大象传媒

This year鈥檚 festival presents eight weeks of world-class music making from some of the finest orchestras from across the UK and around the world. 大象传媒 audiences can look forward to 90 Proms, demonstrating an extraordinary breadth of classical and orchestral music.

• This season features some of the world鈥檚 best international orchestras and their conductors. Highlights include the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko, the Czech Philharmonic under Jakub Hr暖拧a, the Orchestre de Paris under Klaus M盲kel盲, and, in their 25th-anniversary year, the West鈥揈astern Divan under Daniel Barenboim.
• For the first time, a weekend-long Proms festival launches at the newly opened Bristol Beacon, including a 大象传媒 Proms debut from the Paraorchestra. The mini festival is the start of a long-term partnership between the 大象传媒 Proms, Bristol Beacon and Open Up Music, which will focus on inclusive access to classical music.
• The 大象传媒 Proms returns to Gateshead for a weekend-long residency at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music and a brand new Proms residency launches in venues in Nottingham. Aberdeen, Belfast and Newport host chamber concerts as the 大象传媒 continues its commitment to bringing classical music to audiences across the UK.
• This summer鈥檚 programme includes an exciting array of family events and concerts for children, with a new Doctor Who Prom and a new CBeebies Prom. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Pl铆nio Fernandes and the Fantasia Orchestra perform a programme of folk songs, dances, prayers and incantations, which will be repeated in a Relaxed performance the following day.
• Florence Welch, of indie-rock band Florence + The Machine, makes her 大象传媒 Proms debut, and only UK appearance this year, to perform her lauded BRIT Award-winning 2009 album Lungs, alongside Jules Buckley and his orchestra.
• The 大象传媒 Proms celebrates choral music and singing, with over 25 choirs appearing throughout the season. A special three-concert Choral Day reflects a wide range of choral styles, and choral highlights across the summer include performances of Verdi鈥檚 Requiem, Britten鈥檚 War Requiem and Bach鈥檚 St John Passion. In the year that the 大象传媒 Singers celebrate their centenary, they will perform in seven Proms including the First Night and the Last Night.
• Building on the 大象传媒 Proms鈥� exploration of alternative musical genres, and after the success of the 2023 Northern Soul Prom, this year鈥檚 opening weekend will feature the first ever Disco Prom, celebrating disco music of the late 1970s during the era of New York鈥檚 Studio 54.
• The Proms marks the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner鈥檚 birth with seven of his works. Other anniversaries include Arnold Schoenberg, Ferruccio Busoni, Gabriel Faur茅, Gustav Holst, Giacomo Puccini, Charles Villiers Stanford, Bed艡ich Smetana and Henry Mancini.
• Star soloists include Yo-Yo Ma, who performs with Leonidas Kavakos and Emanuel Ax, Jamie Barton, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Yunchan Lim, Anthony McGill and V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
• Continuing the Proms鈥� tradition of collaborating with non-classical artists, Sam Smith and Jordan Rakei make their 大象传媒 Proms debuts, and will perform their own music in new orchestral arrangements.
• Three Proms pay tribute to the work and legacies of iconic musicians: folk-rock artist Nick Drake, jazz singer Sarah Vaughan and film composer Henry Mancini, each of whom have significant anniversaries this year and whose Proms will feature exciting soloists.
• Aurora Orchestra returns to the Proms with Beethoven鈥檚 ninth and final symphony, in its 200th-anniversary year, performed entirely from memory. Aurora Orchestra will dissect and analyse Beethoven鈥檚 final symphony; a vibrant celebration of joy and hope, composed amid hearing loss, illness and personal tragedy.
• The festival features several significant American works. John Wilson and his orchestra will host a concert of American classics including works by Aaron Copland, George Gershwin and Charles Ives. Avant-garde multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton makes his 大象传媒 Proms debut, joining the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a programme that explores the past 100 years of American jazz.
• The 2024 season introduces a number of pieces to the Proms by French women from the past 300 years: Mel Bonis, Lili Boulanger, C茅cile Chaminade, Louise Farrenc, Augusta Holm猫s, 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre and Germaine Tailleferre.
• The 大象传媒 continues its commitment to championing new music. This year, 24 premieres and 大象传媒 commissions / co-commissions will be performed. Composers Anna Clyne, Steve Reich, Carlos Simon and Eric Whitacre each have a world premiere, and Julius Eastman鈥檚 Symphony No. 2 and Mary Lou Williams鈥檚 Zodiac Suite will be performed in the UK for the first time.
• Elim Chan conducts the First Night of the Proms, featuring soloists Isata Kanneh-Mason and Sophie Bevan, and a world premiere of Ben Nobuto鈥檚 Hallelujah Sim. The Last Night of the Proms will be conducted by Sakari Oramo, featuring pianist Sir Stephen Hough and soprano Angel Blue, who makes her 大象传媒 Proms debut.
• The Proms continues its commitment to accessible ticket prices, with Promming day standing tickets remaining at 拢8 (inclusive of booking fees), seats starting at 拢10 and half-price tickets available for under-18s (plus booking fees).
• Every Prom at the Royal Albert Hall and around the UK will be broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 3, with selected Proms also broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 2 and 大象传媒 Radio 1. 大象传媒 Television and 大象传媒 iPlayer will broadcast 24 programmes, including the First Night and Last Night of the Proms, across 大象传媒 One, 大象传媒 Two, 大象传媒 Four or CBeebies, and all will be available to watch on 大象传媒 iPlayer for 12 months.

