BBC Proms - Episode Guide

Katie Derham presents the launch of the world's greatest classical music festival from the Royal Albert Hall. The celebrations open with Tchaikovsky's ravishing Romeo and Juliet overture, the first in a series of musical works during the season marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare. The 2016 BBC Proms also throw a spotlight on the cello, and tonight the remarkable Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta makes her proms debut in Elgar's haunting Cello Concerto, the first of ten concertos for the instrument to be performed during the festival. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Katie Derham presents the second half of the opening of the 2016 BBC Proms season from the Royal Albert Hall. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, the BBC National Chorus of Wales and mezzo-soprano soloist Olga Borodina in a performance of Prokofiev's celebrated cantata Alexander Nevsky. Created from the soundtrack Prokofiev originally composed for Sergey Eisenstein's landmark film, the music is dramatic and evocative, including the famous musical depiction of Battle on the Ice.

The popular Faure Requiem headlines this prom of choral classics performed by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conducted by Stephen Cleobury, the programme also includes Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate, Haydn's Mass in Time of War and two Faure miniatures, and features an impressive line-up of soloists from across the British Isles - Lucy Crowe, Paula Murrihy, Robin Tritschler and Roderick Williams. Presented by Suzy Klein.

Katie Derham presents the Strictly Prom. Could this be the glitziest Prom ever? Get your dancing shoes on and join Katie and a whole host of favourite Strictly Come Dancing professionals as they celebrate the music of dance. The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Gavin Sutherland, embarks on a musical journey from foxtrot and waltz, to paso doble and tango, taking in a wonderful panorama of dancing and some stunning orchestral interludes on the way.

Michael Tippett's secular oratorio A Child of Our Time is his most widely performed work. It is an impassioned protest against persecution and tyranny with an overriding message of peace.

Renowned British baritone and composer Roderick Williams takes a look at the story behind A Child Of Our Time and introduces conductor Mark Wigglesworth, the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and soloists Tamara Wilson (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Peter Hoare (tenor) and James Creswell (bass).

In 1938 a young Polish Jew, whose parents were deported by the Nazis, shot a German diplomat in Paris. The Nazis seized on the assassination to rile Hitler's supporters into an anti-Semitic frenzy.

Tippett shared the public horror at the events that followed and in 1939 began writing a musical protest, a work that expressed deep rage at the unprecedented crimes being committed by the Nazi regime, and despair at man's ability to commit acts of inhumanity.

After the success of last year's Ten Pieces Prom, comes another spectacular and surprising multimedia celebration of classical music. Featuring orchestral performances, video animation, dance, drama and special guests - direct from the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

The BBC Philharmonic conducted by rising star Alpesh Chauhan is joined by a 450-strong children's Ten Pieces Choir assembled from schools around the country. Wayne Marshall gives the famous RAH organ an airing for Bach's Toccata and Fugue, and DJ Mr Switch shows his chops on the decks for Gabriel Prokofiev's dynamic Concerto For Turntables And Orchestra.

American violinist Esther Yoo is the soloist for Vaughan Williams's spellbinding The Lark Ascending and winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Brass Category 2014 Matilda Lloyd makes her Proms solo debut with the sprightly 3rd movement from Haydn's Trumpet Concerto.

The coverage is presented by Michelle Ackerley and the show is hosted onstage by Naomi Wilkinson and writer Lemn Sissay, whilst music, storylines and surprises weave around them...former footballer Dion Dublin shows his skills...Newsround reporter Leah Boleto is on the trail of mysterious creatures in central London - something to do a magical ring and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries...actor Dan Starkey plays the part of Joseph Haydn, with the over-eager composer constantly interrupting proceedings to humourous effect.

The creativity of the nation's children is again on show, with performances of their own art, writing, musical compositions and dance in response to the pieces.

The Prom is the fittingly exuberant celebration of the second year of the BBC's biggest ever music education initiative, which has taken classical music to young people across the UK in innovative ways. It brings the acclaimed Ten Pieces II film to life as an immersive theatrical experience for all the family.

The great conductor Bernard Haitink marks the 50th anniversary year of his first appearance at the Proms with Mahler's 3rd symphony. One of the most powerful and expansive musical visions of nature ever created, this is Mahler's personal hymn to the natural world. The London Symphony Orchestra is joined by the mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, the women's voices of the London Symphony Chorus and the Tiffin Boys' Choir. Presented from the Royal Albert Hall by Suzy Klein.

A celebration and reinterpretation of the music of the late David Bowie with the Berlin-based musicians' collective Stargaze and its artistic director Andre de Ridder. They are joined by guest singers and collaborators including Marc Almond, Laura Mvula, John Cale, Paul Buchanan, Conor O'Brien, Amanda Palmer and countertenor Phillippe Jaroussky, and with arrangements from Jherek Bischoff, David Lang, Anna Meredith, Greg Saunier, Josephine Stephenson and Michael Van der Aa. This rare collaboration promises to deliver a unique re-imagining of the Bowie catalogue with fresh interpretations of his classic works.

Shakespeare's influence on the world has been profound, and on no-one more so than Berlioz, who fell in love with The Bard's work in 1827 and so began a life-long passion for all things Shakespearean.

How fitting then to mark 400 years since Shakespeare's death with a performance of Berlioz's dramatic symphony Romeo and Juliet, the grandest of his Shakespeare-inspired works.

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, the Monteverdi Choir, the National Youth Choir of Scotland and soloists Julie Boulianne (mezzo-soprano), Jean–Paul Fouchecourt (tenor) and Laurent Naouri (bass), as Berlioz tells his version of this most famous of stories.

Two Russian heavyweights and a living Scottish composer are the focus of tonight's prom, featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the direction of chief conductor in waiting, Thomas Dausgaard.

Finnish soloist Pekka Kuusisto performs Tchaikovsky's passionate and virtuosic Violin Concerto. It is followed by Petrushka, the first of a trio of landmark Stravinsky ballet scores for the Ballet Russes to be performed by Scottish orchestras over this Proms weekend.

And the concert opens with a world premiere of the first part of a new BBC commission from Helen Grime. Two Eardley Pictures - I: Catterline in Winter was inspired by the landscape paintings of Joan Eardley and folk music of the far North-East.

It's all about space and science, as the National Youth Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Choir and conductor Edward Gardner play a galaxy of awe-inspiring music live from the Royal Albert Hall.

It's an out-of-this world presentation of brand new sounds and much-loved classics. The concert launches with the London premiere of Iris ter Schiphorst's Gravitational Waves, before blasting off to Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra (better known as the music from Space Odyssey).

The final destination is Holst's mighty Planets, with further embellishment from Colin Matthews' Pluto. Big music for a big orchestra.

Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and former NYO-er and composer Lloyd Coleman, the music will be peppered with exciting insights in to the music and the impassioned players.

Proms favourites the John Wilson Orchestra and their eponymous conductor celebrate the music and lyrics of one of the greatest song-writing partnerships in American history, George and Ira Gershwin. Expect hit after hit as singers Julian Ovenden, Louise Dearman and Matthew Ford perform crowd pleasers like Fascinatin' Rhythm, They All Laughed and many more. Classic orchestral numbers, including An American in Paris and a Rhapsody In Blue Overture, complete the line-up in a concert that features a bumper crop of the brothers' best-known tunes.

Valery Gergiev conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in three popular classics - Ravel's hypnotic Bolero, the ravishing suite from Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier and Rachmaninov's romantic third piano concerto, with the outstanding young pianist Behzod Abduraimov.

Also in the programme is Galina Ustvolskaya's searing third symphony, Jesus Messiah, Save Us!, with text read tonight by Alexei Petrenko. Presented by Katie Derham.

BBC Prom from the Royal Albert Hall which celebrates the career of composer, arranger, producer and conductor Quincy Jones. Jules Buckley and his Metropole Orkest lead the festivities on stage, celebrating Quincy's compositions, arrangements and productions from a career that has lasted over half a century. The musical and orchestral journey looks back at Quincy's early film and TV scores as well as his collaborations with the likes of Count Basie and Ray Charles, along with his momentous and iconic production work with The Brothers Johnson and Michael Jackson. Bringing the proceedings up to date is a line-up of inventive and prodigious multi-instrumentalists including Quincy's proteges Jacob Collier, Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodriguez and Cameroonian bassist, composer and vocalist Richard Bona - all showcasing brand new compositions and musical tributes to one of the most influential jazz artists of the 20th century. Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and Clarke Peters.

Multimillion-selling jazz supremo and master of all musical trades Jamie Cullum returns to the BBC Proms following his sell-out appearance in 2010. This time Jamie is joined by the talented conductor, composer and arranger Jules Buckley and the renegade musicians who make up The Heritage Orchestra. London's Roundhouse Choir, the Remi Harris Trio and emerging talent from BBC Introducing's canon join Jamie as he offers his own take on a collection of classic pop songs and delivers improvisational numbers from his enviable back catalogue and repertoire.

The Proms festival celebrates the Rio 2016 Olympics with a visit from Brazil's Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by their musical director Marin Alsop. The concert gets off the mark with the UK premiere of Marlos Nobre's Kabbalah, followed by Grieg's Piano Concerto, with soloist Gabriela Montero. A movement from Villa-Lobos's Bachianas brasileiras lends a latin flavour to proceedings, before Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances brings them to a close.

Sir Mark Elder returns to the Royal Albert Hall with his orchestra, the Halle. They begin with a performance of Berlioz's overture King Lear, inspired by that most tragic of Shakespeare's plays. Colin Matthews's Berceuse for Dresden has its London premiere, featuring solo cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. This piece was written to mark the rebuilding of the Dresden Frauenkirche, the church bombed by the Allies in 1945. The concert concludes with Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, featuring mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and tenor Gregory Kunde.

The Aurora Orchestra with conductor and founder Nicholas Collon return to the Proms with another performance entirely from memory. Not a note of music or a single music stand will be seen on the Royal Albert Hall stage as they tackle Mozart's final symphony, a piece packed full of joy and invention. Presenter Tom Service explores the process of committing a complete symphony to memory and, with the orchestra's help, unpicks this work on stage for the Proms audience, deconstructing the final movement to explore Mozart's compositional genius.

From the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny presents three works by Mozart, all written during the final months of his life. Conductor Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra are joined by Neal Davies for the concert aria Per questa bella mano, and clarinettist Akos Acs is the soloist in the Clarinet Concerto in A major. The prom concludes with Mozart's Requiem, as bass soloist Neal Davies returns to the stage with the soprano Lucy Crowe, mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj and tenor Jeremy Ovenden. The orchestra and soloists are joined by one of Europe's leading choirs, Collegium Vocale Gent.

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony no 7. Closely associated with both live performances and recordings of the Mahler symphonies throughout his career, Rattle steers the world-leading orchestra through the intense drama of this huge and complex but emotionally powerful orchestral work, marshalling unconventional instruments including cowbells, mandolin and guitar. The Mahler is preceded by a short work by iconoclastic French composer Pierre Boulez, who died in January 2016 aged 90. Written to mark his 40th birthday in 1965, Eclat is a study of resonance written for 15 instruments. The title means 'burst' but also 'fragment, explosion, reflections of light', and it references Boulez's own dual roles as conductor and composer by giving the conductor control over when and how to cue elements of the ten-minute piece.

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony with their new Music Director, 30 year old Lithuanian Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla.

Mozart's overture to The Magic Flute and a new piece by Hans Abrahamsen also feature in this broadcast presented by American soprano Angel Blue.

Written in 1877 Tchaikovsky's fourth symphony famously explores the forces of fate wrestling with human happiness, through music that is tragic, yearning and celebratory.

