠ (5 mins)
  • Nico Dostal FrĂśhliches Spiel (5 mins)
  • Johann Strauss II FrĂźhlingsstimmen – waltz (8 mins)
  • Johann Strauss II By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz (6 mins)

BBC Concert Orchestra / Anna-Maria Helsing (conductor) / Erin Morley (soprano)

20:00 - Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Symphony (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor, ‘Resurrection’ (80 mins)

HallĂŠ Choir / HallĂŠ Youth Choir / HallĂŠ / Kahchun Wong (conductor)

Sun 3 Aug

Mon 4 Aug

19:30 - Mahler and Boulez (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Pierre Boulez Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna (32 mins)
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  • Gustav Mahler Das klagende Lied (original version, 1880) (65 mins)

Constanza Chorus / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / James Newby (baritone)

Tue 5 Aug

19:00 - Great British Classics (Royal Albert Hall)

  • William Walton Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’ (6 mins)
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor The Lee Shore (3 mins)
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Isle of Beauty (3 mins)
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor The Evening Star (3 mins)
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor The Shepherd (4 mins)
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (13 mins)
  • Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’ (16 mins)
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  • William Mathias Dance Overture (6 mins)
  • John Rutter new work (8 mins)
  • Grace Williams Elegy for Strings (7 mins)
  • Edward Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variations (31 mins)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Nil Venditti (conductor) / Liya Petrova (violin)

Wed 6 Aug

19:30 - Beethoven and BartĂłk from Budapest (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major (36 mins)
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  • BĂŠla BartĂłk Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (55 mins)

Budapest Festival Orchestra / KrisztiĂĄn Cser (Duke Bluebeard) / Dorottya LĂĄng (Judith) / IvĂĄn Fischer (conductor)

Thu 7 Aug

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

  • Adolphus Hailstork An American Port of Call (9 mins)
  • Jennifer Higdon Blue Cathedral (11 mins)
  • Arturo MĂĄrquez Concierto de otoĂąo (19 mins)
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  • AntonĂ­n Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’ (40 mins)

Percussionists from Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company and In Harmony Liverpool / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Domingo Hindoyan (conductor) / Pacho Flores (trumpet)

Fri 8 Aug

18:00 - Rachmaninov’s ‘Paganini’ Variations (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Paul Dukas La PĂŠri – Poème dansĂŠ (18 mins)
  • Sergey Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (25 mins)
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  • BĂŠla BartĂłk The Miraculous Mandarin (32 mins)

BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Josep Pons (conductor) / Beatrice Rana (piano)

Sat 9 Aug

19:00 - The Planets and Star Wars (Royal Albert Hall)

  • John Williams Star Wars – suite (25 mins)
  • Caroline Shaw The Observatory (14 mins)
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  • Gustav Holst The Planets (51 mins)

The National Youth Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor)

Sun 10 Aug

11:00 - Relaxed Prom: The Planets (Royal Albert Hall)

  • John Williams Star Wars (15 mins)
  • Caroline Shaw The Observatory (5 mins)
  • Gustav Holst The Planets (27 mins)

The National Youth Orchestra / Tess Jackson (conductor) / Linton Stephens (presenter)

19:30 - Edward Gardner Conducts the LPO (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Jean Sibelius The Oceanides (11 mins)
  • Michael Tippett The Rose Lake (29 mins)
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  • Maurice Ravel ShĂŠhĂŠrazade (17 mins)
  • Claude Debussy La mer (23 mins)

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner (conductor) / Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano)

Mon 11 Aug

19:00 - Mahler’s Third (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D minor (96 mins)

CBSO Children’s Chorus / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Orchestre National de Bretagne / Ryan Bancroft (conductor)

Tue 12 Aug

Wed 13 Aug

19:30 - BolĂŠro and The Rite of Spring (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Edgard Varèse IntĂŠgrales (12 mins)
  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir Before we fall (Cello Concerto) (26 mins)
  • Maurice Ravel BolĂŠro (13 mins)
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  • Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (33 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Johannes Moser (cello) / Eva Ollikainen (conductor)

Thu 14 Aug

19:30 - Joe Hisaishi and Steve Reich (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Joe Hisaishi The End of the World (31 mins)
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  • Steve Reich The Desert Music (48 mins)

BBC Singers / National Youth Voices / Philharmonia Chorus / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Fri 15 Aug

19:30 - Benjamin Grosvenor Plays Ravel (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Sofia Gubaidulina Revue Music for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band (10 mins)
  • Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major (23 mins)
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  • Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 13 in B flat minor, ‘Babi Yar’ (59 mins)

Synergy Vocals / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Ryan Bancroft (conductor) / BBC National Chorus of Wales (lower voices)

Sat 16 Aug

19:00 - Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart (16 Aug, 7pm) (Royal Albert Hall)

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  • Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor (59 mins)

Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor)

Sun 17 Aug

11:00 - Shostakovich’s Fifth by Heart (17 Aug, 11am) (Royal Albert Hall)

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  • Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D minor (59 mins)

Aurora Orchestra / Nicholas Collon (conductor)

