About BBC Proms
Saturdays 8-10pm, August 9 through October 4
The BBC Proms is the ultimate summer music festival, lighting up the Royal Albert Hall with eight weeks of electrifying performances. It features a wide range of performances from the world's leading orchestras, conductors, and soloists. This legendary series culminates in the dazzling Last Night of the Proms, a grand finale that captivates a global audience and embodies the joyous spirit of music.
Program Schedule
Concert recorded 7/18/25
August 9, 2025
First Night of the Proms
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Caspar Singh, tenor
Gerald Finley, bass-baritone
London Youth Choirs (members of)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
BLISS: Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood
MENDELSSOHN: Overture ‘The Hebrides’
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D minor
WALLEN: The Elements
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sancta civitas
Concert recorded 7/22/25
August 16, 2025
Sean Shibe, electric guitar
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Anja Bihlmaier, conductor
STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration
SIMPSON: ZEBRA (or, 2-3-74: The Divine Invasion of Philip K. Dick)
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
Concert recorded 7/24/25
August 23, 2025
Augustin Hadelich, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
STRAVINSKY: Song of the Nightingale
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor
DAVIS: Tales (Tails) of the Signifying
Monkey
STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
Concert recorded 8/2/25
August 30, 2025
Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Emily D’Angelo, mezzo-soprano
Hallé Choir
Hallé Youth Choir
Hallé
Kahchun Wong, conductor
MAHLER: Symphony No 2 in C minor,
‘Resurrection’
Concert recorded 8/15/25
September 6, 2025
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Synergy Vocals
BBC National Chorus of Wales (lower voices)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
GUBAIDULINA: Revel Music for Symphony
Orchestra and Jazz Band
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor
Concert recorded 8/20/25
September 13, 2025
Bruce Liu, piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
ORTIZ: Antrópolis
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
MUSSORGSKY (orch. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
Concert recorded 8/24/25
September 20, 2025
Janine Jansen, violin
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
MOZART: Symphony No. 31 in D major
PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
BARTÒK: Concerto for Orchestra
Concert recorded 9/5/25
September 27, 2025
Chineke! Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: The Bamboula
COLEMAN: Fanfare for Uncommon Times
WALKER: Pageant and Proclamation
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10 in E minor
Concert recorded 9/12/25
October 4, 2025
Last Night of the Proms Louise Adler, soprano
Alison Balsom, trumpet
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan, conductor
MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bare Mountain
HUMMEL: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
BENJAMIN: Storm Cloud Cantata (from ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’)
LEHÁR: The Merry Widow–Vilja Song
GOUNOD: Faust–‘Ah, je ris de me voir’
(Jewel Song)
PÉPIN: Fireworks
DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture
PORTMAN: The Gathering Tree
TRADITIONAL (arr. Wood): Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
ARNE (arr. Sargent): Rule, Britannia!
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No.
1 in D major
PARRY: Jerusalem
TRADITIONAL (arr. Britten): The National Anthem
TRADITIONAL (arr. Campbell): Auld Lang Syne
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