The curtain-raiser is Mozart's overture to his opera The Magic Flute. The overture packs a punch. Playful inventiveness, dramatic shifts between sparkling melodies, and the famous Masonic three chords which open and punctuate it.

The concert also features the London premiere of Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen's acclaimed new work "Let me tell you". The work features Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan balances vocal dexterity with emotional subtlety to create a powerful interpretation of Hamlet's troubled Ophelia.

The penultimate concert in the 2016 Proms season features Verdi's thunderous Requiem.

Marin Alsop is at the helm conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the BBC Proms Youth Choir.

Tom Service introduces for television and talks to Marin Alsop backstage. The soloists line-up for Verdi's largest scale non-operatic work are soprano Tamara Wilson, mezzo-soprano Alisa Kolosova, tenor Michael Fabiano and bass Morris Robinson.

Verdi's Requiem had its British premiere in 1875 at the Royal Albert Hall with the composer himself conducting. Its fire and brimstone depiction of death and destruction never fails to appeal, most famously of all in the tumultuous Dies Irae.

CBeebies is at the Royal Albert Hall, ready to take BBC's very youngest audience on a musical journey through the countryside, around the world, back in time and into space.

Conductor Jessica Cottis leads the BBC Concert Orchestra in this CBeebies Prom which will include a special Overture of CBeebies theme tunes, as well as inspiring classical music with Beethoven's 3rd Movt Pastorale Symphony, Korngold's The Sea Hawk, Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights, Peter Maxwell Davies' An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise and Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra.

Marquez' Conga del Fuego will close this special family event which will be presented by CBeebies favourites Andy Day (Andy's Dinosaur Adventures), Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom), Gemma Hunt (Swashbuckle), Chris Jarvis (Show Me, Show Me and Stargazing), Rebecca Keatley (Let's Play), Steven Kynman (William Shakespeare) and Cat Sandion (CBeebies presenter).

A spectacular celebration of Ten Pieces of classical music from Bach to Bernstein, featuring the BBC Philharmonic, a massed children's choir, dancers, big screens and special guests - fun for all the family from the Royal Albert Hall.

Hosts Naomi Wilkinson and poet Lemn Sissay are joined by former footballer Dion Dublin, and Newsround reporter Leah Boleto is on the trail of mysterious flaming rings in central London - something to do with Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries. Actor Dan Starkey plays the part of Joseph Haydn, with the over-eager 18th century composer constantly interrupting proceedings to humorous effect. Music, storylines and surprises weave around them...

The BBC Philharmonic is conducted by rising star Alpesh Chauhan and young musicians from the Greater Manchester Musical Hub play side-by-side on two pieces. A 400-strong Ten Pieces children's choir - assembled from schools around the country - joins in for a thunderous Dies Irae from Verdi's Requiem. Wayne Marshall gives the famous Royal Albert Hall organ an airing with Bach's Toccata and DJ Mr Switch shows his scratching skills in Gabriel Prokofiev's dynamic Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra. American violinist Esther Yoo is the soloist for Vaughan Williams's spellbinding The Lark Ascending and former BBC Young Musician Matilda Lloyd makes her Proms solo debut with Haydn's sprightly Trumpet Concerto.

The creativity of the nation's children is on show with performances of their own art, musical compositions and dance. The extraordinary Able Orchestra - a group including children with severe disabilities - create their own music and visual composition, the Animate Orchestra perform their lively piece of mixed musical styles, dancers from Wildern School in Southampton interpret Shostakovich's thrilling 10th Symphony and a brother and sister act from Somerset play their flute and piano melody.

The Prom is the fittingly exuberant finale of the second year of the BBC's biggest ever music education initiative, which takes classical music to young people across the UK in fresh and exciting ways. It brings the acclaimed Ten Pieces II film to life as an exciting theatrical experience for all the family.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham introduces the final concert of the 2016 BBC Proms.

The celebrations are led by the combined forces of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Singers, with Finnish Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo who returns to conduct the Last Night of the Proms for the second time.

Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez is the star soloist tonight, bringing some sparkling arias from the operas of Rossini, Donizetti and Offenbach.

Also on the programme is the world premiere of a piece by young Scottish composer Tom Harrold written for and performed by the Proms Youth Ensemble along with players from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. We'll also hear Borodin's exuberant Polovtsian Dances, Britten's Matinées musicales, Butterworth's The Banks Of Green Willow, and Jonathan Dove's Our revels now are ended, with baritone Duncan Rock.

In the second half of the Last Night of the Proms from the Royal Albert Hall Katie Derham introduces the revelries live as the world's greatest music festival reaches its grand finale.

In this Olympic year, the second half begins with American composer Michael Torke's Javelin which was originally performed at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

A hand-picked selection of young singers perform Vaughan Williams' 1938 tribute to Henry Wood's 50th anniversary - Serenade to Music.

The cross-genre British composer Anne Dudley contributes a special arrangement entitled ¡Fiesta Caribeña! And star tenor Juan Diego Florez returns to perform more spine-tingling Donizetti.

We take a trip around the UK in a celebration of Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs with contributions from the Proms in the Park in Colwyn Bay, Glasgow Green and Belfast.

And the 2016 Proms season comes to an end with the climax of Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Singers are conducted by Sakari Oramo.

The Last Night, Proms in the Park celebrations from venues around the UK. Diane-Louise Jordan and Anita Rani present a mix of classical and contemporary performances, including Tony Hadley and BBC Young Musician 2016 Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Colwyn Bay; operatic soprano Lesley Garrett, joined by star of musical theatre John Owen Jones at Belfast's Titanic Slipways; KT Tunstall in Glasgow Green; while American music legends Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons top the bill in London's Hyde Park. All accompanied by the BBC's acclaimed orchestras.

BBC Proms 2017 kicks off in style tonight at the Royal Albert Hall. Beethoven's dramatic Third Piano Concerto is performed by star soloist Igor Levit with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Edward Gardner. This opening concert of the world's biggest music festival also includes a raucous new work by Tom Coult, St John's Dance, the first of 13 world premieres at Proms 2017. Presented by Katie Derham.

Inspirational maestro Daniel Barenboim makes his second appearance in this opening weekend of the 2017 Proms season. Conducting his German orchestra Staatskappelle Berlin, Barenboim brings an entirely English programme to the Royal Albert Hall, including Elgar's poignant Second Symphony and the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle's Deep Time, a work dedicated to the memory of Birtwistle's friend and colleague Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

The BBC Proms celebrates the 85th birthday of the world's favourite film composer, John Williams. The BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Keith Lockhart perform some of the best-loved music in cinema history, including movie magic from Star Wars, Harry Potter, ET and Indiana Jones as well as lesser-known gems from John Williams's extraordinary back catalogue. Presented by Katie Derham.

BBC Proms legend Bernard Haitink returns to The Royal Albert Hall to conduct his beloved Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Acclaimed German violinist Isabelle Faust plays Mozart's joyous Third Violin Concerto, paired tonight with Mozart's ground-breaking Symphony No. 38 (Prague). Schumann's Second Symphony closes the programme.

Sir Malcolm Sargent was the chief conductor of the Proms for two decades, bringing the concerts to TV audiences for the first time. To mark the 50th anniversary of his death, Andrew Davies conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and young pianist Beatrice Rana to recreate Sargent's 500th Prom from 1966. Alongside Schumann and Berlioz, there is a feast of English music by composers including Elgar and Holst, with the evening culminating in Britten's much-loved The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.

Jarvis Cocker leads an eclectic line-up in this Late Night tribute to the 60s cult icon Scott Walker. Conductor Jules Buckley has arranged tracks from Walker's four eponymous albums, which are here performed with live orchestral backing for the first time. Featuring Jules Buckley's Heritage Orchestra and London Contemporary Voices. Special guests include John Grant, Susanne Sundfør and Richard Hawley.

Beethoven's much-loved Ninth Symphony, with its passionate plea for unity, is performed by the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales and the CBSO Chorus, conducted by Xian Zhang. Its companion piece is the European premiere of A European Requiem, written in 2015 by the great Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan. series 2017.

A stirring story of justice and liberty, Beethoven's only opera Fidelio is performed by a stellar cast, including Stuart Skelton, Ricarda Merbeth, James Creswell and Louise Alder. The BBC Philharmonic is joined by Spanish choir Orfeon Donostiarra under conductor Juanjo Mena. series 2017.

A special Proms tribute to jazz greats Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie, in the centenary year of their births. Grammy Award-winning singer Dianne Reeves and sensational trumpeter James Morrison perform with the BBC Concert Orchestra under the baton of Hollywood music legend John Mauceri, as they showcase some of the music most closely associated with Ella and Dizzy. series 2017.

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain returns to the BBC Proms under the baton of renowned composer and conductor Thomas Ades. The formidable young musicians perform Stravinsky's thrilling ballet score The Rite of Spring, the London premiere of Mural by Francisco Coll and Ades's own work Polaris.

Cowboys and farm girls are let loose in the Royal Albert Hall as the John Wilson Orchestra transports us to the Great American Plains in Oklahoma! Rodgers and Hammerstein's first ever musical was an instant hit when it premiered on Broadway in 1943 and it's not hard to see why - it's chock full of toe-tapping classics, including Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', People Will Say We're in Love, and of course the title song itself. With a stellar cast, sensational dance numbers and the unique energy of the John Wilson Orchestra, the magic of the original lives on in 2017.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform two of Rachmaninov's greatest and best-loved works in a programme dedicated entirely to the composer.

Award-winning pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk makes his Proms debut in the Rachmaninov's famously demanding Third Piano Concerto, which is followed by the capricious and impassioned Second Symphony.

The Aurora Orchestra perform Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.

The fearlessly brilliant members of the Aurora Orchestra perform Beethoven's revolutionary Eroica Symphony entirely from memory, conducted by Nicholas Collon.

Two goliaths of 20th century music, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, recorded the studio album Passages together in 1989. The result was a unique fusion of Hindustani sitar music with American minimalism. Tonight the full album is performed live for the first time, with Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar playing the sitar alongside the Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Karen Kamensek.

In one of a series of Proms performances marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, John Butt directs his Dunedin Consort in a complete performance of Bach's powerful St John Passion, with Nicolas Mulroy as the Evangelist and Matthew Brook as Jesus. Reflecting the church setting for which it was written, the performance includes congregational singing from the Proms audience.

A giant in 20th-century jazz, the legendary composer, bandleader and bass player Charles Mingus is celebrated by conductor Jules Buckley and his Metropole Orkest. Plus a brilliant line-up of soloists, including saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings, trumpeter Christian Scott and singer Kandace Springs, are on the bill.

Following her dazzling debut at the Proms last year, conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla returns to the Royal Albert Hall with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Their programme includes Beethoven's mighty Fifth Symphony, Stravinsky's Violin Concerto with soloist Leila Josefowicz, and the world premiere of Gerald Barry's Canada with soloist Allan Clayton.

Singer and broadcaster Clare Teal heads the charge in this big band spectacular. Travel back in time with this rip-roaring Prom to the 1930s and 1940s and celebrate the irrepressible music of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton and more, plus a special tribute to the unassuming giant of the big band world, Mary Lou Williams. Band leaders Guy Barker and Winston Rollins take to the stage alongside their eponymous big bands with help from a myriad of guest artists.

