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RADIO-LISTS: PROMS 2026
Unofficial Listings for the 132nd Season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts: 17th July - 12th September

First Night of the Proms 2026
19:00 Friday 17 July 2026 ON TV
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)
BBC commission: world première

Gerald Finzi
For St Cecilia (19 mins)

Yunchan Lim piano
Thomas Atkins tenor
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska conductor


Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man
19:30 Saturday 18 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man (6 mins)
arr. ELP, orch. Robert Ames

Ian Anderson
Living in the Past (4 mins)
orch. Sam Gale

Mike Ratledge
Out-Bloody-Rageous – Part 1 (4 mins)
orch. Sam Gale

Tony Banks
A Trick of the Tail (5 mins)
orch. Adam Dennis

Genesis
I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (4 mins)
orch. Sam Gale

Michael Dunford
Northern Lights (5 mins)
orch. Christian Balvig

Justin Hayward
Nights in White Satin (5 mins)
orch. Fiona Brice

Peter Hammill
Refugees (7 mins)
orch. Adam Dennis

Yes
And You and I (8 mins)
orch. Peter Riley

Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells, Part One (5 mins)
excerpt; orch. Adam Dennis

Keith Emerson
Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2 (2 mins)
orch. Robert Ames

Thijs van Leer
Sylvia (4 mins)
orch. Christian Balvig

Osibisa
Komfo (4 mins)
orch. Christian Balvig

Frank Zappa
Peaches en Regalia (3 mins)
orch. Christian Balvig

King Crimson
21st Century Schizoid Man - I Talk to the Wind - Court of the Crimson King (10 mins)
orch. Fiona Brice

Tony Banks
Steve Hackett
Entangled (7 mins)
orch. Fiona Brice

Kerry Minnear
Derek Shulman
Ray Shulman
On Reflection (4 mins)
orch. Sam Gale

Mike Heron
Maker of Islands (6 mins)
orch. Christian Balvig

Richard Wright
Great Gig in the Sky (5 mins)
orch. Fiona Brice

Rick Davies
Roger Hodgson
Crime of the Century (6 mins)
orch. Christian Balvig

Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition – The Great Gate of Kyiv (5 mins)
arr. Keith Emerson, orch. Robert Ames

Guy Garvey
Jane Weaver
Gruff Rhys
Carl Palmer drums
Peter Hammill vocals
Stuart Maconie presenter
BBC Concert Orchestra
Robert Ames conductor


Black Dyke Band
11:00 Sunday 19 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Judith Bingham
Four Minute Mile (4 mins)

Hector Berlioz
Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’ (8 mins)
arr. Frank Wright

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)
arr. Andrew Duncan

Joaquín Rodrigo
En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’) (5 mins)
arr. Kevin Bolton

Klaus Badelt
Hans Zimmer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – Wheel of Fortune (5 mins)
arr. Stephen Roberts

Philip Wilby
Paganini Variations (15 mins)

David Childs euphonium
Black Dyke Band
Nicholas Childs conductor


Boléro: Rhythms of Spain
19:00 Sunday 19 July 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso (8 mins)

Manuel de Falla
Fantasia baetica (12 mins)
orch. Francisco Coll

Joaquín Rodrigo
Concierto de Aranjuez (21 mins)

Manuel de Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 1 (12 mins)

The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2 (12 mins)

Maurice Ravel
Boléro (13 mins)

Rafael Aguirre guitar
Spanish National Orchestra
David Afkham conductor


Beethoven’s Ninth
19:00 Monday 20 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 (11 mins)
orch. A. Davis

Jessie Montgomery
These Righteous Paths (20 mins)
BBC co-commission: UK première

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’ (65 mins)

Abel Selaocoe cellist
Leah Hawkins soprano
Stephanie Wake-Edwards mezzo-soprano
Martin Muehle tenor
Derek Welton bass
Philharmonia Chorus
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor