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International Orchestras and ensembles

The 2024 Proms season brings together an exceptional line-up of 10 visiting international orchestras. Sir Simon Rattle, in his first season as Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducts two concerts: Bruckner鈥檚 Symphony No. 4, the UK premiere of Aquifer by Thomas Ad猫s, and Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 6.

The Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko鈥檚 two Proms include Schumann鈥檚 Piano Concerto, performed by V铆kingur 脫lafsson, and Bruckner鈥檚 Symphony No. 5. Presenting two Proms in the Year of Czech Music are the Czech Philharmonic, with Jakub Hr暖拧a, performing all-Czech programmes with works by Dvo艡谩k, Kapr谩lov谩 Jan谩膷ek and Suk.

The Orchestre de Paris and Klaus M盲kel盲, recently named the Music Director of Chicago Symphony Orchestra, perform Berlioz鈥檚 Symphonie fantastique. And, in their 25th -anniversry year, West鈥揈astern Divan and co-founder Daniel Barenboim bring Schubert鈥檚 Symphony No. 9 and Brahms鈥檚 Violin Concerto, featuring soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter, to the Proms.

• Il Pomo d鈥橭ro, led by Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski (23 July)
• Les Arts Florissants, conducted by Paul Agnew (6 August)
• West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim (11 August & broadcast on 大象传媒 Four and 大象传媒 iPlayer)  
• Bach Collegium Japan conducted by Masaaki Suzuki (19 August)
• Ensemble Resonanz conducted by Riccardo Minasi (20 August)
• Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Lahav Shani, who performs Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 (23 August)
• Czech Philharmonic conducted by Jakub Hr暖拧a (27 & 28 August), featuring Prague Philharmonic Choir (28 August)
• Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Kirill Petrenko (31 August & 1 September)
• Orchestre de Paris conducted by Klaus M盲kel盲 (3 September)
• Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (5 & 6 September)

Ensembles visiting from around the world include the vision string quartet (4 August, Newport), Quatuor Van Kuijk (11 August, Belfast), Tinariwen (Late Night, 28 August) and the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers (7 September).