Founded in 1957, Memphis-based Stax Records was synonymous with Southern soul - a distinctive blend of funk, gospel and R&B that brought listeners across America together at a time of racial conflict and political unrest. In this Late Night Prom, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra pay tribute to the pioneering label and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stax/Volt Revue's first tour of the UK, in a concert featuring some of the label's greatest surviving artists. Stax legends Booker T Jones and Sam Moore appear alongside Sir Tom Jones, a long-time fan and interpreter of the Stax songbook. Both Jones and Moore were part of the 1967 tour and join fellow Stax artists William Bell, Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd in this unique coming-together. They are joined by more fans of the Stax sound in Beverley Knight, James Morrison, Nadia Rose and Sweetie Irie and Ruby Turner.

In one of the highlights of this year's Proms season, Sir Simon Rattle brings Schoenberg's colossal Gurrelieder to the Royal Albert Hall, uniting the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, CBSO Chorus, Orfeo Catala and a stunning line-up of soloists including Eva-Maria Westbroek, Simon O'Neill and speaker Thomas Quasthoff. An epic love story conceived on a Wagnerian scale, it reaches its climax with a truly unforgettable depiction of sunrise.

To mark the 70th anniversary of independence from British rule and the subsequent Partition of India from Pakistan and Bangladesh, this special late-night Prom celebrates the power of music to heal and unify. Curated by the cultural heritage trust Darbar, it brings together virtuoso soloists and world-leading groups representing the three great traditions of classical music from India and Pakistan. From late evening into the night, the concert takes us from the Hindustani music of north India to the Carnatic music of the south, and leads to an ecstatic climax with devotional Sufi qawwali from Pakistan.

After his extraordinary performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations at the 2015 Proms, world-renowned pianist Sir Andras Schiff returns to the Royal Albert Hall for another solo Bach recital. He performs Book One of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier, a cycle that he will complete next year with Book Two. Almost three centuries after Bach composed his two sequences of preludes and fugues in all 24 keys, 'the 48' remains a touchstone for all great pianists.

Bartok's sparkling Second Piano Concerto and Dvorak's Eighth Symphony are in the spotlight as American pianist Jeremy Denk joins conductor Karina Canellakis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The concert opens with Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres) by young American composer Missy Mazzoli, music 'in the shape of the solar system'.

Europe's first majority BME orchestra comes to the Proms for the first time. Chineke! was founded two years ago by double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku, and is joined tonight by the brilliant young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, soprano Jeanine De Bique and conductor Kevin John Edusei. Their captivating programme features music by legendary American composer George Walker and a world premiere by Hannah Kendall, alongside works by Dvorak, Handel and Rimsky-Korsakov.

The BBC Proms 2017 season comes to a close with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their Finnish chief conductor Sakari Oramo leading proceedings live from London's Royal Albert Hall. Soprano superstar Nina Stemme performs music from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, the BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers mark 100 years of Finnish independence with a performance of Sibelius's glorious Finlandia and Kodaly's Budavari Te Deum is performed by soprano Lucy Crowe, mezzo Christine Rice, tenor Ben Johnson and bass John Relyea. Also on the programme is the world premiere of Finnish composer Lotta Wennakoski's Flounce, as well as a performance of Malcolm Sargent's An Impression on a Windy Day. Presented by Katie Derham. series 2017.

The Last Night of the Proms celebrations continue live from the Royal Albert Hall in London. John Adams's seventieth birthday is marked with the London premiere of his exhilarating Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance, and solo star soprano Nina Stemme performs Weill's Surabaya Johnny and The Saga of Jenny, followed by Gershwin's The Lorelei. The programme takes a trip around the UK with Henry Wood's Fantasia on British Sea Songs, with contributions from the Proms in the Park events in Swansea, Glasgow and Belfast, before the BBC Proms 2017 is brought to a rousing close with Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers are conducted by Sakari Oramo. Presented by Katie Derham. series 2017.

The traditional Last Night, Proms in the Park celebrations from venues around the UK. Gethin Jones and YolanDa Brown present a stellar mix of classical and contemporary performances, including internationally acclaimed percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and legend of the flute Sir James Galway in Castle Coole, Enniskillen; rising star saxophonist Jess Gillam and soul diva Mica Paris from Swansea's Singleton Park; big band aficionado Clare Teal and Jason Manford in Glasgow Green; while opera superstar Sir Bryn Terfel and the sensational sounds of sixties icon Ray Davies draw the crowds to London's Hyde Park. All accompanied of course, by the BBC's acclaimed orchestras.

BBC Proms 2018 launches with a feast for the eyes and ears in the world premiere of Five Telegrams, with music by Anna Meredith and stunning digital projections by 59 Productions marking the centenary of the end of the First World War. The all-British programme also features Vaughan Williams's pre-war choral masterpiece Toward the Unknown Region and Holst's evergreen Proms favourite The Planets. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Sakari Oramo and they are joined by the BBC Symphony Chorus, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and the BBC Proms Youth Ensemble.

A star-studded line-up of BBC Young Musician winners and finalists, including Nicola Benedetti, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Emma Johnson, come together to celebrate the competition's fortieth anniversary. BBC Young Musician has been a launch pad for the careers of young artists since it began in 1978, and the list of performers that have taken part reads like a who's who of British musicians. Over 20 of the competition's leading names join forces for an evening celebrating the competition's rich history, including Michael Collins, Nicholas Daniel, Natalie Clein as well as some of the rising stars of recent years: Laura van der Heijden, Martin James Bartlett and the current title-holder Lauren Zhang. Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill and Josie d'Arby, the evening includes music by Saint-Saens, Ravel and Sir James MacMillan. There are also world premieres by David Bruce, Ben Foster and Iain Farrington, all with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Andrew Gourlay.

Multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier teams up with Jules Buckley and the Metropole Orkest, joined by special guests, including Take 6, Sam Amidon, Becca Stevens and Hamid El Kasri, for a Prom that features songs from Jacob's debut album, new tracks and their unique reimagining of well-known classics. Jacob Collier's musical career has been meteoric. Still only 23, he has been hailed as a musical genius and jazz prodigy, picking up two Grammy awards for his debut album in 2017. And now he has his own Prom. Jacob's solo talents first came to light when he became an internet sensation with his unique covers of songs such as Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing and Fascinating Rhythm. He's since been mentored by some of his heroes, including Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock, and in 2016 Jacob made a guest appearance at the Quincy Jones Prom.

Romantic titans Schumann and Mendelssohn share the night's bill with a pair of phenomenal female composers who died 100 years ago. Schumann's Fourth Symphony is the climax of this concert, which also includes work by Lili Boulanger, the first ever female winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome, and Welsh composer Morfydd Owen. Owen's Nocturne is the perfect way for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to mark its 90th anniversary year, while acclaimed French pianist Bertrand Chamayou performs Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto - all under the baton of Thomas Sondergard.

Petroc Trelawny presents a Prom featuring the works of three of the most loved English composers, Hubert Parry, Gustav Holst and Vaughan Williams, in which they reflect on a country transformed by war at the beginning of the 20th century. The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales are conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Parry, best known for his setting of national favourite Jerusalem, is celebrated with Symphony No 5, a work full of hope that paints a picture of England before the outbreak of the First World War. This peaceful idyll of England is echoed by another of the UK's most popular works, Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, featuring American violinist Tai Murray. The second half of the evening evokes the shattering effect of the outbreak of the war - Holst's Ode to Death and Vaughan Williams's Pastoral Symphony reflect both composers' experiences of the horrors of the First World War.

Groundbreaking British composer Anna Meredith presents this special Proms tribute to the godmothers of electronica, the pioneers of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The celebration kicks off with music by Delia Derbyshire - most famously remembered for bringing the world the Doctor Who theme in its full electronic glory - and finishes with the premiere of Daphne Oram's revolutionary Still Point, lovingly pieced together from recently discovered archive material and performed by Shiva Feshareki on turntables. Music by artists including Laurie Spiegel, CHAINES and Suzanne Ciani, performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra under conductor Robert Ames, emphasises the power of this legacy.

Conductor Karina Canellakis returns with the BBC Symphony Orchestra after her triumphant 2017 Proms debut. Two 20th-century Russian masterpieces lead the bill - the exhilarating Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich's much-loved First Cello Concerto, where Canellakis is joined by another young American star, soloist Alisa Weilerstein. The evening kicks off with Beethoven's forceful Overture Coriolan, which Canellakis describes as a 'punch in the face', and a third young American, composer Andrew Norman, completes the programme with the UK premiere of his new work Spiral.

A celebration of the traditional music of the British Isles, presented by Julie Fowlis and Sam Lee. The BBC Concert Orchestra performs under conductor Stephen Bell, in collaboration with leading musicians: The Unthanks, Sam Lee, Julie Fowlis, Jarlath Henderson and ALAW. From the Outer Hebrides, multi-award-winning singer Julie Fowlis is a torchbearer for her native Gaelic tradition and famously lent her vocals to the theme song of the Pixar film Brave. Her co-presenter on the Prom is Mercury-nominated singer-songwriter Sam Lee. The innovative approach of The Unthanks from Northumbria has won them fans across the musical spectrum, and here the orchestral setting enhances the drama of their epic Mount the Air. Jarlath Henderson from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland is a master of the uilleann pipes and whistles, and in 2003 was the youngest ever BBC Young Folk Musician award winner.

A Caribbean spirit pulses through this late-night Prom from the Royal Albert Hall, led by reggae and dancehall producer Mista Savona. Cuban and Jamaican musicians unite onstage in an evening of roots reggae, dub, dancehall, salsa, rumba and Afro-Cuban beats, with vocalists including Randy Valentine, Brenda Navarette and Solis.

The BBC Philharmonic led by principal guest conductor Ben Gernon performs the music of Beethoven, Brahms and contemporary composer Tansy Davies. Proms regular Paul Lewis returns for Beethoven's evergreen final piano concerto, the Emperor, having played the complete cycle of five concertos in the 2010 season. And Beethoven's influence is strong in Brahms's sunny, pastoral Second Symphony that follows. Opening the evening in contemplative mode, the world premiere of Tansy Davies's orchestral suite What Did We See? reframes material from her acclaimed opera Between Worlds. Inspired by the events of 9/11 and the ordinary people caught up in it, this is a work of both remembrance and healing.

The Rev Richard Coles introduces a performance of Brahms's tender and consoling A German Requiem, inspired by the death of the composer's mother. Richard Farnes conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists Golda Schultz, making her Prom debut, and Johan Reuter. The evening starts by marking Thea Musgrave's ninetieth birthday with her dramatic and mysterious single-movement piece Phoenix Rising.

An eclectic mix of musicians with rich New York roots join Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the changing soundscape of the Big Apple. Folk indie rocker Sharon Van Etten, nu-disco dance project Hercules and Love Affair and progressive pop artist serpentwithfeet take us from pagan-gospel and disco-punk to feminist rap and DIY indie in one of this season's most distinctive Proms.

The awe-inspiring orchestra of teenagers returns to the Royal Albert Hall with a packed bill of popular masterpieces, including Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain and Debussy's La Mer. Renowned British composer George Benjamin conducts the concert, which also features his own colourful Dance Figures and Gyorgy Ligeti's Lontano. Pianist Tamara Stefanovich performs Ravel's dazzling Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

Tom Service presents as Grieg and Sibelius anchor this Proms debut performance by the Estonian Festival Orchestra, conducted by Paavo Jarvi. Pianist and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Khatia Buniatishvili takes on Grieg's much-loved Piano Concerto, and Sibelius's soaring Fifth Symphony closes the concert. The curtain-raiser is Estonian national composer Arvo Part's Third Symphony.

Performances of two of the best-loved works in the repertoire. The concert starts with Mozart's ever popular Clarinet Concerto, written two months before his death. Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with the Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe as soloist. In the second half of the night, Mahler is the star with his Fifth Symphony and its beautiful Adagietto, arguably his most famous single piece of music.