Also sprach Zarathustra
18:00 Tuesday 21 July 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Betsy Jolas
Tales of a Summer Sea (15 mins)
UK première

Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor (35 mins)

Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (33 mins)

Sueye Park violin
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds conductor


Late Night Baroque
22:15 Tuesday 21 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

John Dowland
Come again, sweet love doth now invite (5 mins)

Lachrimae antiquae (5 mins)

The King of Denmark's Galliard (4 mins)

Can she excuse my wrongs? (3 mins)

Sorrow, stay, lend true repentent tears (4 mins)

The Earl of Essex Galliard (2 mins)

Flow, my tears (5 mins)

The Frog Galliard (3 mins)

Now, O now, I needs must part (4 mins)

Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen – ‘If love’s a sweet passion’ (5 mins)

Strike the viol (4 mins)

The Fairy Queen – Chaconne: Dance for Chinese Man and Woman (3 mins)

An Evening Hymn (5 mins)

Laurence Kilsby tenor
Jupiter Ensemble
Thomas Dunford director/lute


Mahler’s ‘Tragic’ Sixth
19:00 Wednesday 22 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

György Kurtág
Stele (13 mins)

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 6 in A minor (79 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Middlesbrough: BBC Young Composer Workshop
10:30 Thursday 23 July 2026
Middlesbrough


The Unthanks and friends with the Royal Northern Sinfonia (Middlesbrough)
19:30 Thursday 23 July 2026
Middlesbrough

Trad.
Johnny Hanle
Felton Lonnin (8 mins)
arr. The Unthanks; orch. Peter Riley

Adrian McNally
Niopha Keegan
Christopher Price
Lucky Gilchrist (5 mins)
orch. Peter Riley

Adrian McNally
Becky Unthank
Flutter (4 mins)
orch. Peter Riley

Conor J. O’Brien
First Responder (5 mins)
arr. Scarlet Halton

That Golden Time (5 mins)
arr. Scarlet Halton

Michael Tippett
Divertimento on ‘Sellinger’s Round’ (7 mins)

Conor J. O’Brien
I Don’t Want What I Don’t Need (4 mins)
arr. Adrian McNally

Trad.
Sandgate Dandling Song (9 mins)
arr. Adrian McNally/Becky Unthank/Rachel Unthank

Oliver Knight
Lal Waterson
At First She Starts (4 mins)
arr. Adrian McNally; orch. Peter Riley

Jodie Nicholson
Move (5 mins)

English Teacher
This Could Be Texas (5 mins)
orch. Adam Dennis

Broken Biscuits (5 mins)
orch. Adam Dennis

Albatross (4 mins)
orch. Adam Dennis

Trad.
Mount the Air (10 mins)
arr. Adrian McNally/Becky Unthank

Jodie Nicholson vocals
Philip Selway drums
The Unthanks
Villagers
English Teacher
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Ellie Slorach conductor
Johnny Hanle


Afterlife: Visions of the Beyond
19:30 Thursday 23 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Lili Boulanger
Vieille prière 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)

Mari Eriksmoen soprano
Paula Murrihy mezzo-soprano
James Way tenor
Szymon Mechliński baritone
BBC National Chorus of Wales
London Philharmonic Choir
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft conductor


BBC Introducing from The Glasshouse: Live at the Proms (Gateshead)
20:00 Thursday 23 July 2026
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead

AFTK
Maddie Ashman
corto.alto
Shakk presenter


Feldman’s ‘Crippled Symmetry’ (Gateshead)
19:00 Friday 24 July 2026
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead

Morton Feldman
Crippled Symmetry (90 mins)

Helena Gourd flute/bass flute
Jude Carlton percussion
Dinis Sousa piano/celesta


John Wilson Conducts Respighi’s ‘Roman Trilogy’
19:30 Friday 24 July 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Giuseppe Verdi
The Force of Destiny – overture (8 mins)

