Proms 2026 Calendar
Proms 2026 Events
Fri 17 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Piano superstar Yunchan Lim joins Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Ravel’s bluesy Concerto in G major. We also hear music by Copland, Gershwin and Finzi, alongside a world premiere from French-British composer Josephine Stephenson
Piano superstar Yunchan Lim joins Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Ravel’s bluesy Concerto in G major. We also hear music by Copland, Gershwin and Finzi, alongside a world premiere from French-British composer Josephine Stephenson
Programme
- Fanfare for the Common Man(3 mins)
- An American in Paris(16 mins)
- Piano Concerto in G major(23 mins)
- interval
- new work(8 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- For St Cecilia(19 mins)
Performers
- Yunchan Limpiano
- Thomas Atkinstenor
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
Sat 18 Jul 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others
Sun 19 Jul 2026
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Yorkshire’s esteemed Black Dyke Band shows off its virtuosity and versatility in a programme of contemporary pieces, arrangements of popular classics and excerpts from soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Zimmer
Yorkshire’s esteemed Black Dyke Band shows off its virtuosity and versatility in a programme of contemporary pieces, arrangements of popular classics and excerpts from soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Zimmer
Programme
- Four Minute Mile(4 mins)
- Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’(8 mins)arr. Frank Wright
- A Moorside Suite(15 mins)
- Force of Nature(15 mins)
- interval
- Symphony in two movements(18 mins)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – Hedwig’s Theme(3 mins)arr. Andrew Duncan
- Concierto de Aranjuez – Adagio(5 mins)arr. Kevin Bolton
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – Wheel of Fortune(5 mins)arr. Stephen Roberts
- Paganini Variations(15 mins)
Performers
- David Childseuphonium
- Nicholas Childsconductor
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist
The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist
Programme
- Alborada del gracioso(8 mins)
- Fantasia baetica(12 mins)orch. Francisco Coll
- Concierto de Aranjuez(21 mins)
- interval
- The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 1(12 mins)
- The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2(12 mins)
- Boléro(13 mins)
Performers
- Rafael Aguirreguitar
- David Afkhamconductor
Mon 20 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Gianandrea Noseda leads massed forces in Beethoven’s monumental ‘Choral’ Symphony. We also hear the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe
Gianandrea Noseda leads massed forces in Beethoven’s monumental ‘Choral’ Symphony. We also hear the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe
Programme
- Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542(11 mins)orch. A. Davis
- These Righteous Paths(20 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
- interval
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’(65 mins)
Performers
- Abel Selaocoecellist
- Leah Hawkinssoprano
- Stephanie Wake-Edwardsmezzo-soprano
- Martin Muehletenor
- Derek Weltonbass
- Gianandrea Nosedaconductor