Hungary's folk rhythms beat through the heart of this concert as the Budapest Festival Orchestra and founder and conductor Ivan Fischer return to the Proms with an ode to their homeland. Joining them on stage is a trio of the country's folk musicians, and together they showcase why these tunes have been such a rich source of inspiration to composers across history. The Royal Albert Hall resounds with a selection of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies and Brahms's Hungarian Dances, and concludes with Brahms's dramatic First Symphony.

John Wilson and the London Symphony Orchestra present the hit Broadway musical On the Town live from the Royal Albert Hall. With classic numbers such as New York, New York and l Can Cook Too and a star-studded line-up of singers including Nathaniel Hackmann and Louise Dearman, this concert performance launches a packed bank holiday weekend of Proms tributes to the late composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, who would have been 100 years old on this very day. Katie Derham presents, with special guest Clarke Peters.

Internationally acclaimed soprano Danielle de Niese presents an evening of music by French orchestral innovator and storyteller Maurice Ravel, performed by the LSO under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Magdalena Kozena and Patricia Bardon lead an all-star cast in the magical one-act opera The Child and the Spells. The programme also includes a ballet score full of fantasy and adventure, Mother Goose, and the exotic song cycle Sheherazade.

Superstar conductor Marin Alsop returns to the Royal Albert Hall with a pair of masterpieces by her mentor Leonard Bernstein in the American cultural giant's centenary year. Joining her from across the Atlantic is the energetic Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, performing at the Proms for the first time. The concert opens with Slava!, which Bernstein dedicated to virtuoso cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, followed by the composer's Second Symphony - The Age of Anxiety, performed by world-class pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. The evening culminates in Shostakovich's politically-charged Fifth Symphony.

At the 2017 Proms, world-renowned pianist and Bach specialist Sir Andras Schiff gave an acclaimed performance of the whole of Book One of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier. He returns to complete his journey through Bach's extraordinary work with a performance of Book Two of The Well-Tempered Clavier.

Tom Service presents a performance of Elgar's much-loved Cello Concerto, composed in the wake of the First World War, with French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras as soloist. The Prom begins with Edward Gardner conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of the choral miniature For A Soldier's Funeral by French composer Lili Boulanger. The final piece is Vaughan Williams's cantata Dona Nobis Pacem, a beautiful but heart-breaking exploration of the violence of war, as part of this season's focus on the centenary of the end of the First World War.

Temperatures are set to soar in the Royal Albert Hall with this fiesta of tango music from across the world. From the bars of Buenos Aires via Finland, where a passion for tango exploded at the beginning of the 20th century, this concert traces the development of the sexiest and sultriest music genre on the planet. Grammy Award-winning pianist Pablo Ziegler and a hand-picked group of world-class soloists join the Britten Sinfonia and conductor Clark Rundell for this one-off spectacular, presented by tango devotee Katie Derham.

The legendary Senegalese cultural icon Youssou N'Dour and his band Le Super Etoile de Dakar take over the Royal Albert Hall for this special Late Night Prom. The singer, composer, occasional actor, entrepreneur and political activist has been thrilling audiences for over 40 years. For his Proms debut, he brings his distinctive sound of Mbalax, a fusion of jazz, soul, Latin music and rock blended with sabar, the traditional drumming and dance music of Senegal. This largely acoustic performance will spotlight N'Dour's spine-tingling vocals and demonstrate why he is considered the first superstar of world music.

The BBC Proms 2018 season comes to a close with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and their much-loved former chief conductor Sir Andrew Davis steering proceedings live from the Royal Albert Hall. Long-standing nautical traditions of the evening are extended in Stanford's Songs of the Sea, featuring Canadian baritone Gerald Finley. The centenary of the end of the Great War is marked with a new work from Roxanna Panufnik. The evening includes music by Hindemith, Berlioz and Charles Hubert Parry. Coverage also includes visits to Proms in the Parks across the Nation, also celebrating this annual great night in classical music.

Katie Derham presents live coverage as the Last Night of the Proms continues from the Royal Albert Hall with the ever-popular Marche militaire francaise by Saint-Saens. Award-winning 18-year-old saxophonist Jess Gillam performs Scaramouche by Milhaud, and baritone Gerry Finley performs the song Soliloquy from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel. To mark 100 years since 1918 there is a nationwide sing-around of traditional First World War songs, with contributions from the Proms in the Park events in Colwyn Bay, Glasgow and Belfast. The 2018 Proms are brought to a familiar and much-loved rousing close with Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory, and Jerusalem. The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and BBC Singers are conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.

Katie Derham presents live from London's Royal Albert Hall, as the BBC Symphony Orchestra and choral forces, conducted by Karina Canellakis, begin the season with a brand-new commission by Zosha Di Castri marking the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's mission to the moon, the first manned mission to land on its surface. Dvorák's fairy-tale tone-poem The Golden Spinning Wheel is also performed.

Live from London's Royal Albert Hall, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Chorus, under conductor Karina Canellakis, perform Janácek's monumental Glagolitic Mass, a work steeped in Moravian rhythms. Katie Derham also presents highlights from the evening's first-half and a taste of the season to come.

Following his thrilling Proms debut in 2017, Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša returns with two popular masterpieces from his homeland.

With its song-like slow movement and irrepressible, folk-infused finale, Dvořák's Violin Concerto is one of the best-loved in the repertoire. American virtuoso Joshua Bell joins the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra as soloist.

Journey through the Czech countryside in the second half with Smetana's symphonic suite Má vlast (‘My Country') – a colourful celebration of a nation's landscape, castles and warriors, with the sweeping melody of ‘Vltava' at its heart.

Suzy Klein is at the Royal Albert Hall for an evening of musical game-changers, as Omer Meir Wellber makes his Proms debut with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. South Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son performs Mozart's fiendish 15th Piano Concerto along with Israeli composer Ben-Haim's emotive first symphony, Schoenberg's revolutionary Five Pieces for Orchestra, and Robert Schumann's mould-breaking fourth Symphony.

Nicola Benedetti performs Tchaikovsky's demanding Violin Concerto, alongside the London premiere of Icarus from Russian composer Lera Auerbach. Plus a selection from Prokofiev's ballet, Romeo and Juliet.Tom Service and Jess Gillam present.

Katie Derham introduces two pieces originally premiered by Proms founder Sir Henry Wood. Here, Leif Ove Andsnes performs Britten's Piano Concerto, while Claudia Mahnke and Stuart Skelton sing Mahler's poignant Das Lied von der Erde. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

John Storgards conducts the BBC Philharmonic in two dark Russian classics, Rachmaninov's atmospheric The Isle of the Dead and Shostakovich's broody Symphony No 11, The Year 1905. Bringing light and hope is the world premiere of Finnish composer Outi Tarkiainen's Midnight Sun Variations. Introduced by Tom Service and Jess Gillam from the Royal Albert Hall.

Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo makes her Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall with her nine-piece band in a tribute to salsa star Celia Cruz. Clara Amfo explores the links between the music of Cuban diva, Cruz and the traditional Yoruba music that came to America during the slave trade, and how Kidjo has combined these influences with the West-African Afrobeat and juju styles.

John Wilson's virtuoso orchestra celebrates the music of one of the most famous film studios, Warner Brothers. The lush sounds of composers such as Max Steiner and Erich Korngold are among the many pieces played showcasing why this historic studio holds a special place in the hearts of lovers of film music. Katie Derham presents from the Royal Albert Hall.

At the Royal Albert Hall, Cerys Matthews introduces a Prom featuring music from sci-fi films. The London Contemporary Orchestra performs excerpts from cult soundtracks together with recent works from Hans Zimmer and Mica Levi. Fans of Alien: Covenant, Interstellar, Under the Skin, or Gravity will recognise this repertoire.

Love and loss, life and death collide in a version of Mozart's Requiem by Nathalie Stutzmann and the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, featuring soloists Fatma Said, Kathryn Rudge, Sunnyboy Dladla and David Shipley, from the Royal Albert Hall.

Suzy Klein introduces America's most talented young musicians in an ambitious concert from the National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Antonio Pappano conducts the UK premiere of Benjamin Beckman's new work, Occidentalis and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato sings Berlioz's beautifully crafted miniatures Les nuits d'ÚtÚ. The impressive programme culminates with Richard Strauss's epic work, An Alpine Symphony.

Petroc Trelawny and Suzannah Lipscomb introduce an evening of music to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth. Featuring the music of her favourite composer, Mendelssohn, including his `Scottish" Symphony and First Piano Concerto, performed by Stephen Hough on Victoria's own piano, loaned by Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection. There's also a suite from Arthur Sullivan's ballet Victoria and Merrie England and songs composed by Prince Albert.

At the Royal Albert Hall, Walton's choral masterpiece Belshazzar's Feast gets the Proms treatment with conductor Simon Rattle, the London Symphony Orchestra, the LSO Chorus, the Orfeo Catala Choir and Orfeo Catala Youth Choir and Canadian baritone Gerald Finley as soloist. Plus, Varese's celebration of the modern city in sound AmÚriques and Charles Koechlin's Jungle Book-inspired Les bandar-log. Presented by Suzy Klein.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Elgar's Cello Concerto at the Royal Albert Hall, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and their Music Director Mirga Gra×inyte-Tyla. Introduced by Tom Service and Sheku's sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Elgar's Cello Concerto at the Royal Albert Hall, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and their Music Director Mirga Gra×inyte-Tyla. Introduced by Tom Service and Sheku's sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

Katie Derham presents flavours of Finland, Russia and Germany from three 20th-century favourites. Yannick NÚzet-SÚguin and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius's turbulent first Symphony, Prokofiev's second Violin Concerto - performed by Gil Shaham - and the orchestral suite from Richard Strauss's blockbuster opera, Der Rosenkavalier.

Clara Amfo introduces a prom celebrating jazz and blues legend Nina Simone. The Metropole Orkest is led by Jules Buckley, joined by Ledisi, Lisa Fischer and other singers in this tribute to the acclaimed singer, songwriter and political activist. The titles include standards such as Feeling Good, My Baby Just Cares for Me and I Put a Spell on You.

Tom Service and Kwame Ryan introduce a 150th anniversary tribute to Henry Wood, founder-conductor of the Proms. It features many of the works he premiered and arranged across almost 50 years of the festival, and reflects his wide musical tastes, from Wagner and John Ireland to Ravel and Percy Grainger.

Suzy Klein welcomes the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra to the Royal Albert Hall for their Proms debut. With conductor Long Yu, they perform Qigang Chen's 'The Five Elements', Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 in A, with soloist and 2018 Leeds Piano Competition winner Eric Lu, and a triptych of Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov.

Cerys Matthews introduces an evening of jazz, gospel and Broadway-style music from big-band giant Duke Ellington. The Nu Civilisation Orchestra, conducted by Peter Edwards, emulate Ellington's Sacred Concerts from the mid-60s, as the Proms premieres this brand-new version of the revered performances.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrates conductor Martyn Brabbins's 60th birthday in music by Vaughan Williams, Brahms and Elgar's Enigma Variations, from the Royal Albert Hall. Presented by Suzy Klein and Anna Meredith. Elgar's Enigma Variations is the inspiration for a new work commissioned from 14 living composers as a special birthday tribute to conductor Martyn Brabbins. Elgar's original set also features, as do Vaughan Williams's exquisite Serenade to Music and Brahms' Little Requiem, the Song of Destiny.