William Walton
Cello Concerto (28 mins)

Ottorino Respighi
Roman Festivals (25 mins)

Fountains of Rome (15 mins)

Pines of Rome (21 mins)

Jonathan Aasgaard cello
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson conductor


Nadine Shah and the Royal Northern Sinfonia (Gateshead)
21:00 Friday 24 July 2026
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead

Knats
support set (25 mins)

Nadine Shah
Aching Bones (3 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Topless Mother (4 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Nadine Shah
Ben Hillier
Ben Nicholls
Trad (6 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Nadine Shah
Fool (5 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Nadine Shah
Ben Hillier
Ben Nicholls
Out the Way (4 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Holiday Destination (6 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Nadine Shah
Ben Hillier
All I Want (5 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Kite (5 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Prayer Mat (5 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Nadine Shah
Sad Lads Anonymous (5 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Nadine Shah
Ben Hillier
Stealing Cars (5 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Nadine Shah
Greatest Dancer (6 mins)
arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West

Nadine Shah
Knats
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Ellie Slorach conductor


Horrible Science: Big Bang Prom
14:00 Saturday 25 July 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
excerpts

Gustav Holst
The Planets
excerpts

John Williams
Star Wars
excerpts

Richard David-Caine
Harrie Hayes
Rose Johnson
Big Manny
James McNicholas
Timmika Ramsay
Jessica Ransom
Luke Rollason
Inel Tomlinson
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Karen Ní Bhroin conductor


Choirs on the Concourse (Gateshead)
16:00 Saturday 25 July 2026
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead

Charles Wood
Hail, gladdening light (3 mins)

Hildegard von Bingen
Spiritus sanctus vivificans (3 mins)

Christian Forshaw
My soul, there is a country (5 mins)

Shruthi Rajasekar
Sat on the shore (4 mins)

Iain Farrington
Like as the waves (7 mins)

Caroline Shaw
and the swallow (4 mins)

Charles Villiers Stanford
The Bluebird (4 mins)

Roderick Williams
Never weather-beaten sail (5 mins)
BBC commission: world première

John Tavener
Mother of God, here I stand (3 mins)

Alec Roth
Night Prayer (4 mins)

Hubert Parry
Songs of Farewell – No. 6: Lord, let me know mine end (11 mins)

Sir James MacMillan
O radiant dawn (4 mins)

Dan Forrest
Good Night, Dear Heart (4 mins)

Jussi Chydenius
Deep in the Night (3 mins)

Frank Ticheli
Earth Song (4 mins)

Elaine Hagenberg
Alleluia (2 mins)

Elizabeth Poston
The Water of Tyne (4 mins)

Ēriks Ešenvalds
Only in Sleep (6 mins)

Alfred Schnittke
Concerto for Choir (42 mins)
sung in English

BBC Singers
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia
Voices of the River’s Edge
Jess Gillam saxophone
Sofi Jeannin conductor


Horrible Science: Big Bang Prom
18:00 Saturday 25 July 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
excerpts

Gustav Holst
The Planets
excerpts

John Williams
Star Wars
excerpts

Errollyn Wallen
The Elements

Richard David-Caine
Harrie Hayes
Rose Johnson
Big Manny
James McNicholas
Timmika Ramsay
Jessica Ransom
Luke Rollason
Inel Tomlinson
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Karen Ní Bhroin conductor


Mozart and Mendelssohn (Sunderland)
19:30 Saturday 25 July 2026
The Fire Station, Sunderland

Grażyna Bacewicz
Divertimento (7 mins)

Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings in D minor (37 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major (29 mins)

Christian Ihle Hadland piano
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Maria Włoszczowska director/violin


Olivier Latry Plays Bach
11:00 Sunday 26 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne (17 mins)
arr. Messerer

