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BBC Proms
BBC Proms: Season 78

Air Date

July 19, 2024

Episodes

25 episodes

BBC Proms

Season 78

Overview

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.

Episodes

First Night of the Proms 2024

1. First Night of the Proms 2024

July 19, 2024
119 min

In 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.

Prom 4: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth

2. Prom 4: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth

July 21, 2024
115 min

The 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.

Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem

3. Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem

July 26, 2024
90 min

Verdi’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.

Prom 13: Sarah Vaughan – If You Could See Me Now

4. Prom 13: Sarah Vaughan – If You Could See Me Now

July 28, 2024
100 min

The 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’.

Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony

5. Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony

August 2, 2024
125 min

Nicholas 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

Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson

6. Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson

August 4, 2024
100 min

John 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.

Prom 20: Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons

7. Prom 20: Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons

August 9, 2024
80 min

Brothers 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

Prom 30: The National Youth Orchestra plays Mahler’s First

8. Prom 30: The National Youth Orchestra plays Mahler’s First

August 11, 2024
125 min

The 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.

Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks

9. Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks

2.0
August 16, 2024
110 min

Edith 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.

Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem

10. Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem

August 18, 2024
90 min

Sir 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

Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

11. Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

August 23, 2024
120 min

Gemma 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

Prom 18: Sam Smith

12. Prom 18: Sam Smith

8.0
August 24, 2024
103 min

For 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’.

Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets

13. Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets

August 25, 2024
149 min

Holst’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.

Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart

14. Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart

August 30, 2024
115 min

Aurora 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

Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

15. Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

5.0
August 31, 2024
90 min

The 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!

Prom 54: Beethoven for Three

16. Prom 54: Beethoven for Three

September 1, 2024
119 min

Emanuel 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.

Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond

17. Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond

September 6, 2024
105 min

Marking 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.

Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz

18. Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz

September 7, 2024
110 min

Riccardo 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

New Music at the Proms 2024

19. New Music at the Proms 2024

2.0
September 8, 2024
120 min

A 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.

Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2024

20. Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2024

September 13, 2024
119 min

A journey through 2024’s five-star BBC Proms season, celebrating Mozart, Sam Smith, Beethoven, Mancini, Holst, Bob Marley and so much more.

Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree

23. Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree

September 14, 2024
68 min

Join 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.

Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

21. Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

4.0
September 14, 2024
120 min

Katie 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.

Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

22. Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

5.0
September 14, 2024
70 min

Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season's glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.

Prom 69: Florence + The Machine – Symphony of Lungs

24. Prom 69: Florence + The Machine – Symphony of Lungs

October 19, 2024
88 min

Florence 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.

Prom 48: Doctor Who Prom

25. Prom 48: Doctor Who Prom

December 24, 2024
110 min

Doctor 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…

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