At the Royal Albert Hall, Matthew Baynton, Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra present Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique from memory in a specially devised production incorporating elements of theatre, spectacular lighting and choreography as well as the composer's own words about his music. Introduced by Tom Service and Jess Gillam.

At the Royal Albert Hall, Jess Gillam introduces an evening of music curated by Radiohead lead guitarist and award-winning film score composer Jonny Greenwood. Hugh Brunt conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC Proms Youth Ensemble, joined by pianist Katherine Tinkler and violinist Daniel Pioro for a varied programme of music culminating in the world premiere of Greenwood's `Horror vacui" for solo violin and 68 strings.

Katie Derham hosts the climax of the classical music festival live from the Royal Albert Hall. American mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton joins Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Singers in a programme that includes a world premiere by Daniel Kidane, ballet music from Manuel de Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat, Laura Mvula performing Sing to the Moon, plus classics by Bizet, Saint-SaÙns and Verdi.

The classical music celebration continues live from the Royal Albert Hall. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and the BBC Singers through an energetic programme, including the Overture to Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, Grainger's Marching Song of Democracy, Harold Arlen's Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Gershwin's I Got Rhythm. The event is then brought to its familiar and rousing close with Rule, Britannia!, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem. Presented by Katie Derham.

Katie Derham presents the First Night of the live classical music festival, with a feast of performances including Beethoven's Third Symphony, Aaron Copland's Quiet City, and a new work by young British composer Hannah Kendall, all performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers, under conductor Sakari Oramo. Katie and special guest Stephen Fry also celebrate the return of live music to the Royal Albert Hall.

Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra perform a packed programme, featuring star pianist Mitsuko Uchida playing Beethoven, works by much-loved British composers Elgar and Vaughan Williams, and a new composition by Thomas Adès. Suzy Klein presents from the Royal Albert Hall.

Violin superstars Nicola Benedetti and Alina Ibragimova lead a high-energy evening of baroque music by Vivaldi, Handel, Bach, and little-known English composer Charles Avison. If three double violin concertos weren't enough, there's also a double oboe concerto. With the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, led by Jonathan Cohen. Presented by Danielle de Niese.

At the Royal Albert Hall, Indian sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar participates in an evening dedicated to her father and musical guru, Ravi, in what would have been his centenary year. Anoushka is joined in the first half by electronic music guru Gold Panda for a new imagining of Ravi's music. In the second half, conductor Jules Buckley, the Britten Sinfonia and soloist Manu Delago accompany Anoushka in a selection of her music. Presented by Josie d'Arby.

Mercury Prize-nominated artist Laura Marling teams up with the pioneering strings-based collective the 12 Ensemble for a retrospective journey through her back catalogue, as well as showcasing tracks from her current album, Song for our Daughter. In her first Prom as a headliner, Laura will perform an acoustic set accompanied by brand-new string arrangements from the unconducted 12 Ensemble. Presented by Suzy Klein.

To celebrate Beethoven's 250th anniversary, Tom Service presents a concert in which conductor Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra unpick Beethoven's Seventh Symphony to explore the composer's creative genius, before performing the work from memory. Also on the bill at the Royal Albert Hall is a new work by British composer Richard Ayres, whose piece is inspired by Beethoven's struggle with his loss of hearing.

Siblings Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason take to the stage for their first Prom together to present an evening of chamber music for cello and piano. Featuring works by Beethoven, Rachmaninov, American composer Samuel Barber, and English composer Frank Bridge, the brother and sister pairing bring their unique musical chemistry to the Royal Albert Hall. Presented by Tom Service, with guest Joanna MacGregor.

Katie Derham hosts the climax of the classical music festival, live from the Royal Albert Hall, drawing a unique season of live performances to a celebratory close. Soprano Golda Schultz and violinist Lisa Batiashvili join Dalia Stasevska, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers in a programme that includes music from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, a world premiere from Andrea Tarrodi, music by Richard Strauss, Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, and The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams. The night comes to a jubilant close with all the traditional favourites, including the Fantasia on British Sea-Songs, You'll Never Walk Alone, Rule, Britannia, Pomp and Circumstance March No 1, and Jerusalem.

Conductor Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra kick off a six-week season with Vaughan Williams's ravishing Serenade to Music and Poulenc's dazzling Organ Concerto. They're joined by the BBC Singers and a cast of soloists, including soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn, tenor Allan Clayton and organist Daniel Hyde, for a celebration of the power of music to comfort and lift your spirits. Katie Derham presents from the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Katie Derham presents from the Royal Albert Hall, as the opening concert of the 2021 Proms season continues in front of a live audience. Conductor Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius's thrilling Second Symphony. They are joined by soloists including soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn and tenor Allan Clayton for the world premiere of When Soft Voices Die, a poignant piece for our times by Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan.

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and their dynamic new principal conductor, Maxim Emelyanychev, kick off the BBC Four Proms 2021 season with a night dedicated to Mozart. For the first time in Proms history, they'll perform all three of Mozart's last three symphonies, which together explore all sides of humanity: the grand introduction of No 39 with its fanfares and dances, the dark drama of the famous No 40 and finally No 41, the dazzling 'Jupiter' Symphony. Tom Service and guests present this much-anticipated evening.

Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla returns to the BBC Proms to conduct the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a concert featuring Brahms's beloved Third Symphony as its lyrical centrepiece. Two British works complete the programme: a London premiere from composer Thomas Adès, celebrating his 50th birthday in 2021, and a Proms premiere from the prodigiously talented but neglected composer Ruth Gipps, born 100 years ago. Petroc Trelawny presents a night of musical delight and discovery from the Royal Albert Hall.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales present a concert featuring composers who found inspiration in music that came before them. Musical echoes resonate in a programme featuring Brahms' Fourth Symphony and a string arrangement of Purcell's timeless masterpiece, Dido's Lament, as well as a performance of Saint-Saëns' First Cello Concerto by Guy Johnston. Join Suzy Klein and her guest, double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku, for an evening that also celebrates the world premiere of a new piece by Elizabeth Ogonek and the 150th birthday of the Royal Albert Hall.

Katie Derham presents a dazzling evening of musical hits from the Golden Age of Broadway, including showstoppers from South Pacific, Oklahoma!, Carousel, High Society and Anything Goes! Stars of the West End and Broadway perform enduring classics alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Richard Balcombe. Neil Brand and Bonnie Langford are Katie's guests, sharing insight into the glamorous era which rose out of the Great Depression and the Second World War, giving us unforgettable songs such as There's No Business Like Show Business, Some Enchanted Evening, My Funny Valentine and You're the Top!

The much-anticipated annual Prom from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain returns, this year under the baton of one of the most exciting young conductors on the international scene, Jonathon Heyward. The NYO is joined by superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti, performing Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, in a programme that includes specially commissioned music by Laura Jurd and the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery's Banner. The evening comes to a climax with Beethoven's revolutionary Third Symphony, the Eroica. Presented by Jess Gillam and special guests.

Tom Service, conductor Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra continue their impressive feat of explaining complex works and then performing them from memory. This year, their biggest challenge yet to the Proms: Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. Russian fairy tales and folk melodies collide with Stravinsky's bold modernism in one of the great ballet scores of the 20th century. The concert opens with another Russian classic: Rachmaninov's virtuosic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, performed by former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Pavel Kolesnikov.

Award-winning Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his much-anticipated Proms debut, as soloist in both Bach's Keyboard Concerto in F minor, whose energised outer movements frame a ravishing central Adagio, and Mozart's pioneering Piano Concerto K491, a rare minor-key work whose stormy, richly orchestrated music climaxes in a relentless dance. The Philharmonia Orchestra and Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi frame the concert with two symphonies: Prokofiev's playful ‘Classical' Symphony, with its clever juxtaposition of traditional forms and contemporary colours, and the more loaded irony of Shostakovich's compact Symphony No. 9.

An evening of opera excerpts on the themes of separation and reconciliation A host of British opera stars join Ben Glassberg and the BBC Philharmonic for a night rich in emotion and drama. After a year of lockdowns and social distancing, the themes of isolation and loneliness as well as the joy of reunion have particular poignancy in excerpts from much-loved operas including Handel's Rodelinda, Beethoven's Fidelio, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel and Puccini's La bohème.

British saxophonist, composer, DJ and bandleader Nubya Garcia is one of the brightest of a new generation of jazz talent, drawing comparison with greats such as Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon. Named a ‘major voice' by The New York Times, she has devised a brand of ‘eclectic, danceable, political jazz' that draws on influences from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Tonight marks her Proms debut.

The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle mark 2021's Stravinsky anniversary with a series of symphonic snapshots. We follow Stravinsky's view of the symphony from the experimental, colour-blocked ‘ritual' of the Symphonies of Wind Instruments, through the transitional Symphony in C – reflecting both the composer's European past and his American future – to arrive at the bold Symphony in Three Movements.

Tom Service introduces the Chineke! Orchestra, Britain's only majority black and ethnically diverse orchestra, in works by Florence Price, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Fela Sowande, at the Royal Albert Hall. Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason gives the Proms premiere of Price's Piano Concerto in One Movement. Coleridge-Taylor's Overture to Hiawatha's Wedding Feast and First Symphony in A Minor sit alongside the Proms premiere of African Suite for Strings by Nigerian composer Sowande. Conducted by Kalena Bovell, the Prom shines a light on rarely heard composers of African heritage who were huge stars in the first half of the 20th century, but were subsequently written out of classical music performance history.

American violinist Joshua Bell and the string orchestra of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields mix up the familiar with the unfamiliar, 18th-century Italy with 20th-century Argentina, baroque with tango, as they interweave Vivaldi's famous Four Seasons with Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Argentinian musician Guillermo Willis joins presenter Josie d'Arby at the Royal Albert Hall for this celebration of the centenary year of Astor Piazzolla - and of virtuosic talent, past and present.

Michael Morpurgo joins cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his siblings at the Royal Albert Hall for a dramatically staged performance of Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals. Katie Derham presents this special Prom for all the family, which also features a newly commissioned companion piece, Revel, by Daniel Kidane, including poems written and read by Lemn Sissay.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov, perform Beethoven's Second Symphony and Ah! Perfido, with soprano Lucy Crowe, and a world premiere by George Lewis.

Genre-defying Ghanaian-American musician Moses Sumney makes his Proms debut with conductor Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Moses describes his music as an amalgamation of soul, jazz, folk and experimental indie rock. Presented by Clara Amfo from the Royal Albert Hall, this Prom promises to be a unique trip through the multi-faceted music of this indefinable artist.

Marking his 60th Prom, John Eliot Gardiner directs the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists in a celebration of the early works of Handel and Bach. Mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg is the soloist in Handel's Donna, che in ciel, which is followed by Bach's Easter cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden. The Prom culminates in Handel's Dixit Dominus. Presented by Petroc Trelawny from the Royal Albert Hall.

From the Royal Albert Hall, Suzy Klein introduces an evening of music inspired by Vienna. John Wilson conducts the award-winning Sinfonia of London in Johann Strauss's overture to Die Fledermaus, which incorporates a famous Viennese waltz, complemented by a performance of Ravel's darker La Valse. The programme also offers insights into some different styles of Viennese music, with Berg's intimate Seven Early Songs, performed by Nigerian-American soprano Francesca Chiejina, plus Korngold's rarely heard Symphony in F Sharp.

Bach's profound choral masterpiece, the St Matthew Passion, transcends eras and faiths with its exploration of courage, compassion, sacrifice and redemption. Here it headlines at the Royal Albert Hall in a performance by period instrument ensemble Arcangelo, directed from the harpsichord by Jonathan Cohen. They are joined by a double choir and a stellar line-up of soloists, including Iestyn Davies, Roderick Williams and rising star Stuart Jackson. Presenter Anna Lapwood is jjoined by musician and broadcaster Hannah French. 