Cantata No. 147 – Chorale ‘Jesus bleibet meine Freude’ (4 mins)
transcr. Duruflé

Charles‐Marie Widor
Bach’s Memento – Mattheus-Final (6 mins)
arr. Widor

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 68 – Aria ‘Mein gläubiges Herze’ (3 mins)
transcr. Gigout

Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (12 mins)

Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 539 (8 mins)

Chorale ‘Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter’, BWV 650 (4 mins)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (10 mins)

Olivier Latry
Improvisation on B-A-C-H (10 mins)

Olivier Latry organ


Poulenc and Adams
19:00 Sunday 26 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta (29 mins)

Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor (20 mins)

John Adams
Harmonium (33 mins)

Lucas and Arthur Jussen pianos
CBSO Chorus
Sydney Philharmonia Chorus
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada conductor


From the Alps to the Auvergne
19:00 Monday 27 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Kristine Tjøgersen
Between Trees (15 mins)

Trad.
Joseph Canteloube
Songs of the Auvergne (15 mins)
La pastoura als camps; La delaïssádo; Deux bourrées; Baïlèro

Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony (47 mins)

Louise Alder soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner conductor


Sibelius’s Second
19:00 Tuesday 28 July 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Mark‐Anthony Turnage
Festen Suite (21 mins)
BBC co-commission: UK première

Benjamin Britten
Cello Symphony (34 mins)

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major (40 mins)

Guy Johnston cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Elgar’s First
19:00 Wednesday 29 July 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Judith Weir
Moon and Star (15 mins)

Brett Dean
The World’s Wife (20 mins)
BBC co-commission: world première

Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major (50 mins)

Claire Booth soprano
BBC Singers
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor


Korngold’s Violin Concerto
19:00 Thursday 30 July 2026
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)

Alena Baeva violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova conductor


Bruch’s Violin Concerto
19:30 Friday 31 July 2026
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)
rev. version, 1851

Daniel Lozakovich violin
The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Omer Meir Wellber conductor


Mahler’s First by Heart
19:00 Saturday 1 August 2026
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)
performed from memory

Jack Bardoe actor
Natalie Lewis mezzo-soprano
Sarah Twomey actor
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor


Mahler’s First by Heart
11:00 Sunday 2 August 2026
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)
performed from memory

Natalie Lewis mezzo-soprano
Aurora Orchestra
Nicholas Collon conductor


Kavakos Plays Tchaikovsky
19:30 Sunday 2 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Dani Howard
Concerto for Brass, ‘SIGNAL’ (18 mins)
BBC co-commission: world première

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major (33 mins)

Alexander Scriabin
Symphony No. 2 in C major (41 mins)

Leonidas Kavakos violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi conductor


Rachmaninov’s ‘Paganini’ Variations
19:00 Monday 3 August 2026
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)

Kirill Gerstein piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Thomas Søndergård conductor


Dvořák and Mendelssohn
19:00 Tuesday 4 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Märchen-Suite (Fairy-Tale Suite) (19 mins)

Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor (26 mins)

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 7 in D minor (35 mins)

Alina Ibragimova violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Elena Schwarz conductor


Rachmaninov’s Second
18:00 Wednesday 5 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Maurice Ravel
La vallée 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)

Alexandra Dariescu piano
Hallé
Kahchun Wong conductor


Under African Skies: The Songs of ‘Graceland’
22:15 Wednesday 5 August 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Nu Civilisation Orchestra
Peter Edwards director


Elder Conducts Weber’s ‘Oberon’
19:00 Thursday 6 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Carl Maria von Weber
Oberon (120 mins)
(semi-staged; sung in English, with English surtitles)

Nicky Spence Oberon
Jennifer Davis Reiza
Charles Castronovo Sir Huon of Bordeaux
Yannick Debus Sherasmin
Rachael Wilson Fatima
Jasmin White Puck
Charlotte Bowden Mermaid
Jessica Cale Mermaid
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Emma Doherty stage director
Sir Mark Elder conductor