Major soloists and conductors

Major soloists include:

• Isata Kanneh-Mason piano (14 July)
• Karen Cargill mezzo-soprano (23 July)
• Yunchan Lim piano (29 July)
• Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello (4 August)
• Benjamin Grosvenor piano (5 August)
• Seong-Jin Cho piano (9 August)
• Anne-Sophie Mutter violin (11 August)
• Jess Gillam saxophone (12 August)
• Sol Gabetta cello (18 August)
• Paul Lewis piano (22 August)
• Jamie Barton mezzo-soprano (24 August)
• Dame Evelyn Glennie percussion (25 August, Bristol)
• Yo-Yo Ma cello, Leonidas Kavakos violin and Emanuel Ax piano (31 August)
• V铆kingur 脫lafsson piano (31 August)
• Nardus Williams soprano (1 September, Aberdeen & 7 September)
• Golda Schultz soprano (4 September)
• Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin (9 September)
• Lucy Crowe soprano (10 September)
• Iestyn Davies countertenor  (10 September)
• Sir Andr谩s Schiff piano (12 September)
• Angel Blue soprano (14 September)
• Sir Stephen Hough piano (14 September)

Internationally renowned conductors include: 

• Elim Chan (19 July)
• Sir Mark Elder (21 July & broadcast live on 大象传媒 Four and 大象传媒 iPlayer)
• Ryan Bancroft (22 & 23 July)
• Sakari Oramo (3, 9, 25 August & 14 September)
• Vasily Petrenko (1 August)
• John Wilson (4 August)
• Anja Bihlmaier (8 & 29 August)
• Daniel Barenboim (11 August)
• Gemma New (16 August)
• Sir Antonio Pappano (17 August)
• Lahav Shani (23 August)
• Dalia Stasevska (24 August)
• Kirill Petrenko (31 August & 1 September)
• Klaus M盲kel盲 (3 September)
• Sir Simon Rattle (5 & 6 September)
• Anna-Maria Helsing (8 September, Nottingham)
• Tarmo Peltokoski (9 September)

Opera and large-scale choral

• Verdi鈥檚 Requiem 鈥� Marking its 150 ^th-year anniversary, Ryan Bancroft, the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales and Chorus, as well as soloists Latonia Moore, Karen Cargill, SeokJong Baek, Solomon Howard, and Crouch End Festival Chorus, perform one of music鈥檚 most vivid masterpieces (23 July & 大象传媒 Four and 大象传媒 iPlayer).
• Shakespeare鈥檚 A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream 鈥揟his year, three musical versions of Shakespeare鈥檚 classic comedy will be performed. Purcell鈥檚 The Fairy Queen is conducted by Paul Agnew and performed by Les Arts Florissants and a troupe of soloists and dancers. This is the critically acclaimed production by choreographer and director Mourad Merzouki who merges hip-hop dance with Purcell鈥檚 score, and has been previously performed in New York, Paris and in venues around the world (6 August). Britten鈥檚 A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream will be performed by Garsington Opera, who make their Proms debut, with their semi-staged production under Douglas Boyd and featuring Iestyn Davies as Oberon and Lucy Crowe as Tytania (10 September). In addition, Mendelssohn鈥檚 A Midsummer Night鈥檚 Dream 鈥� incidental music is conducted by Gemma New and performed by the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and NYCOS Chamber Choir, and it will be interspersed with readings from the play for dramatic context (16 August & broadcast on 大象传媒 Four and 大象传媒 iPlayer).
• Britten鈥檚 War Requiem 鈥� Sir Antonio Pappano and his London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by soloists Natalya Romaniw, Allan Clayton and Will Liverman to perform Britten鈥檚 monumental War Requiem (17 August & broadcast on 大象传媒 Four and 大象传媒 iPlayer).
• Bach鈥檚 St John Passion 鈥� Conductor Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan make a welcome return to the Proms to perform Bach鈥檚 sacred masterpiece in its 300^th-anniversary year. Specialist soloists include Benjamin Bruns, Christian Immler and Carolyn Sampson (19 August).
• Bizet鈥檚 Carmen 鈥� Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its annual visit to the Proms with its 2024 production of Carmen. Anja Bihlmaier conducts Glyndebourne鈥檚 fine cast and chorus, along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (29 August).
• Faur茅鈥檚 Requiem 鈥� Faur茅鈥檚 deeply moving contemplation of loss and consolation is conducted by St茅phane Den猫ve and features soloists Golda Schultz, Laurence Kilsby and Thomas Mole, alongside the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and the 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus (4 September).
• Eric Whitacre world premiere 鈥� The 大象传媒 Singers perform Eric Whitacre鈥檚 new piece Eternity in an Hour, a setting of William Blake鈥檚 poem Auguries of Innocence. Whitacre conducts and is also joined by 12 Ensemble and pianist Christopher Glynn (4 September, Late Night).
• Choral Day 鈥� Concert 1 features The Sixteen, under Harry Christophers, performing some of the most serene and spiritual choral works written in England during the Victorian period. Concert 2 will be an uplifting matinee, with Jason Max Ferdinand and his Singers making their Proms debut in a programme that mixes classical, jazz and gospel music. Concert 3 sees Handel鈥檚 Messiah performed by Fourth Choir, Jason Max Ferdinand Singers, LYC Chamber Choir, Bath Minerva Choir, Philharmonia Chorus, Voices of the River鈥檚 Edge and Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by John Butt and with soloists Nardus Williams, Helen Charlston, Benjamin Hulett and Ashley Riches (7 September).