Katie Derham presents live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall of the opening part of the climax of the classical music festival. Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova and Australian tenor Stuart Skelton join conductor Sakari Oramo, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers in a programme that includes Malcolm Arnold's Variations on a theme of Ruth Gipps, a special arrangement of Barber's Adagio for Strings, and pieces by Ravel, Piazzolla and Wagner. Katie is joined by guests Gareth Malone and Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

Katie Derham hosts continued live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall, at the climax of the Last Night of the Proms. Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova and Australian tenor Stuart Skelton join Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers for a programme including music by Florence Price, Latin flavours from Piazzolla and Troilo, English folk courtesy of Percy Grainger and, of course, all the traditional favourites including Rule, Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem. Katie is joined by special guests Gareth Malone and Maggie Aderin-Pocock.

Clive Myrie and special guests present the first night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall. The eight-week season of exceptional music is kicking off with a bang as conductor Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take on Verdi's monumental Requiem.

The orchestra will be joined by two choirs - the BBC Symphony Chorus and Crouch End Festival Chorus, as well as a quartet of superstar soloists: soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, tenor Freddie De Tommaso and bass-baritone Kihwan Sim.

The piece bursts with lush melody, drama and musical fireworks, and the famous Dies Irae section will push choirs and soloists alike to their vocal limits.

The eagerly anticipated return of audience favourite John Wilson kicks off BBC Four's 2022 Proms season. He conducts award-winning orchestra, Sinfonia of London, in a packed all-British programme.

Much-loved classics including Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Elgar's Enigma Variations sit alongside Walton's colourful Partita and Arnold Bax's portrait of the Arthurian castle Tintagel. And it's the Proms premiere of Huw Watkins's dazzling Flute Concerto, written specially for tonight's soloist, Adam Walker.

Katie Derham is joined by special guests.

The Royal Albert Hall is in a particularly regal mood tonight, as Clive Myrie, with special guests, presents a Prom of music written for royal occasions in honour of Her Majesty the Queen's platinum jubilee.

Conductor Barry Wordsworth leads the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers in a varied programme featuring works by the very best British composers from across the last 500 years. Expect triumphant trumpet fanfares, soaring choruses and glorious organ playing, with particular highlights to include Handel's ever-popular coronation anthem Zadok the Priest, Parry's I Was Glad - which ushered the Duchess of Cambridge down the aisle - and even a song written by Henry VIII.

Andrew Manze conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a Prom with an atmospheric nautical theme.

Doreen Carwithen's powerful and vivid overture depicts the harsh, cold Atlantic waters battering Bishop Rock, 30 miles off Land's End. Its lighthouse is a seafarer's last sighting of terra firma as they head west.

Grace Williams's Sea Sketches, inspired by her home town of Barry in south Wales, capture the sea's effervescent personality.

Vaughan Williams's majestic A Sea Symphony, featuring multiple choirs together with soloists Elizabeth Llewellyn and Andrew Foster-Williams, rounds off the evening.

Georgia Mann presents alongside special guests.

Petroc Trelawny and special guests introduce a Prom that promises to be one of the most poignant and moving of the season as the Royal Albert Hall becomes the first stop on a world tour by the newly formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, following their inaugural concert.

Assembled by Canadian-Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, the orchestra includes musicians from Ukraine and brings us works by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov alongside Chopin, Beethoven and Brahms. With world renowned soloists Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano) and Anna Fedorova (piano).

Magic and mischief at the Proms as Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra bring Dukas's much-loved The Sorcerer's Apprentice, to kick-start an evening of highly visual music.

Drama is the main event, with Puccini's opera Il Tabarro, a tale of lust, adultery and murder set on the Seine in Paris.

Amidst the mayhem, Respighi's stunning aural portrait Fountains of Rome provides a moment of calm.

Join presenter Petroc Trelawny and special guests for this feast for the senses.

For the first time, the BBC Proms dedicates an entire concert to gaming music. Conductor Robert Ames leads the electronically enhanced Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in this specially curated programme that takes audiences on a sonic journey from 8-bit to infinity.

Nostalgia for millennials is guaranteed as the concert opens with two newly commissioned compositions that weave together 1980s and 1990s gaming music, from Chronos to Pokémon Red, as well as instantly recognisable digital sound effects.

The lush orchestral scoring of Final Fantasy VIII and Kingdom Hearts form the centre of the programme, which culminates in the European concert premiere of Hildur Guðnadóttir and Sam Slater's experimental score for Battlefield 2042.

Game on!

Petroc Trelawny and special guests introduce a Prom that promises to be one of the most poignant and moving of the season as the Royal Albert Hall becomes the first stop on a world tour by the newly formed Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, following their inaugural concert.

Assembled by Canadian-Ukrainian conductor Keri-Lynn Wilson, the orchestra includes musicians from Ukraine and brings us works by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov alongside Chopin, Beethoven and Brahms. With world renowned soloists Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano) and Anna Fedorova (piano).

Mozart was a child prodigy who rejected norms and rewrote the rule book. Tonight's concert opens with the overture from The Marriage of Figaro, an opera that changed music and challenged the social status quo.

Our performers for this Prom are also out of the ordinary. The international Mahler Chamber Orchestra's members are drawn from 20 countries. They are joined by their multi-Grammy-nominated artistic partner, Norwegian Leif Ove Andsnes, who plays piano and directs the orchestra, as Mozart did, from the keyboard.

Together they explore the relationship between soloist and ensemble in the ever-popular, dark and stormy Piano Concerto No 20, and Piano Concerto No 22, in which Mozart pushes orchestral boundaries with the introduction of the then-exotic clarinet.

Join Katie Derham and guests for a lively concert of Wolfgang Amadeus.

Superstar pianist Yuja Wang returns to the BBC Proms to pay homage to the ultimate piano virtuoso, Franz Liszt, with the Hungarian composer's first sparkling concerto for the instrument.

Wielding the baton is the exciting conductor Klaus Mäkelä as he makes his eagerly anticipated Proms debut with the Oslo Philharmonic, who also bring us two sumptuous, Romantic tone poems by Sibelius and Strauss: Tapiola and Ein Heldenleben.

Clive Myrie presents from the Royal Albert Hall, with special guests.

Eva Ollikainen conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a Prom featuring three composers and three unique responses to the landscapes surrounding them.

Elgar's much-loved cello concerto, rising from the autumnal woodlands of Sussex and performed by soloist Kian Soltani sits alongside Sibelius's mighty Second Symphony – a musical national awakening in the composer's homeland of Finland.

A world premiere opens the concert, a brand new commission from Anna Thorvaldsdottir titled, its craggy, elemental soundscape reminiscent of her native Iceland.

Presenter Petroc Trelawny is joined by special guests.

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain returns to the Royal Albert Hall for its annual appearance at the Proms to perform Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and the concert version of Ravel's sumptuous ballet Daphnis and Chloe.

One hundred and fifty musicians take to the stage to perform 20th-century classics as well as a brand new commission from legendary Hollywood composer Danny Elfman.

Jess Gillam presents, with special guests Segun Akinola and Isobel Waller-Bridge.

Legendary conductor Marin Alsop returns to the BBC Proms stage for the first time since 2018 to lead the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in a programme of fiery repertoire that takes us on a journey around Europe and across three centuries.

Béla Bartók's blood-curdling suite to The Miraculous Mandarin kicks off the concert, followed by Prokofiev's electrifying and fiendish Third Piano concerto, for which the orchestra is joined by superstar British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor.

After the interval, a brand new piece by Austrian composer Hannah Eisendle is followed by the main event: Dvorák's sumptuous Seventh Symphony.

Jess Gillam presents with special guests.

In Aretha Franklin's six-decade career, she won 18 Grammys and was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Celebrating what would have been the singer's eightieth birthday, the BBC Proms pay tribute to a true icon.

Jules Buckley debuts his new ensemble, and is joined by American singer and Quincy Jones protégée Sheléa to showcase the songs made famous by the Queen of Soul.

Aretha's live performances were visceral rituals, in which she readily opened her heart to her audience. Her song Respect became an anthem of both the Civil Rights Movement and gender empowerment. In 2009, she performed at Barack Obama's first inauguration. Her music was the soundtrack to African American history.

Clara Amfo presents this unforgettable event, with special guests.

Multi award-winning star of stage and screen Cynthia Erivo takes the Proms by storm as she sings the great American songbook of the 1950s and 60s.

Backed by the BBC Concert Orchestra, she celebrates the legendary female voices that have shown her the way - artists such as Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, Billie Holiday, Etta James, and Gladys Knight.
From showtunes to pop, from soul to French chanson, expect big iconic anthems of love, loss and transformation.

Andi Oliver presents from the Royal Albert Hall in London, and is joined by special guests Clarke Peters and Ayanna Witter-Johnson.

Sir Simon Rattle makes an emotional appearance at the Proms at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra.

In a deeply personal programme, Sir Simon and the orchestra perform Mahler's mighty Second Symphony, ‘Resurrection' – a musical odyssey on an epic scale – to a sellout crowd at the Royal Albert Hall.

The work has been indelibly linked with Sir Simon since he first rose to prominence as a student conductor when he was just a teenager.

A moving tribute to Sir Harrison Birtwistle, who died earlier this year, opens the concert. His rousing Donum Simoni MMXVIII was a musical gift composed specially for Sir Simon and the London Symphony Orchestra in 2018.

Petroc Trelawny presents.

Across seas and mountains, rivers, glaciers and deserts… in the centenary year of the BBC, the Proms brings a celebration of its world-famous Natural History Unit through the years, from Sir David Attenborough's pioneering early adventures to an exciting preview of what promises to be the latest blockbuster series, Frozen Planet II.

Featuring breathtaking images, natural sounds, spoken words and - of course - music, this spectacular event will include classic documentary scores from renowned composers such as George Fenton, Murray Gold, Sarah Class and Nitin Sawhney and a collaboration by Hans Zimmer and Camila Cabello. The evening culminates with the world premiere of Earth Symphony, a work arranged by Iain Farrington that draws on scores from Planet Earth II, Blue Planet II and Seven Worlds One Planet.

Presented by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin from the stage of the Royal Albert Hall.

Public Service Broadcasting – a band who bring wit, invention and multimedia spectacle to the stage – return to the Proms after their previous, staggeringly innovative, 2019 outing, The Race for Space.

This time, Public Service Broadcasting join conductor Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for a world premiere specially commissioned for the BBC's centenary, This New Noise.

The band's use of archive footage, sampling and imaginative musical techniques will transport us back through a hundred years of broadcasting history and will make this a musical event like no other.

Edith Bowman presents.

BBC Proms favourite Chineke! Orchestra is back on the Royal Albert Hall stage for a concert of music by Beethoven and celebrated American composer George Walker, whose centenary falls in 2022.

The ensemble is Europe's first majority black and ethnically diverse orchestra, and has become a mainstay of the Proms since its 2017 debut.

The musicians are under the baton of German conductor Kevin John Edusei, and are joined by the recently formed Chineke! Voices to perform Beethoven's epic Ninth Symphony. International soloists Nicole Cabell, Raehann Bryce-Davis, Zwakele Tshabalala and Ryan Speedo Green complete the line-up.

Clive Myrie presents, with special guests.

Superstar violinist Nicola Benedetti takes to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall tonight with a very special Proms premiere performance of a concerto written specially for her by American jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. An electrifying mix of jazz and Scottish folk, it forms the centrepiece of a programme packed with fizz and sparkle. Also featured are Bernstein's kaleidoscopic Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and a blast of salty ocean air in Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes.