Rossini’s ‘Stabat mater’
19:00 Friday 7 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Ottorino Respighi
Church Windows (27 mins)

Gioachino Rossini
Stabat mater (61 mins)

Federica Lombardi soprano
Chiara Amarù mezzo-soprano
René Barbera tenor
Nicola Ulivieri bass
Epiphoni Consort
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Nil Venditti conductor


Steve Reich at 90 (Bristol)
19:30 Friday 7 August 2026
Bristol Beacon

Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians (65 mins)

Paraorchestra
Charles Hazlewood director
Faye Stoeser choroegrapher


Bristol: BBC Young Composer Workshop
10:30 Saturday 8 August 2026
Bristol Beacon


Russian Classics (Bristol)
17:00 Saturday 8 August 2026
Bristol Beacon

Dmitry Shostakovich
Festive Overture (7 mins)

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (30 mins)

Sofia Gubaidulina
Fairy-Tale Poem (12 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances (35 mins)

Maximilian Hornung cello
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Adam Hickox conductor


Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie fantastique’
19:30 Saturday 8 August 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1 (11 mins)

Thomas Adès
Dante – Part 2: Purgatorio (24 mins)

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique (49 mins)

National Youth Orchestra
Thomas Adès conductor


’Round Midnight (Bristol)
20:00 Saturday 8 August 2026
Bristol Beacon

Waldo's Gift
Denys Baptiste saxophone
Cassie Kinoshi + seed.
Jamie Cullum presenter


Relaxed Prom
11:00 Sunday 9 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Louis Prima
Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing) (4 mins)
arr. Harry Baker

Radiohead
Pyramid Song (5 mins)
arr. Simon Hale

Caroline Shaw
Partita – Sarabande (5 mins)

Antonín Dvořák
Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Finale (Furiant) (5 mins)

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music (14 mins)
arr. R. Douglas

Meredith Monk
Panda Chant II (2 mins)

Duke Ellington
It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing) (5 mins)
arr. Harry Baker

BBC Singers
Fantasia Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh conductor


Relaxed Prom (Bristol)
14:30 Sunday 9 August 2026
Bristol Beacon

Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons (12 mins)
excerpts; arr. Rhian Davies and Ellen O'Brien

Florence Price
Symphony No. 1 – Juba Dance (3rd mvt) (4 mins)
arr. Rhian Davies

Oliver Cross
Barriers (7 mins)
arr. Liam Taylor-West

Michael Betteridge
Soaring Through Sparks (Clarion Concerto) (3 mins)
arr. Julia Koelmans

Charlotte Harding
The Orchestra: A Young Person’s Guide (15 mins)
arr. Liam Taylor-West; BBC commission

Niamh Moriarty narrator
Alessandro Vazzana Clarion
National Open Youth Orchestra
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alice Farnham conductor


Joby Talbot’s ‘Path of Miracles’ (Bristol)
16:00 Sunday 9 August 2026
St George's Bristol

Joby Talbot
Path of Miracles (70 mins)

Tenebrae
Nigel Short conductor


Kurtág’s ‘Kafka Fragments’ (Bristol)
18:00 Sunday 9 August 2026
Bristol Beacon

György Kurtág
Kafka Fragments (60 mins)

Anu Komsi soprano
Sakari Oramo violin


The OAE Plays Mozart and Haydn
19:00 Sunday 9 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Jan Dismas Zelenka
Miserere in C minor (14 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Masonic Funeral Music (5 mins)

Aria ‘Schon lacht der holde Frühling’ (8 mins)

Aria ‘Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!’ (6 mins)

Joseph Haydn
Mass in D minor, ‘Nelson Mass’ (42 mins)

Erin Morley soprano
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Guy Cutting tenor
William Thomas bass
Choir of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Peter Whelan conductor


Salonen Conducts 20th-Century Classics
19:00 Monday 10 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements (22 mins)

Alban Berg
Violin Concerto (22 mins)