19:30 - Le Concert Spirituel (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Alessandro Striggio Mass ‘Ecco sĂŹ beato giorno’ (29 mins)
  • Alessandro Striggio Motet ‘Ecce beatam lucem’ (8 mins)

Le Concert Spirituel / HervĂŠ Niquet (conductor)

Mon 18 Aug

19:30 - Elder Conducts ‘A Mass of Life’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Frederick Delius A Mass of Life (100 mins)

BBC Symphony Chorus / London Philharmonic Choir / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Roderick Williams (baritone)

Tue 19 Aug

19:30 - Pappano Conducts Puccini and Strauss (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Richard Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten – Symphonic Fantasy (22 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Giacomo Puccini Suor Angelica (60 mins)

Tiffin Choir / London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra / Monika-Evelin Liiv (Abbess)

Wed 20 Aug

19:30 - Bruce Liu Plays Tchaikovsky (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Gabriela Ortiz AntrĂłpolis (10 mins)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major (44 mins)
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  • Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel) (35 mins)

Philharmonia Orchestra / Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor) / Bruce Liu (piano)

Thu 21 Aug

19:30 - Beethoven’s Ninth (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Bent Sørensen Evening Land (13 mins)
  • Anna Clyne The Years (20 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’ (65 mins)

Danish National Concert Choir / Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Adam Pałka (bass) / Fabio Luisi (conductor)

Fri 22 Aug

19:30 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Three Chorales – No. 1: ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ (5 mins)
  • Thomas de Hartmann Violin Concerto (30 mins)
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  • Henryk Mikołaj GĂłrecki Symphony No. 3, ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ (55 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Dalia Stasevska (conductor) / Francesca Chiejina (soprano) / Joshua Bell (violin)

Sat 23 Aug

11:00 - AndrĂĄs Schiff Plays Bach (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach The Art of Fugue (90 mins)

Sir AndrĂĄs Schiff (piano) / Schaghajegh Nosrati (piano)

20:00 - Mäkelä Conducts Mahler’s Fifth (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Luciano Berio Rendering (25 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor (68 mins)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor)

Sun 24 Aug

14:00 - Mäkelä Conducts Mozart, Prokofiev & Bartók (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 31 in D major, ‘Paris’ (17 mins)
  • Sergey Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (22 mins)
  • ⁂
  • BĂŠla BartĂłk Concerto for Orchestra (36 mins)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Klaus Mäkelä (conductor) / Janine Jansen (violin)

Mon 25 Aug

Tue 26 Aug

19:30 - Sibelius’s Second (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Arvo Pärt Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten (6 mins)
  • AntonĂ­n Dvořák Violin Concerto in A minor (32 mins)
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  • Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major (46 mins)

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra / Andris Nelsons (conductor) / Hilary Hahn (violin)

Wed 27 Aug

18:30 - ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ from Glyndebourne (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Marriage of Figaro (170 mins)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Glyndebourne Festival Opera / Alexander Vassiliev (Antonio) / Elisabeth Boudreault (Barbarina)

Thu 28 Aug

19:30 - Saint-Saëns’s ‘Organ’ Symphony (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Georges Bizet L' ArlĂŠsienne – Suite No. 1 (17 mins)
  • Pablo de Sarasate Carmen Fantasy (12 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Augusta Holmès Andromède (15 mins)
  • Camille Saint‐SaĂŤns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’ (36 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Marie Jacquot (conductor) / Rachel Mahon (organ) / Inmo Yang (violin)

Fri 29 Aug

19:30 - Khatia Buniatishvili Plays Tchaikovsky (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Margaret Sutherland Haunted Hills (15 mins)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor (35 mins)
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  • AntonĂ­n Dvořák Symphony No. 6 in D major (43 mins)

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Jaime MartĂ­n (conductor) / Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)

Sat 30 Aug

11:00 - Rattle Conducts Folk Songs and Dances (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite (14 mins)
  • Gunther Schuller Eine kleine Posaunenmusik (16 mins)
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  • Michael Tippett Triumph: A paraphrase on music from ‘The Mask of Time’ (15 mins)
  • Malcolm Arnold English Dances, Set No. 1 (9 mins)
  • Percy Grainger The Lads of Wamphray (9 mins)
  • Trad. Country Gardens (6 mins)
  • Percy Grainger A Lincolnshire Posy (16 mins)

Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) / Peter Moore (trombone) / London Symphony Orchestra (wind, brass and percussion)

19:30 - Handel’s ‘Alexander’s Feast’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • George Frideric Handel Alexander’s Feast (107 mins)

Irish Baroque Chorus / Irish Baroque Orchestra / Peter Whelan (conductor) / Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor)

Sun 31 Aug

19:30 - Pekka Kuusisto and Katarina Barruk (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Katarina Barruk songs based on the joik indigenous song-type from SĂĄbmie
  • Michael Tippett Divertimento on ‘Sellinger’s Round’ (6 mins)
  • Philip Glass String Quartet No. 3, ‘Mishima’ – Blood Oath (fifth movement) (3 mins)
  • Hannah Kendall Weroon Weroon (5 mins)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach Chorale Prelude ‘O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ SĂźnde gross’, BWV 622 (arr. Reger) (6 mins)
  • Caroline Shaw Plan & Elevation – The Beech Tree (fifth movement) (3 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Arvo Pärt Fratres (9 mins)
  • Dmitry Shostakovich Chamber Symphony (String Quartet No. 8, arr. R. Barshai) (24 mins)

