Conductor Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra open a six-week season with Vaughan Williams’s exquisite Serenade to Music and Poulenc’s brilliant Organ Concerto. The BBC Singers and a distinguished array of soloists—soprano Elizab…

From the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the opening concert of the 2021 Proms season, performed before a live audience. Conductor Dalia Stasevska leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Sibelius's powerful Second Symphony. The progr…

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, led by Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, presents Mozart's last three symphonies, works conceived in a remarkably swift two months during the summer of 1788.

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, is bringing renewed attention to the works of a composer who has been largely overlooked. A student of Vaughan Williams, Ruth Gipps began her career as a…

This season's Proms are marked by a pervasive spirit of musical borrowing, reworking, and reinvention. The connection uniting tonight's concert subtly originates with Bach. A graceful chaconne from his Cantata No. 150 forms the foundation f…

Inhale the scent of greasepaint, feel the heat of Broadway lights, as the BBC Concert Orchestra transports you to a night of musical theatre. This collection of beloved, toe-tapping songs draws from iconic musicals such as *South Pacific*, …

Jonathon Heyward, a conductor on the ascent, leads the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in a cornerstone of symphonic repertoire: Beethoven’s ‘Eroica.’ This work, which ushered in the Romantic era, is a resounding testament to gran…

Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra have established their acclaimed performances from memory as a captivating highlight of the Proms. Following recent interpretations of symphonies by Beethoven, Brahms, Shostakovich, and Berlioz, they…

Acclaimed Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson appears at the Proms in a highly anticipated debut, performing as soloist in two works: Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor, where vibrant outer movements embrace a deeply beautiful Adagio, and …

A constellation of British opera stars unite with Ben Glassberg and the BBC Philharmonic for an evening steeped in emotion and drama. In the wake of a year marked by lockdowns and distance, the themes of isolation and loneliness, alongside …

Nubya Garcia, a British saxophonist, composer, DJ, and bandleader, stands as a luminous figure in the current wave of jazz innovation. Critics often invoke the names of legends like Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon when describing her artist…

For the 2021 commemorations of Stravinsky's life, the London Symphony Orchestra, led by Sir Simon Rattle, presents a series of symphonic glimpses. The program charts Stravinsky's evolving conception of the symphony, beginning with the exper…

The Chineke! Orchestra makes its fourth appearance at the Proms, continuing its celebration of diversity among both composers and musicians. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Black British composer, presents an overture drawn from his celebrated c…

From the frozen heart of an Italian winter to the vibrant, sensual warmth of a South American summer, violinist Joshua Bell guides the Academy of St Martin in the Fields on a musical exploration spanning two continents and four distinct sea…

In this special Family Prom, acclaimed author Michael Morpurgo collaborates with the seven gifted Kanneh-Mason siblings and a constellation of musical artists. Morpurgo lends his distinctive voice to Saint-Saëns's beloved suite, *The Carniv…

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, led by Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov, presents a program of stark contrasts: Beethoven's passionate concert aria, ‘Ah! perfido,’ juxtaposed with his Second Symphony. While the symphony’s vibrant …

Moses Sumney, a singer-songwriter, consistently resists easy categorization by weaving together threads of soul, jazz, art-pop, and spoken word. His voice, perpetually in flux, has channeled both fierce political outrage and hopeful sentime…

For his sixtieth appearance at the Proms, Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads his Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in Handel’s intensely theatrical *Dixit Dominus*, a choral concerto brimming with virtuosity and vibrant color. The pr…

The Sinfonia of London makes its highly anticipated official concert debut with John Wilson, who revived the orchestra in 2018. Building on the success of their award-winning recording, this orchestral ensemble, a veritable "army of general…

Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental St. Matthew Passion masterfully blends moments of profound fragility and tenderness with powerful choral sections and bursts of triumphant joy, interweaving bitter grief with passages of solace. Its vast s…

Stuart Skelton, celebrated for his thrilling vocal performances and captivating stage presence, stands as one of the leading tenors of his time, a frequent performer in the world's most prominent opera houses. For the festival's grand final…

From the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham presents ongoing live coverage of the world’s preeminent classical music festival. Tonight, Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova and Australian tenor Stuart Skelton perform alongside Sakari Oramo an…