Béla Bartók
Concerto for Orchestra (36 mins)

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


Dudamel and the LA Phil: Beethoven and Adès
18:00 Tuesday 11 August 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’ (39 mins)

Thomas Adès
Dante – Part 1: Inferno (45 mins)

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel conductor


Evelyn Glennie and the Fantasia Orchestra
22:15 Tuesday 11 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

John Coltrane
Welcome
arr. Harry Baker

Duke Ellington
It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing) (5 mins)
arr. Harry Baker

Héloïse Werner
The Wood Pigeon (5 mins)
BBC commission: world première

Vincent Ho
Sandman’s Castle (7 mins)
excerpt

Morton Feldman
Rothko Chapel (6 mins)
excerpt

Caroline Shaw
Partita – Sarabande (5 mins)

Antonín Dvořák
Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Finale (Furiant) (5 mins)

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music (14 mins)
arr. R. Douglas

Evelyn Glennie
Philip Sheppard
Orologeria aureola (5 mins)

Radiohead
Pyramid Song (5 mins)
arr. Simon Hale

Meredith Monk
Panda Chant II (2 mins)

Evelyn Glennie percussion
BBC Singers
Fantasia Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh conductor


Dudamel and the LA Phil: Beethoven and Ortiz
19:00 Wednesday 12 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major (36 mins)

Gabriela Ortiz
Revolución diamantina (42 mins)
UK première

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


Gershwin’s Piano Concerto
19:00 Thursday 13 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Wynton Marsalis
Concerto for Orchestra (36 mins)
BBC co-commission: UK première

George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F major (31 mins)

Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1 in One movement (21 mins)

Yeol Eum Son piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan conductor


Marvin Gaye: Prince of Soul
19:00 Friday 14 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

BBC Concert Orchestra
Edwin Outwater conductor


Pappano Conducts Berlioz’s ‘Requiem’
19:30 Saturday 15 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

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

Julien Henric tenor
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor


Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven and Baroque
11:00 Sunday 16 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Martin Fröst
Cradle Song (2 mins)

Jacob Mühlrad
Helix (5 mins)
BBC co-commission: world première

Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Dardanus – Gigue (Act 5)
orch. Hans Ek

George Frideric Handel
Dixit Dominus – ‘De torrente in via bibet’
orch. Hans Ek

Shai Wosner
Bulgarian Gigue
after J. S. Bach, French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 – Gigue; orch. Hans Ek

Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Indes galantes – Les sauvages
arr. Shai Wosner, orch. Hans Ek

Göran Fröst
Martin Fröst
Nomadic Dances (5 mins)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major (38 mins)

Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Martin Fröst conductor/clarinet


Elgar’s Cello Concerto
19:30 Sunday 16 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Anton Webern
Passacaglia (11 mins)

Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor (30 mins)

William Walton
Symphony No. 2 (28 mins)

Pablo Ferrández cello
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko conductor


Copland and Stravinsky
19:00 Monday 17 August 2026
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)
BBC co-commission: European première

Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka (1947 version) (34 mins)

Anthony McGill clarinet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft conductor


Shostakovich’s Tenth
19:00 Tuesday 18 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Édith Canat de Chizy
Skyline (Concerto for three percussionists, timpani and orchestra) (20 mins)
BBC co-commission: UK première

Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor (55 mins)

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Cristian Măcelaru conductor


‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ from Glyndebourne
19:00 Wednesday 19 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos (120 mins)
semi-staged; sung in German, with English surtitles

Rachel Willis-Sørensen Ariadne
David Butt Philip Bacchus
Alina Wunderlin Zerbinetta
Mikhail Timoshenko Harlequin
Caspar Singh Scaramuccio
Liam James Karai Truffaldino
Liam Bonthrone Brighella
Samantha Hankey Composer
Michael Kraus Music Master
Ru Charlesworth Dancing Master
Anna Denisova Naiad
Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein Dryad
Eirin Rognerud Echo
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Robin Ticciati conductor