Premieres and 大象传媒 commissions

The 大象传媒 is the UK鈥檚 biggest commissioner of new music, and this year the festival will feature 24 premieres and 大象传媒 commissions / co-commissions.

World premieres

• Ben Nobuto Hallelujah Sim., 大象传媒 commission (19 July and broadcast on TV)
• Melissa Dunphy Totality, 大象传媒 co-commission (21 July)
• Sarah Class new work (27 July)
• Edmund Finnis The Bridal Morn (28 July, Gateshead)
• Anna Clyne The Gorgeous Nothings, 大象传媒 commission (30 July)
• Sarah Gibson beyond the beyond, 大象传媒 commission (8 August)
• Dani Howard new work, 大象传媒 co-commission (10 August)
• Oliver Vibrans new work, 大象传媒 co-commission (24 August)
• Lara Poe Laulut maaseudulta (鈥楽ongs from the Countryside鈥�) (25 August)
• Asteryth Sloane new work (25 August, Bristol)
• Eric Whitacre Eternity in an Hour, 大象传媒 co-commission (4 September)
• Elizabeth Kelly Lace Machine Music (8 September, Nottingham)
• Carlos Simon new work, 大象传媒 co-commission (14 September)

European premieres

• Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite (15 August)
• Jacob Collier World O World (7 September)

UK premieres

• Wynton Marsalis Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! (4 August)
• Hans Abrahamsen Horn Concerto (7 August)
• Francisco Coll Cello Concerto (18 August)
• Julius Eastman Symphony No. 2, 鈥楾he Faithful Friend: The Lover Friend鈥檚 Love for the Beloved鈥� (24 August)
• Steve Reich Jacob鈥檚 Ladder, 大象传媒 co-commission (30 August)
• Thomas Ad猫s Aquifer (5 September)

Additionally, three recent 大象传媒-commissioned works will be performed: Cassandra Miller鈥檚 I cannot love without trembling, a viola concerto (31 July), a work by Roderick Williams in Bristol and Sir Karl Jenkins鈥檚 Stravaganza (12 August).

Composer Focuses & Anniversaries

Anton Bruckner

The Proms marks 200 years since the birth of Anton Bruckner by presenting seven of his works, with two of the most celebrated German orchestras bringing Bruckner to the Proms. Psalm 150 will be performed on the First Night of the Proms by soprano Sophie Bevan (19 July), 大象传媒 Singers offer three of Bruckner鈥檚 most radiant motets, Os justi, Locus iste and Christus factus est which will be followed by Symphony No. 1, under Kirill Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic (1 September). Sir Simon Rattle and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform Symphony No. 4 (5 September).

