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BBC Proms

BBC Proms

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The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.

Season 78 Episodes

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Episode 1: First Night of the Proms 2024

Jul 19, 2024 · 1h 59m

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.

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

Jul 21, 2024 · 1h 55m

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.

Episode 3: Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem

Jul 26, 2024 · 1h 30m

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.

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

Jul 28, 2024 · 1h 40m

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’.

Episode 5: Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony

Aug 2, 2024 · 2h 5m

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

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

Aug 4, 2024 · 1h 40m

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.

Episode 9: Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks

Aug 16, 2024 · 1h 50m

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.

Episode 10: Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem

Aug 18, 2024 · 1h 30m

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

Episode 12: Prom 18: Sam Smith

Aug 24, 2024 · 1h 43m

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’.

Episode 13: Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets

Aug 25, 2024 · 2h 29m

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.

Episode 14: Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart

Aug 30, 2024 · 1h 55m

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

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

Aug 31, 2024 · 1h 30m

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!

Episode 16: Prom 54: Beethoven for Three

Sep 1, 2024 · 1h 59m

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.

Episode 18: Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz

Sep 7, 2024 · 1h 50m

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

Episode 19: New Music at the Proms 2024

Sep 8, 2024 · 2h

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.

Episode 21: Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

Sep 14, 2024 · 2h

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.

Episode 23: Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree

Sep 14, 2024 · 1h 8m

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.

Episode 25: Prom 48: Doctor Who Prom

Dec 24, 2024 · 1h 50m

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…

Season 78 FAQ

Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.

When did BBC Proms Season 78 premiere?

BBC Proms Season 78 premiered on July 19, 2024.

How many episodes are in BBC Proms Season 78?

BBC Proms Season 78 has 25 episodes.

What is the first episode of BBC Proms Season 78?

The season opens with Season 78 Episode 1, "First Night of the Proms 2024". It aired on July 19, 2024.

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