Miles Davis Centenary
19:00 Thursday 20 August 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess – ‘Bess, you is my woman now’ (5 mins)
arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama

Porgy and Bess: – ‘Gone, gone, gone’ (4 mins)
arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama

Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’ (4 mins)
arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama

Porgy and Bess – ‘I loves you, Porgy’ (4 mins)
arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama

Manuel de Falla
El amor brujo – Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp (4 mins)
arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama

Joaquín Rodrigo
En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’) (17 mins)
arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama

Gil Evans
Boplicity (3 mins)

Kurt Weill
My Ship (5 mins)
arr. Gil Evans, orch. Miho Hazama

Miles Davis
Gil Evans
Miles Ahead
orch, Miho Hazama

Eddie Barclay
Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas) (4 mins)
arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch, Miho Hazama

Ambrose Akinmusire trumpet
Sam Harris piano
Harish Raghavan bass
Kendrick Scott drums
BBC Concert Orchestra
Miho Hazama conductor


Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’
19:00 Friday 21 August 2026
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)

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


Chineke! Orchestra with Angel Blue
19:30 Saturday 22 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Edmund Thornton Jenkins
Dance Suite (15 mins)
reconstr. & arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe; world première

Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (15 mins)

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major (34 mins)

Angel Blue soprano
Chineke! Orchestra
Jonathon Heyward conductor


Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony
11:00 Sunday 23 August 2026 ON TV
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)
BBC commission: world première

Edward Elgar
Romance for bassoon and orchestra (5 mins)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, ‘Haffner’ (18 mins)

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


Capuçon Plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
19:30 Sunday 23 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Igor Stravinsky
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version) (12 mins)

Antonín Dvořák
Cello Concerto in B minor (40 mins)

Claude Debussy
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (10 mins)

Edgard Varèse
Amériques (26 mins)

Gautier Capuçon cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu conductor


American Classics
19:00 Monday 24 August 2026 ON TV
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. Grofé) (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


Bond and Beyond
19:00 Tuesday 25 August 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

BBC Concert Orchestra
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conductor


The Met Orchestra Plays Strauss
19:00 Wednesday 26 August 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier – suite (26 mins)
arr. attrib. A. Rodziński

Salome (18 mins)
final scene

Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben (46 mins)

Elza van den Heever soprano
The Met Orchestra
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin conductor


The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler
18:00 Thursday 27 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Kaija Saariaho
Lumière et pesanteur (7 mins)

Gustav Mahler
Rückert-Lieder (20 mins)

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major (57 mins)

Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano
The Met Orchestra
Yannick Nézet‐Séguin conductor


Ultimate Calm
22:15 Thursday 27 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Erland Cooper presenter/piano
City of London Sinfonia
Alexandra Wood director/violin


Altın Gün
19:30 Friday 28 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Derya Yıldırım vocals
Altın Gün
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jules Buckley conductor


Mold: BBC Young Composer Workshop
10:30 Saturday 29 August 2026
Theatr Clwyd, Mold


Words and Music (Mold)
16:00 Saturday 29 August 2026
Theatr Clwyd, Mold

Sinfonia Cymru
Iwan Davies conductor


Stravinsky and Prokofiev with the Oslo Philharmonic
19:30 Saturday 29 August 2026
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)
excerpts

Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
Oslo Philharmonic
Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla conductor


BBC Young Composer
16:30 Sunday 30 August 2026
Royal College of Music

BBC Concert Orchestra
Tess Jackson conductor


Berlioz’s ‘The Damnation of Faust’
19:00 Sunday 30 August 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust (130 mins)
concert performance; sung in French, with English surtitles

John Osborn Faust
Véronique Gens Marguerite
Gerald Finley Méphistophélès
Thomas Dolié Brander
Maîtrise de Radio France
Chœur de Radio France
Les Siècles
Jakob Lehmann conductor