Arnold Schoenberg

2024 marks the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg鈥檚 birth. Under Ryan Bancroft the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales performs Pelleas and Melisande, a take on the play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck (22 July). The sumptuous Verkl盲rte Nacht is performed by the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra (25 July), and additionally, soloist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra perform Schoenberg鈥檚 Violin Concerto which is conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski (9 September).

Gabriel Faur茅

This year marks 100 years since the death of French composer Gabriel Faur茅. An all-French programme is performed by the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra under conductor St茅phane Den猫ve, which will include Faur茅鈥檚 Requiem and the suite from Pelleas and Melisande (4 September). His beautiful song-cycle will be featured in another all-French programme in Belfast (11 August), and the Last Night of the Proms will feature the ever-popular Pavane (14 September). 

Gustav Holst

Marking 150 years since the birth of English composer Gustav Holst, this season will see four of his works performed: The Evening Watch (21 July), The Cloud Messenger (3 August), Hammersmith (13 August) and Proms audience favourite, The Planets (25 August).

Charles Villiers Stanford

100 years after the death of Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford, this year鈥檚 Proms will feature a selection of the Songs of Faith as well as The Fairy Lough (13 August); and the Three Motets along with a selection from the Eight Partsongs (Choral Day 鈥� 1, 7 September). 

Bed艡ich Smetana

This year marks 200 years since the birth of Czech composer Bed艡ich Smetana. In the Year of Czech music, M谩 vlast, the majestic sequence of tone-poems about his country鈥檚 landscape and history, will be performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under Kirill Petrenko (31 August).

Ferruccio Busoni

Marking a century since the composer鈥檚 death, pianist Benjamin Grosvenor tackles Busoni鈥檚 gargantuan and hugely demanding Piano Concerto under Edward Gardner (5 August) and the Comedy Overture performed by the Ulster Orchestra (18 August). 

Additionally, this year marks the anniversaries of several renowned works: the 150th -year anniversary of Verdi鈥檚 Requiem (23 July), the 300th-anniversary Bach鈥檚 St John Passion (19 August), the 200th -anniversary of Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 9 (21 August) and the centenary of Gershwin鈥檚 Rhapsody in Blue, with the Sinfonia of London, conducted by John Wilson (4 August).

Debut artists

Debut soloists include:

• Latonia Moore soprano (23 July)
• SoekJong Baek tenor (23 July)
• Soloman Howard bass (23 July)
• Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski countertenor (23 July)
• Lizz Wright vocalist (28 July)
• Marisha Wallace vocalist (28 July)
• Lucy-Anne Daniels vocalist (28 July)
• Yunchan Lim piano (29 July)
• Sam Smith vocalist (2 August)
• Tobias Feldmann violin (8 August)
• Anthony Braxton saxophone (15 August)
• Aaron Diehl Trio: Aaron Diehl piano, David Wong bass and Quincy Davis drums (15 August)
• Anthony McGill clarinet (16 August)
• Anastasia Kobekina cello (27 August)
• Mao Fujita piano (28 August)
• Rihab Chaieb mezzo-soprano (29 August)
• Janai Brugger soprano (29 August)
• Stewart Goodyear piano (8 September)
• Florence Welch vocalist (11 September)
• Angel Blue soprano (14 September)

Debut conductors include: 

• Ellie Slorach (28 July, Glasshouse)
• Chloe Rooke (9 August)
• Nil Venditti (12 August)
• Tianyi Lu (18 August)
• Riccardo Minasi (20 August)
• Lahav Shani (23 August)
• Andrew Grams (8 September)
• Tarmo Peltokoski (9 September)

Debut orchestras and choirs:

• CBeebies East London Schools鈥� Choir (27 July)
• Fantasia Orchestra (4 August)
• Ensemble Resonanz (20 August)
• Paraorchestra (24 August, Bristol)
• Sibelius Academy (25 August)
• Bath Minerva Choir (7 September)
• Fourth Choir (7 September)
• Jason Max Ferdinand Singers (7 September)
• LYC Chamber Choir (7 September)
• Garsington Opera (10 September)