Thomas Søndergård conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Georgia Mann presents, with special guests.

Take a whistlestop tour through the very best music from the 2022 Proms season in this one-off special. Eight weeks of world-class concerts become just 100 minutes of standout performances from the countless musicians who graced the Royal Albert Hall stage this summer.

The show is packed with tunes we know and love, with something for everyone. Emotional highlights include Elgar's sublime Nimrod, the Proms' tribute to the late, great Aretha Franklin, and a spine-tingling performance of the Ukrainian national anthem by the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.

Along the way, expect favourites like Handel's majestic Zadok the Priest, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Beethoven's epic Ode to Joy, and Dukas's Sorcerer's Apprentice.

There's also fireworks from international soloists Yuja Wang, Kian Soltani, and Nicola Benedetti, as well as numbers from the first ever Gaming Prom and international superstar Cynthia Erivo's Proms debut performance.

An ensemble of this year's Proms presenters bring us this celebration of the greatest classical music festival in the world.

Clive Myrie travels across Ukraine to meet musicians who are preparing to leave their families in their war-torn country in order to create an orchestra and perform at the Royal Albert Hall. With only ten days to rehearse, can they succeed in their ambition to fight the war with their music, instead of with guns? And will the concerts touch the world in the way that they hope?

Clive Myrie is joined by special guests Sandi Toksvig and Anna Lapwood for the First Night of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall. 2023's eight-week musical extravaganza launches in style with Sibelius's ever-popular Finlandia, Grieg's dramatic Piano Concerto performed by classical superstar Paul Lewis, and Britten's much-loved The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.

The concert also includes a rare opportunity to hear Sibelius's Snofrid, making its Proms debut, and a world premiere from Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak.

This musical feast is brought by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with the BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers under the baton of principal guest conductor Dalia Stasevska.

Violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto is joined by innovative folk musician Ale Carr to perform Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons as it's never been heard before, reimagining the timeless concertos as a magical world of folklore. In a concert led by Kuusisto's love for the natural world, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen open the concert with the David Attenborough-inspired work, Birds of Paradise by Andrea Tarrodi, before Beethoven's First Symphony brings the first half to a rousing close. Presented by Katie Derham from the Royal Albert Hall.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor laureate Tadaaki Otaka perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, recorded on 19th July at the Royal Albert Hall. Star violinist Elena Urioste joins the orchestra to perform Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Violin Concerto, and Rachmaninov's Five Études-tableaux receives its first ever Proms outing in orchestration by Respighi. Presented by Katya Adler.

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in D minor, `Choral" - with its famous Ode to Joy finale - at the Royal Albert Hall. The orchestra is joined by the BBC Symphony Chorus and a team of Scottish soloists - soprano Eleanor Dennis, mezzo Karen Cargill, tenor Nicky Spence and bass-baritone Michael Mofidian - for this mighty musical tour-de-force.

A musical tribute to the late Lata Mangeshkar, the Indian playback singer whose voice defined the sound of Bollywood for a generation of cinema-goers. Superstar singers Palak and Palash Muchhal, Indian classical musicians and Bollywood dancers join forces with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a glorious musical fusion that commemorates more than five decades of Lata's stellar career. On a night when the Royal Albert Hall takes on the spirit of Mumbai, presenter Nikki Bedi and special guests honour her impact across generations, cultures and continents.

South Korean virtuoso Bomsori performs Bruch's First Violin Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Anja Bihlmaier, in an evening of music inspired by the folk traditions of Hungary. Katya Adler is joined by composer and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson to discuss the enduring power of folk in a concert also featuring Brahms' Hungarian Dances and Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. There's also a welcome return to the Proms, after almost a century, of the piece that launched the career of Croydon-based British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Grammy award-winning jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater joins trumpeter Sean Jones and Carnegie Hall's National Youth Jazz Orchestra, comprising outstanding young musicians from across the USA, as they make their BBC Proms debut. The concert promises big band classics, standards and contemporary works, exploring jazz's influence on hip-hop, R&B and pop. Presented by Clive Myrie.

Star pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason makes her solo Proms debut with Prokofiev's third piano concerto, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Ryan Bancroft conducts the orchestra as they also take on Tchaikovsky's fifth symphony. Presented by Clive Myrie.

Following their performance at last year's Proms, pianist Yuja Wang and conductor Klaus Mäkelä return to the Royal Albert Hall for one of the most eagerly awaited nights of the season. The couple dazzle their audience with Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Then baritone Thomas Hampson joins the orchestra for Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. Presented by Georgia Mann with special guests Wayne Marshall and Hannah Catherine Jones.

Virtuoso horn player Felix Klieser, who was born with arms and plays the instrument with his toes, makes his Proms debut with Mozart's Concerto No 4, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kirill Karabits. The orchestra also perform Rachmaninov's Second Symphony on what would have been the composer's 150th birthday, and the concert opens with music by the conductor's father - Ivan Karabits' first Concerto for Orchestra. Written to mark the 1,500th anniversary of the founding of Kyiv it's a colourful orchestral soundscape evoking chiming bells and a city in happier times. Presented by Petroc Trelawny, joined by Hannah French.

Celebrated pianist András Schiff plays Schumann's Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms alongside the world-famous Budapest Festival Orchestra and their founder-conductor Ivan Fischer. The Schumann is bookended by the overture to Der Freischütz by Weber and Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, which was inspired by a ruined chapel echoing with the ghost of Mary, Queen of Scots. Clive Myrie presents, and is joined by Joanna MacGregor.

Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha joins the National Youth Orchestra for a night of joyously defiant music. Strauss' Four Last Songs, considered by some the most beautiful music ever written, is played alongside Hindemith and Copland, all conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto. Composer Errollyn Wallen debuts a new piece written especially for the orchestra's 2023 summer tour. Presented by Jess Gillam with special guests Alexis Ffrench and Vikki Stone.

Conductor John Wilson and his orchestral supergroup, the Sinfonia of London, continue the 150th anniversary celebrations of Rachmaninov with his much-loved Second Piano Concerto.

The roof of the Royal Albert Hall nearly comes off in this special Prom dedicated to northern soul, curated by Wigan's Stuart Maconie and Manchester's Joe Duddell.

Musical meditation with Grammy-nominated vocal group VOCES8 and a playlist that drifts from the Renaissance to Radiohead.

The conductor takes to the Royal Albert Hall stage for his final UK performance as music director of the London Symphony Orchestra. Together, this renowned and dynamic partnership poignantly mark the end of an era with Mahler's epic, all-encompassing Symphony - his Ninth. Known as the 'farewell symphony', it is shrouded in loss, complete with a dazzling spectrum of joy and despair, and ending in tranquillity and stillness. Katie Derham presents.

Chineke! Orchestra makes its hotly anticipated annual Proms outing, this year conducted by Anthony Parnther.

The presenter of Radio 3's New Music Show chooses his standout premieres and commissions from this year's Proms, all of which Tom believes respond to the world with joy, beauty and optimism. Highlights include Andrea Tarrodi's Birds of Paradise, inspired by footage from David Attenborough's Planet Earth, Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak's Let There Be Light, and Errolyn Wallen's new work The Whole World, for the National Youth Orchestra.

John Butt conducts Baroque ensemble the Dunedin Consort in Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, recorded at the BBC Proms on Sunday August 6. They are joined on stage by an all-star roster of vocal soloists - Nardus Williams, Lucy Crowe, Jess Dandy, Benjamin Hulett and Robert Davies - for this much-loved work, which takes up the entire second half of the concert. for the first half, the ensemble performs a series of shorter pieces by JS Bach and CPE Bach, two men who inspired Mozart in the creation of his mighty Mass. Presented by Katie Derham, with guest Anna Lapwood.

Katie Derham presents live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall of the first part of the climax of the classical music festival, and is joined by guests Sandi Toksvig and Danielle de Niese. On stage, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Norweigan soprano Lise Davidsen join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop. This first half of the night's celebrations includes music by Verdi, Wagner, Bruch and Mascagni and a world premiere from rising star James B Wilson, specially commissioned to commemorate the BBC's centenary last year. The night kicks off with Richard Strauss's swashbuckling Don Juan.

Katie Derham introduces the conclusion of the closing concert, joined by Sandi Toksvig and Danielle de Niese. Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and soprano Lise Davidsen perform a variety of music from Coleridge-Taylor's Deep River and an aria by Kalman, to Villa Lobos' Bachianas Brasilieras and the score from forthcoming superhero movie The Marvels. The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform the traditional selection of British classics under the baton of Maestro Marin Alsop.

A whistlestop tour through eight weeks of performances from the spectacular array of superstar musicians who have graced the Royal Albert Hall stage this summer. The programme is packed with some of the biggest tunes in classical music, with Beethoven's biggest hits, memorable Mozart and a celebration of Rachmaninov sitting alongside performances from the likes of Yuja Wang, Pekka Kuusisto, and Isata Kanneh-Mason. Plus, symphonic treatments of Northern Soul classics, jazz anthems and music all the way from Bollywood to Hollywood.

Clive Myrie and special guests launch the 2024 BBC Proms season from the Royal Albert Hall, with Beethoven's famous Fifth Symphony. A dazzling all-female line-up features pianist extraordinaire Isata Kanneh-Mason, superstar soprano Sophie Bevan and acclaimed conductor Elim Chan, conducting her First Night debut. This show kicks off eight weeks of glorious music with an electrifying programme that also includes Handel's Music for Royal Fireworks and a world premiere from 27-year-old composer Ben Nobuto. Sophie Bevan makes a triumphant return to the Proms with Bruckner's jubilant Psalm 150, and Isata Kanneh-Mason performs a tender and lyrical piano concerto by Clara Schumann, a composer she has championed tirelessly. They're joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers.

Proms history is made, as Sir Mark Elder conducts The Hallé for the final time as music director after 25 years at the helm, with Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony. Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C sharp minor. Hallé Children's Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Hallé Choir, Hallé, Mark Elder (conductor).

Katie Derham presents from the Royal Albert Hall, featuring a performance by the BBC National Chorus of Wales, Crouch End Festival Chorus and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under conductor Ryan Bancroft. First performed 150 years ago, and given its British premiere at the same venue the following year, Verdi's Requiem is one of music's most vivid masterpieces, composed in memory of the Italian poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni. The soloists are Latonia Moore (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo), SeokJong Baek (tenor) and Soloman Howard (bass).

Clive Myrie presents the BBC Concert Orchestra and Guy Barker, joined by a line up of singers, in a celebration of Sarah Vaughan one of the most iconic voices of the 20th-century. Featuring songs made famous by the American jazz singer, including Misty, If You Could See Me Now and Body and Soul.

Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony is performed at the Royal Albert Hall. The programme also includes a world premiere of Anna Clyne's The Gorgeous Nothings, inspired by the poems of Emily Dickinson and featuring Grammy Award-winning vocal group The Swingles. The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Nicholas Collon. Petroc Trelawny presents.

A glittering programme including Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Barber's Adagio for Strings, performed live at the Royal Albert Hall with the all-star Sinfonia of London.

Superstar siblings Sheku and Braimah, with Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes and the dynamic Fantasia Orchestra perform an eclectic and surprising mix from Brahms to Bob Marley.

The brightest young stars in classical music take to the stage as the National Youth Orchestra make their annual trip to the Proms playing Wagner, Mahler and more.

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.