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra / Christer Jørgensen (drums) / Arnljot Nordvik (guitar) / Pekka Kuusisto (violin/director)

Mon 1 Sep

18:30 - Shostakovich’s ‘Lady Macbeth’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Dmitry Shostakovich The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (160 mins)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / English National Opera Orchestra / Chorus of English National Opera / BBC Singers

Tue 2 Sep

19:30 - Adès Conducts the BBC SO (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Jean Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela (10 mins)
  • Gabriella Smith Breathing Forests (28 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Thomas Adès Five Spells from The Tempest (22 mins)
  • Jean Sibelius The Tempest – Suite No. 1 (19 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Adès (conductor) / James McVinnie (organ)

Wed 3 Sep

Thu 4 Sep

19:30 - Classic Thriller Soundtracks (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Bernard Herrmann Vertigo
  • Bernard Herrmann Psycho
  • Bernard Herrmann North by Northwest
  • Bernard Herrmann Taxi Driver

BBC Concert Orchestra / Edwin Outwater (conductor)

Fri 5 Sep

19:30 - Rattle Conducts Chineke! (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor The Bamboula (10 mins)
  • Valerie Coleman Fanfare for Uncommon Times (7 mins)
  • George Walker Pageant and Proclamation (11 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor (57 mins)

Chineke! Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

Sat 6 Sep

19:30 - Golda Schultz Sings Gershwin and Bernstein (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Franz Schreker Chamber Symphony (28 mins)
  • George Gershwin By Strauss (3 mins)
  • Kurt Weill Youkali (Tango Habanera) (6 mins)
  • George Gershwin Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’ (3 mins)
  • Kurt Weill Lost in the Stars – title song (4 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Igor Stravinsky The Rake’s Progress – ‘No word from Tom’ (8 mins)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold Die tote Stadt – ‘Marietta’s Lied’ (6 mins)
  • Leonard Bernstein West Side Story – ‘Somewhere’ (4 mins)
  • Igor Stravinsky The Firebird – suite (1945 version) (28 mins)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Robin Ticciati (conductor) / Golda Schultz (soprano)

Sun 7 Sep

11:00 - Vaughan Williams’s ‘A London Symphony’ (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome (23 mins)
  • Darius Milhaud Le boeuf sur le toit (19 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony) (44 mins)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko (conductor) / Arabella Steinbacher (violin)

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

  • Ruth Gipps Death on the Pale Horse (8 mins)
  • Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor (30 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Arthur Bliss The Beatitudes (50 mins)

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

Mon 8 Sep

19:30 - Vienna Philharmonic Plays Bruckner’s Ninth (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Alban Berg Lulu Suite (28 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor (63 mins)

Vienna Philharmonic / Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor)

Tue 9 Sep

18:30 - Vienna Philharmonic Plays Mozart and Tchaikovsky (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D major, ‘Prague’ (29 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘PathĂŠtique’ (50 mins)

Vienna Philharmonic / Franz Welser‐Möst (conductor)

Wed 10 Sep

19:30 - Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps (5 mins)
  • Dmitry Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (30 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Sergey Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E minor (60 mins)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Anastasia Kobekina (cello) / Delyana Lazarova (conductor)

Thu 11 Sep

19:30 - Brahms’s Second Symphony (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Giovanni Gabrieli In ecclesiis (ed. Maderna) (10 mins)
  • Igor Stravinsky Requiem Canticles (15 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Giovanni Gabrieli Canzone a tre core (ed. Maderna) (5 mins)
  • Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D major (45 mins)

National Youth Choir / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ashley Riches (bass-baritone) / Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Fri 12 Sep

19:30 - John Wilson Conducts Bernstein and Ravel (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Richard Strauss Don Juan (20 mins)
  • Leonard Bernstein Serenade (30 mins)
  • ⁂
  • Maurice Ravel Daphnis and Chloe (58 mins)

Sinfonia of London Chorus / Sinfonia of London / John Wilson / James Ehnes (violin)

Sat 13 Sep

19:00 - Last Night of the Proms 2025 (Royal Albert Hall)

  • Modest Mussorgsky A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version, 1867) (12 mins)
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (19 mins)
  • Arthur Benjamin Storm Cloud Cantata (from ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’) (8 mins)
  • Franz LehĂĄr The Merry Widow – Vilja Song (5 mins)
  • Charles Gounod Faust – ‘Ah, je ris de me voir’ (Jewel Song) (5 mins)
  • Camille PĂŠpin Fireworks (6 mins)
  • Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (12 mins)
  • Dmitry Shostakovich Festive Overture (7 mins)
  • Rachel Portman The Gathering Tree (3 mins)
  • 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)
  • Trad. The National Anthem (2 mins)
  • Trad. Auld Lang Syne (2 mins)

BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Elim Chan (conductor)

Sun 14 Sep