Enchanted: Alan Menken’s Music for Disney
19:00 Monday 31 August 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

National Youth Music Theatre
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sarah Hicks conductor


Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto
19:30 Tuesday 1 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Vítězslava Kaprálová
Suita rustica (16 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (40 mins)

Leoš Janáček
Sinfonietta (24 mins)

Lukáš Vondráček piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša conductor


Berlin Philharmonic Plays Elgar and Tchaikovsky
18:30 Wednesday 2 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Edward Elgar
‘Enigma’ Variations (31 mins)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor (44 mins)

Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko conductor


Steve Reich at 90
22:15 Wednesday 2 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Guillaume de Machaut
Messe de Nostre Dame – Kyrie (4 mins)

Pérotin
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 Park
Trad.
Phos hilaron ('Hail, gladdening light’) (2 mins)

Josquin des Prez
O virgo prudentissima (6 mins)

Steve Reich
Tehillim (30 mins)

The Gesualdo Six
Owain Park director
Colin Currie Group
Colin Currie conductor


Berlin Philharmonic Plays Beethoven and Scriabin
19:00 Thursday 3 September 2026
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)

Augustin Hadelich violin
Berlin Philharmonic
Kirill Petrenko conductor


Vaughan Williams’s ‘Fantasia’ and Symphony No. 9
19:00 Friday 4 September 2026
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)
BBC co-commission: world première

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 9 in E minor (33 mins)

Simone Lamsma violin
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze conductor


Martha Argerich Plays Beethoven
19:00 Saturday 5 September 2026 ON TV
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)

Martha Argerich piano
Munich Philharmonic
Lahav Shani conductor


John Wilson Conducts the Sinfonia of London Strings
11:00 Sunday 6 September 2026
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)

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


Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony
19:30 Sunday 6 September 2026 ON TV
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)
BBC co-commission: world première

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’ (40 mins)

Jess Gillam saxophone
Ben Goldscheider horn
Sheku Kanneh‐Mason cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor


Rattle Conducts Schumann
19:00 Monday 7 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Robert Schumann
Genoveva – overture (10 mins)

Violin Concerto in D minor (33 mins)

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major (38 mins)

Isabelle Faust violin
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor


Rachmaninov, Bartók and Varèse
18:30 Tuesday 8 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Edgard Varèse
Density 21.5 (3 mins)

Béla Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (28 mins)

Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 3 in A minor (39 mins)

Matthew Higham flute
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth conductor


Weyes Blood and the Jules Buckley Orchestra
22:15 Tuesday 8 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Weyes Blood
Jules Buckley Orchestra
Jules Buckley conductor


Strauss’s ‘Four Last Songs’
19:00 Wednesday 9 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Hans Werner Henze
Erlkönig – orchestral fantasy (6 mins)

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, ‘Unfinished’ (25 mins)

Gustav Mahler
What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (arr. Benjamin Britten) (10 mins)

Richard Strauss
Four Last Songs (24 mins)

Natalya Romaniw soprano
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Paweł Kapuła conductor


Bach’s Mass in B minor with Arcangelo
19:00 Thursday 10 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor (115 mins)

Jeanine De Bique soprano
Eva Zaïcik soprano
Hugh Cutting counter-tenor
Nick Pritchard tenor
Florian Störtz bass-baritone
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen director/harpsichord


Mahler’s Ninth with the Mahler Academy Orchestra
20:00 Friday 11 September 2026
Royal Albert Hall

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9 (81 mins)

Mahler Academy Orchestra
Philipp von Steinaecker conductor


Last Night of the Proms 2026
19:15 Saturday 12 September 2026 ON TV
Royal Albert Hall

Trad.
Fantasia on British Sea-Songs (13 mins)
arr. Wood

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)
(arr. P. Campbell)

Nicky Spence tenor
Yuja Wang piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor