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Season 2026 / Episode 8 and airs on 07 August 2026 18:00
BBC Proms is the world's greatest classical music festival.
The classical music festival gets under way live from the Royal Albert Hall. Petroc Trelawny and Georgia Mann guide viewers through a night of music-making to kick off the summer's Proms season. Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man opens, followed by Gershwin's An American in Paris, and Ravel's bluesy Piano Concerto, performed by pianist Yunchan Lim. A world premiere by Josephine Stephenson starts the second half, followed by Finzi's ode to the patron saint of music - For St Cecilia - with tenor Thomas Atkins. Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus.
Petroc Trelawny and Georgia Mann present a specially curated night of musical gems from the Royal Albert Hall featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductors Marin Alsop and Elim Chan. Alongside a performance of one of the best-known of all symphonies is Mussorgsky's A Night on a Bare Mountain and Richard Strauss's Don Juan.
Classical arrangements of music by ELP, Genesis, Mike Oldfield, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Yes and more, in a rock-classical crossover performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra alongside a group of rock veterans. Presented by Stuart Maconie from the Royal Albert Hall. The BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Robert Ames, Guy Garvey, Jane Weaver, Gruff Rhys, Carl Palmer, Peter Hammill. ELP/Copland, arr Robert Ames: Fanfare for the Common Man. Jethro Tull, arr Sam Gale: Out Bloody Rageous Pt 1. Genesis, arr Adam Dennis: A Trick of the Tail. Genesis, arr Sam Gale: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe). Renaissance, arr Christian Balvig: Northern Lights. Moody Blues, arr Fiona Brice: Nights in White Satin. Van der Graaf Generator, arr Adam Dennis: Refugees. Yes, arr Chaines: And You And I; Close to the Edge; Siberian Khatru. Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells Pt 1 - excerpts. Interval. ELP, arr Robert Ames Karn: Evil; First Impression Part 2. Osibisa, arr Christian Balvig: Komfo 5. Frank Zappa, arr Christian Balvig: Peaches En Regalia. Focus, arr Christian Balvig: Sylvia. King Crimson, arr Fiona Brice: 21st Century Schizoid Man; I Talk to the Wind; Court of the Crimson King. Jethro Tull: Reasons for Waiting. Genesis, arr Fiona Brice: Entangled. Gentle Giant, arr Sam Gale: On Reflection. Incredible String Band, arr Christian Balvig: Maker of Islands. Pink Floyd, arr Fiona Brice: Great Gig In the Sky. Supertramp, arr Christian Balvig: Crime of the Century. ELP/ Mussorgsky, arr Robert Ames: Great Gate of Kiev.
The powerhouse conductor brings Respighi's sun-soaked Roman Trilogy to life, leading his Sinfonia of London Orchestra through a colossal program also featuring Walton & Verdi.
A night celebrating the famed British composer with two of his best-loved works, the First Symphony & Cello Concerto, masterfully performed by Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
Nick Mohammed presents music inspired by Iberian rhythms as the Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with works by Manuel De Falla, Maurice Ravel & Joaquín Rodrigo.
Katie Derham presents a look at some of the great performances on the violin that have graced the Royal Albert Hall stage. Rising star Sueye Park makes her Proms debut with the Sibelius Violin Concerto, also featuring archive gems from Liya Petrova, Nicola Benedetti and Nigel Kennedy.
A specially curated programme, featuring a trio of pieces inspired by the wonders of the sky, opens with the BBC Philharmonic, under the baton of John Storgårds, in Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra. Judith Weir's Moon and Star follows, performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers and Ryan Wigglesworth. The evening finishes with a debut performance by the Spanish National Orchestra in Ravel's Alborada del gracioso, conducted by David Afkham.
Coverage of the classical music festival.
Actor Nick Mohammed journeys through the Proms archive to celebrate the music that transformed people's view of the universe. Featuring Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra from 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gustav Holst's The Planets, John Williams's scores for Star Wars and ET the Extra-Terrestrial, Hans Zimmer's Interstellar and Max Richter's On the Nature of Daylight, heard in Arrival.
Petroc Trelawny presents from the Royal Albert Hall as Thomas Adès conducts the National Youth Orchestra on a musical journey to the underworld and back. The programme opens with Liszt's Mephisto Waltz No 1, a whirlwind score based on Nikolaus Lenau's epic poem Faust, followed by Adès' own Dante - Part 2: Purgatorio, the central act of his Grammy Award-winning ballet. To round off the concert, the orchestra delivers the dazzling Symphonie fantastique by Berlioz. Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No 1. Thomas Adès: Dante - Part 2: Purgatorio. Berlioz Symphonie fantastique. National Youth Orchestra, Thomas Adès (conductor).
Fresh from his surprise appearance during the World Cup Final half-time show, Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in its first Proms appearance for more than two decades. Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, hailed by Wagner as 'the apotheosis of the dance', is paired with Gabriela Ortiz's Revolucion diamantina, a score inspired by Mexico's 2019 'glitter revolution'. Georgia Mann presents.
Katie Derham presents a celebration of moments that made Proms history, with landmark premieres and remarkable debuts, including the first appearances of artists, orchestras and even instruments. Featuring a Betsy Jolas debut inspired by Shakespeare's Tempest, music from the Spanish National Orchestra,, soprano Angel Blue's triumphant first appearance, and the first accordion soloist to grace the Last Night of the Proms stage with Ksenija Sidorova's rendition of Piazzolla's Libertango.
Clive Myrie presents a night at the Royal Albert Hall in tribute to the legendary trumpeter who would have celebrated his centenary in 2026. The concert combines the musician's influences - works by Rodrigo and Gershwin - with his own hits from classic albums such as Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain and Miles Ahead, amongst others.
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