Petroc Trelawny presents Sir Antonio Pappano, his London Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Chorus and the Tiffin Boys' Choir performing Benjamin Britten's War Requiem at the 2024 Proms. They're joined by vocal soloists Natalya Romaniw, Allan Clayton and Will Liverman at London's Royal Albert Hall.

As part of the Proms 2024 season, Gemma New conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the National Youth Choir of Scotland's Chamber Choir in an evening of enchanting music from the Royal Albert Hall. The concert opens with Bonis's Salomé, a musical portrait of the mysterious biblical figure, followed by Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, featuring American clarinettist Anthony McGill. The Prom culminates in a semi-staged performance of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, including readings from the Shakespeare comedy. Presented by Clive Myrie. First broadcast on Radio 3, Friday August 16.

Clara Amfo presents as the singer performs classics from their back catalogue alongside soulful cover versions, accompanied at the Royal Albert Hall by the BBC Concert Orchestra under conductor Simon Hale. Chart-toppers like Stay With Me and I'm Not the Only One are performed alongside classics such as Hushabye Mountain and Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now. Sam also includes renditions of Oscar-winning Bond theme Writing's on the Wall and hits Unholy, How Do You Sleep? and Dancing with a Stranger, all arranged for orchestra, backing singers and 16-piece choir the LJ Singers.

Clive Myrie is joined by space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock and presents a Proms performance that depicts a journey through the solar system, featuring Sakari Oramo conducting performances of Sibelius's The Wood Nymph, Lara Poe's brand-new work Songs from the Countryside, with soprano Anu Komsi. Plus, students from the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra come together for this programme.

The Aurora Orchestra take to the stage at the Royal Albert Hall with a signature memorised performance, led by conductor Nicholas Collon, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at the Proms. Solo vocalists Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Brenden Gunnell and Christopher Purves are joined by the BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain to form the chorus for the final movement. Linton Stephens presents.

Andi Oliver presents from the Royal Albert Hall as Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra and singers Vanessa Haynes, Vula Malinga, Cedric Neal and Elisabeth Troy in a selection of disco classics, including songs by Chic, Gloria Gaynor, Diana Ross, Boney M and Walter Murphy.

Soloists Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma come together at the Proms to form a classical supergroup in a programme that blurs the line between symphonic and chamber music. Featuring a special arrangement of Beethoven's Sixth 'Pastoral' Symphony for three players and a performance of the 'Archduke' Piano Trio. Presented by Katya Adler.

Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate Henry Mancini and his music, marking a century since the flautist, composer and conductor's birth. They play classics such as Lujon as well as themes from The Pink Panther and Peter Gunn, plus gems from the lounge music and space-age pop genres Mancini helped inspire. Presented by Jess Gillam from London's Royal Albert Hall.

Katie Derham presents from the Royal Albert Hall as Riccardo Minasi conducts the Hamburg-based Ensemble Resonanz and soloists Clara-Jumi Kang and Timothy Ridout in an all-Mozart celebration, including music from The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni.

A celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall for the 2024 Proms, chosen by radio presenter Tom Service, and featuring interviews with their composers. Highlights include a jazzy extravaganza for brass by Wynton Marsalis and a celebration of music itself by Sir James MacMillan.

A whistlestop tour through eight weeks of performances from the spectacular array of superstar musicians who have graced the Royal Albert Hall stage this summer. From Sam Smith's highly anticipated Proms debut, Mancini's magnificent Moon River and Sir Mark Elder's poignant farewell with Mahler's Fifth, there were innumerable highlights. Join the Proms presenters on a journey through this season's best moments, including a Kanneh-Mason rendition of Bob Marley's Redemption Song, Holst's The Planets and Max Richter's On the Nature of Daylight. Featuring remarkable performances from soloists Isata Kanneh-Mason, Anthony McGill and Yo-Yo Ma.

Katie Derham presents live coverage of the final concert of this year's Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall, featuring soprano Angel Blue and pianist Stephen Hough alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers. The evening begins with pieces by Walton, Puccini, Carlos Simon, Fauré, Ives and Coleridge-Taylor.

Katie Derham presents live coverage of the final concert of this year's Proms live from the Royal Albert Hall, featuring American soprano Angel Blue and pianist Stephen Hough performing alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Petroc Trelawny and Georgia Mann present the concert which kicks off the summer's Proms season. The music includes Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, Bliss's Birthday Fanfare and Sibelius's majestic Violin Concerto, performed by soloist Lisa Batiashvili. A world premiere by Errollyn Wallen - The Elements - starts the second half, followed by Vaughan Williams' powerful Sancta Civitas with tenor Caspar Singh, baritone Gerald Finley, and the BBC Singers and Symphony Chorus. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Nicholas McCarthy, the world's only professional one-handed concert pianist, makes his Proms debut alongside the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a concert of 20th-century classics.

Summer from The Four Seasons and Bach's Air are among the highlights in a concert of Baroque delights featuring violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte making his Proms debut.

Andi Oliver presents a BBC Proms concert in which American jazz singer Samara Joy and her octet join the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Miho Hazama to perform classic songs and musical standards at the Royal Albert Hall. Fresh from another double win at this year's Grammys, Joy makes her much-anticipated Proms debut, introducing audiences to her electric combination of youthful energy and old-soul musical style with classic songs and unique twists on instrumental classics from across jazz and its fringes, from bossa nova to the Great American Songbook. She salutes figures including Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus and Oscar Peterson. Nacio Herb Brown: You Stepped out of a Dream. Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust Davis, Ramirez and Sherman: Loverman (Oh Where Can You Be). Erroll Garner: Misty. Thelonius Monk: Worry Later (San Francisco Holiday). Billie Holiday and Max Waldron: Left Alone. Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston: Day by Day. Interval: Jazz singer and broadcaster Clare Teal joins Petroc to reflect on Samara Joy's Proms debut and to discuss the enduring fascination of the Great American Songbook. Betty Carter: Beware My Heart. Duke Ellington: I Got it Bad and That Ain't Good. Sun Ra, Samara Joy, Jae Mayo & Kendric McCallister: Peace of Mind/Dreams Come True. Samara Joy and Kendric Mccallister: Five Stages of Love (Love's Impression). Teddy Wilson and Harold Adamson: It's the Little Things that Mean So Much Monk: Ugly Beauty. Jobim: Chega de Saudade (No More Blues). Samara Joy (singer), Samara Joy Octet, BBC Concert Orchestra, Miho Hazama (conductor).

The first televised Prom from the Glasshouse in Gateshead, featuring two classical masterpieces: Bach's dramatic Keyboard Concerto in D Minor and Mendelssohn's 'Lobgesang' Symphony.

The most iconic four notes in music history open Beethoven's famous symphony, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra alongside Saint-Saëns's popular Fifth Piano Concerto.

Alison Balsom makes her Proms presenting debut with a concert of musical postcards from the Americas. Featuring Dvorak's New World Symphony, Arturo Márquez's Trumpet Concerto and Venezuelan virtuoso Pacho Flores performs on four different types of trumpet.

The BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by soprano Erin Morley and conductor Anna-Maria Helsing as they mark 200 years since the birth of Johann Strauss II with favourites like the Blue Danube and the Laughing Song. Plus, gems from Lehár, Kalman and Korngold.

Anita Rani introduces a concert that sees sitar superstar Anoushka Shankar join forces with conductor Robert Ames and London Contemporary Orchestra to perform an orchestrated version of her Chapters trilogy. Each Chapter of her three albums is inspired by one of the three countries she has called home, and the trilogy sonically carries the listener from afternoon, to night, to the dawn of a new day.

Linton Stephens presents a Prom from the Royal Albert Hall in which Nicholas Collon conducts the orchestra in a performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No 5 from memory. Actors join the musicians to bring to life a symphony born in the shadow of Stalin's regime - music on the edge of life and death by a composer treading a dangerous line between political obedience and artistic defiance.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is brought to life in the Royal Albert Hall by conductor Fabio Luisi, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir, and a quartet of soloists - Clare Cecilie Thomsen, Jasmin White, Issachah Savage, and Adam Palka. Presented by trumpet superstar Alison Balsom.

Clive Myrie is joined at the Royal Albert Hall by guests Alison Balsom and Gyles Brandreth.for a musical celebration of landscapes and seascapes performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Featuring Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, Elgar's Enigma Variations featuring Nimrod, Britten's Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, and Walton's Crown Imperial Coronation March, as well as lesser-known gems from some of Britain's most illustrious composers.

Alison Balsom presents as Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra brings Mahler's life-affirming fifth symphony with its famous Adagietto to the Proms. It sits alongside Berio's Rendering - a work inspired by Schubert.

The broadcaster presents a Prom celebrating soul music recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on August 3, with the BBC Concert Orchestra joined by vocalists Beverley Knight, Jacob Lusk, Reginald Mobley, Tony Momrelle, James Emmanuel, Annahstasia and the LJ Singers. The orchestra and conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser trace a path from spirituals through gospel to soul, revealing the role of these genres in supporting the US civil rights movement. Inspirational tracks made famous by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin rub shoulders with hidden gems in a celebration of music that gave a voice to disenfranchised people and fostered a sense of community.

Tom Service curates a special compilation of new music performed at the 2025 Proms, featuring two world premieres, a trumpet concerto and cinematic soundscapes. Plus, composers including Errollyn Wallen, John Rutter and Anna Clyne reveal the inspirations behind their pieces.

Edith Bowman presents a Prom from the Royal Albert Hall celebrating Alfred Hitchcock's favourite composer Bernard Herrmann. Conductor Edwin Outwater leads the BBC Concert Orchestra in music including the themes from Vertigo, Psycho and Taxi Driver, as well as Korngold's cello concerto with soloist Sterling Elliott.

Actor, comedian and amateur violinist Nick Mohammed presents a concert from August 9, with Dalia Stasevska conducting the National Youth Orchestra in John Williams' Star Wars suite, Caroline Shaw's The Observatory and Holst's The Planets.

Clive Myrie presents from the Royal Albert Hall as Europe's first majority black and ethnically diverse orchestra celebrates its 10th anniversary. For this landmark concert, Chineke! performs Shostakovich's epic Symphony No 10 alongside classics from Coleridge-Taylor and Valerie Coleman.

One of the world's great orchestras make a much-anticipated return to the Royal Albert Hall, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst with two landmark symphonies that each broke the musical mould - Mozart's Prague and Tchaikovsky's Pathétique. Petroc Trelawny presents.

Katie Derham presents live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall of the climax of the classical music festival, with performances from conductor Elim Chan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, soprano Louise Alder and trumpeter Alison Balsom's final performance after an illustrious career. Pieces include Dukas's Sorcerer's Apprentice, Hummel's Trumpet Concerto and Mussorgsky's A Night on the Bare Mountain.

Further live coverage from the Royal Albert Hall of the climax of the classical music festival, including a brand-new, specially commissioned orchestral version of Bohemian Rhapsody, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Queen classic. Louise Alder sings a My Fair Lady medley, and trumpeter Alison Balsom performs Bernstein. And of course, all the traditional favourites return to close the season. Presented by Katie Derham, with special guests including Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed.

Highlights from the world's biggest classical music festival, featuring performances by Anoushka Shankar, Pacho Flores, Liya Petrova, Nicholas McCarthy, Klaus Makela, Dalia Stasevska and Le Consort Ensemble and pieces by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Mahler, Vaughan Williams and Shostakovich.

Clara Amfo presents a concert in which Florence Welch is joined at the Royal Albert Hall by Jules Buckley and his Orchestra and London Contemporary Voices for a reimagining of her debut album Lungs to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Featuring performance of songs including hits Dog Days are Over and You've Got the Love.