The 2018 season opens with a concert showcasing the breadth of British musical talent. The program features Vaughan Williams' evocative settings of Whitman poetry, alongside Holst's enduringly popular 1918 suite, *The Planets*. A new colla…

The BBC Young Musician celebrates four decades of nurturing talent with a concert bringing together distinguished alumni, including Nicola Benedetti, Freddy Kempf, and Sheku Kanneh-Mason, alongside the victor of this year's competition. The…

At just twenty-three years old, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and arranger Jacob Collier has already garnered multiple Grammy Awards. For this special Proms performance, he has joined forces with Jules Buckley, the Metropole Orkest, and …

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales’s opening Prom of the season features a selection of works united by a poignant thread: Mendelssohn’s early First Piano Concerto sits alongside Schumann’s pioneering Fourth Symphony, and pieces by Lili Bo…

The London Contemporary Orchestra presents an evening dedicated to the enduring influence of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, those innovators who forged the path for experimental electronic music. The program features Daphne Oram's seminal wo…

Karina Canellakis will lead the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring two works of Russian masters: Rachmaninoff's vibrant Symphonic Dances and Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto, with Alisa Weilerstein as soloist. The concert will…

The performance unfolds as a study in contrasts, beginning with the world premiere of Tansy Davies’s *What Did We See?*, a work inspired by the events of 9/11, and concluding with Brahms’s vibrant Second Symphony. Paul Lewis joins Ben Gern…

Hubert Parry, a pivotal figure in the development of 20th-century English music, is honored in this centenary celebration with works by Vaughan Williams, including his evocative *The Lark Ascending*, and the majestic Pastoral Symphony. Also…

Renowned reggae and dancehall producer Mister Savona unites some of Cuba and Jamaica's most significant musicians for a concert that blends the rich traditions of roots reggae, dub, and dancehall with the vibrant rhythms of son, salsa, and …

The BBC Concert Orchestra joins forces with prominent figures from the folk music scene – artists such as Julie Fowlis, The Unthanks, and Sam Lee – for a concert that honors tradition while simultaneously exploring the future of this vibran…

George Benjamin conducts the National Youth Orchestra in a performance of orchestral masterpieces, featuring Debussy’s *La Mer* and Ligeti’s captivating *Lontano*. Pianist Tamara Stefanovich will be the soloist in Ravel’s Concerto for the L…

Richard Farnes leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloists Golda Schultz and Johan Reuter in Brahms's celebrated Requiem. The concert, celebrating the 90th birthday of Thea Musgrave, begins with her dramatic work, Phoenix Rising.

The Heritage Orchestra, led by conductor Jules Buckley, offers a vibrant sonic portrait of contemporary New York City. Featuring guest artists from across the city, the program promises a diverse and exhilarating range of sounds, blending g…

A sense of war's enduring shadow permeates this concert by Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Vaughan Williams's poignant cantata, *Dona nobis pacem*, provides a framework for Elgar's elegiac Cello Concerto.

Ravel's opera *L'Enfant et les sortilèges* echoes the enchantment of his ballet *Mother Goose* and the exotic atmosphere of *Shéhérazade*.

In a performance evoking Leonard Bernstein's celebrated 1987 Prom, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Thomas Dausgaard, presents two of the most cherished and exquisite pieces in the musical canon: Mozart's Clarinet Conce…

The program for this second concert features a vibrant journey into Hungarian musical heritage, beginning with the spirited rhythms of Gypsy folk music, as interpreted in compositions by Liszt and Sarasate. Anchoring the evening is Brahms's…

On what would have been Leonard Bernstein's 100th birthday, the London Philharmonic, under the direction of John Wilson, presents Bernstein's celebrated Broadway musical *On the Town*. The story unfolds in 1944, following the escapades of t…

Marin Alsop, a protégé of Leonard Bernstein, is scheduled to conduct the Proms with one of America's leading symphony orchestras. The program promises to be both musically compelling and politically resonant, featuring Dmitri Shostakovich's…

Having presented Book 1 in 2017, the esteemed pianist and Bach scholar Sir András Schiff returns to perform the complete Book 2 of J. S. Bach’s *The Well-Tempered Clavier*.

Senegalese music legend Youssou Ndour will take to the Royal Albert Hall for his Proms debut in a late-night performance. He will be accompanied by his ensemble, Le Super Étoile de Dakar, to deliver a show that blends his distinctive fusion…

This performance delves into the visceral sensuality and compelling rhythms of the tango, in all its forms. The Britten Sinfonia collaborates with a tango ensemble to trace the dance's evolution, from its humble origins in the streets of Bu…

The BBC Proms season of 2018 concludes with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, led by their esteemed former chief conductor and seasoned Last Night of the Proms figure, Sir Andrew Davis, performing live from the Royal Albert Hall. The evening’s fa…

Katie Derham provides live coverage as the Last Night of the Proms unfolds at the Royal Albert Hall, featuring Saint-Saens' enduringly popular *Marche militaire francaise*. Award-winning 18-year-old saxophonist Jess Gillam performs Milhaud’…