2024
25 episodes · Jul 19, 2024
With works from Bach, Beethoven, Clara Schumann, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Elgar and more, this Proms season is jam-packed full of classic composers and repertoire. Hear them performed by some of the greatest orchestras in the world in a season that guarantees the ultimate concert experience.
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S78E1First Night of the Proms 2024
Jul 19, 2024119mIn her First Night of the Proms debut, conductor Elim Chan presents Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony alongside Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Clara Schumann’s tender Piano Concerto, featuring star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.
S78E2Prom 4: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth
Jul 21, 2024115mThe entire Hallé family visits from Manchester to celebrate Sir Mark Elder’s last season as Music Director after 25 years in the role. Together they present Sir James MacMillan’s Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia and Mahler’s life-affirming Symphony No. 5.
S78E3Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem
Jul 26, 202490mVerdi’s Requiem was first performed 150 years ago and given its British premiere at the Royal Albert Hall the following year. Ryan Bancroft leads the BBC NOW and massed singers in a performance of this vivid choral masterpieces.
S78E4Prom 13: Sarah Vaughan – If You Could See Me Now
Jul 28, 2024100mThe BBC Concert Orchestra and Guy Barker are joined by a starry line up of singers for a celebration of one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan, with songs including 'If You Could See Me Now’ and ‘Broken-Hearted Melody’.
S78E5Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony
Aug 2, 2024125mNicholas Collon and the BBC Philharmonic perform the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century, Messiaen’s Turangalîla, after the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms
S78E6Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson
Aug 4, 2024100mJohn Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.
S78E7Prom 20: Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons
Aug 9, 202480mBrothers Braimah and Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes join forces with the dynamic Fantasia Orchestra for a family-friendly concert of folk songs, dances, prayers and incantations
S78E8Prom 30: The National Youth Orchestra plays Mahler’s First
Aug 11, 2024125mThe National Youth Orchestra, comprising some of Britain’s most talented young players, performs Mahler’s anguished, ultimately triumphant Symphony No.1, alongside works by Wagner and Missy Mazzoli and a new commission from Dani Howard.
S78E9Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks
Aug 16, 2024110mEdith Bowman presents a night for film lovers, with music from blockbusters including Everything Everywhere All at Once, All Quiet on the Western Front and Tár.
S78E10Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem
Aug 18, 202490mSir Antonio Pappano and his London Symphony Orchestra are joined by three choirs and three outstanding vocal soloists for a work of hope that emerged from the ashes of destruction: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem
S78E11Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Aug 23, 2024120mGemma New joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s musical retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, following Mozart’s heavenly Clarinet Concerto with Anthony McGill and Mel Bonis’s colourful Salomé
S78E12Prom 18: Sam Smith
Aug 24, 2024103mFor their only UK appearance of 2024, Sam Smith joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, released 10 years ago and featuring tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Lay Me Down’.
S78E13Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets
Aug 25, 2024149mHolst’s suite The Planets is one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite to perform the work alongside Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph and a new piece from Finnish-American composer Lara Poe.
S78E14Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart
Aug 30, 2024115mAurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony by bringing their unique Orchestral Theatre approach to the iconic work with the help of the BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain
S78E15Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco
Aug 31, 202490mThe BBC Concert Orchestra lends its power and exuberance to an evening that celebrates a pivotal movement in late 20th-century club culture. Get ready for all the glitz, glamour and groove of disco at the Proms!
S78E16Prom 54: Beethoven for Three
Sep 1, 2024119mEmanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma come together to form a classical supergroup, bringing greater intimacy than ever before to Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Sixth Symphony while also performing one of the composer’s best-loved chamber works.
S78E17Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond
Sep 6, 2024105mMarking a century since Henry Mancini’s birth, Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the man and his music in styles ranging from jazz to light classical and film music.
S78E18Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz
Sep 7, 2024110mRiccardo Minasi conducts his dynamic Ensemble Resonanz in a pair of Mozart’s most thrilling overtures – from The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni – alongside his achingly beautiful Sinfonia concertante and the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony
S78E19New Music at the Proms 2024
Sep 8, 2024120mA celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall this summer chosen by Tom Service, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show.
S78E20Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2024
Sep 13, 2024119mA journey through 2024’s five-star BBC Proms season, celebrating Mozart, Sam Smith, Beethoven, Mancini, Holst, Bob Marley and so much more.
S78E21Last Night of the Proms, Part 1
Sep 14, 2024120mKatie Derham hosts classical music's biggest party of the year, with soloists Sir Stephen Hough and Angel Blue and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.
S78E22Last Night of the Proms, Part 2
Sep 14, 202470mKatie Derham invites you to join her for the season's glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.
S78E23Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree
Sep 14, 202468mJoin Duggee, Bluey, the Octonauts and lots more of your CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world in music and song at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree. Kwamé Ryan leads the Sinfonia Smith Square, BBC Singers & CBeebies East London Schools’ Choir.
S78E24Prom 69: Florence + The Machine – Symphony of Lungs
Oct 19, 202488mFlorence Welch – aka Florence + The Machine – joins Jules Buckley and his Orchestra for a celebration of Lungs, her BRIT Award-winning debut album, released to huge acclaim 15 years ago.
S78E25Prom 48: Doctor Who Prom
Dec 24, 2024110mDoctor Who makes its much-anticipated return to the Proms with a brand-new show celebrating the Doctor’s latest adventures. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and a host of special guests present a concert like no other in all of space and time…