Something different

• Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco 鈥� Conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser and the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra bring their exuberant live orchestral sound for a special Prom that explores the pivotal disco movement of the late 1970s and the glorious music it produced (20 July and broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio Two and 大象传媒 Two and iPlayer).
• Nick Drake: An Orchestral Celebration 鈥� Marking 50 years since the tragically early death of Nick Drake, Jules Buckley, the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and guest soloists perform a tribute Prom dedicated to one of the greatest poets of the folk-rock movement (24 July and recorded for future broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 2).
• Jordan Rakei 鈥� Grammy Award-nominated multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer and songwriter Jordan Rakei collaborates with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Robert Ames to present tracks from his new album The Loop, as well as titles from his back catalogue (27 July, Glasshouse International Centre for Music).
• Sarah Vaughan: If You Could See Me Now 鈥� The 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra and conductor Guy Barker are joined by guest vocalists Lizz Wright, Marisha Wallace, Lucy-Anne Daniels and CHERISE for a celebration of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, whose works include Broken Hearted Melody, and who had one of the most iconic voices of the 20^th century (28 July & broadcast live on 大象传媒 Four).
• Sam Smith: In the Lonely Hour 鈥� For their only UK appearance of 2024, singer-songwriter Sam Smith joins the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, featuring hits such as Stay with Me and I'm Not the Only One, 10 years on from its original release (2 August & filmed for future broadcast on 大象传媒 Two and 大象传媒 iPlayer).  
• Reel Change: Soundtracks at the Cutting Edge 鈥� Robert Ames and the London Contemporary Orchestra dive into the world of contemporary film soundtracks, including the music from recent films including All Quiet on the Western Front and T谩r (14 August).
• Ultra Lounge: Henry Mancini and Beyond 鈥� 2024 marks a century since the Hollywood composer鈥檚 birth. Edwin Outwater and the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra celebrate Mancini, who is recognised as one of the greatest composers in the history of film music. With his works including the theme tunes to The Pink Panther and Peter Gunn, his style reflects elements of jazz, light classical and more, and he also helped to inspire the genres of lounge music and space-age pop (2 September & filmed for 大象传媒 Four).
• Florence Welch: Symphony of Lungs 鈥� Making her 大象传媒 Proms debut, indie sensation Florence Welch joins Jules Buckley and his Orchestra for a celebration of her BRIT Award-winning debut album Lungs, which was released 15 years ago this year (11 September & recorded for future broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 1 and on 大象传媒 Two and 大象传媒 iPlayer).

Late Night Proms

• Beyond 鈥� Countertenor Jakub J贸zef Orli艅ski joins regular collaborators Il Pomo d鈥橭ro for a programme of early Baroque music (23 July).
• Songs of Wars I Have Seen 鈥� The London Sinfonietta and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform Heiner Goebbels鈥檚 Songs of Wars I Have Seen, 17 years after its premiere (9 August).
• Tinariwen 鈥� This collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara region of northern Mali bring their pioneering and distinctive sound to the Proms; 鈥榙esert-blues鈥� that combine traditional Tuareg and African music with elements of Western rock and jazz (28 August).
• Eric Whitacre 鈥� Whitacre himself conducts his world premiere Eternity in an Hour with the 大象传媒 Singers and 12 Ensemble and with live electronics (4 September).
• Sir Andr谩s Schiff 鈥� Following on from celebrated Prom performances of Bach鈥檚 Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier, Sir Andr谩s Schiff returns to the Royal Albert Hall to perform Bach鈥檚 The Art of Fugue (12 September).

Proms at venues across the UK

The 大象传媒 continues its commitment to bringing live music to audiences across the UK. The Proms will visit all four nations of the UK with three residences and three chamber concerts, capturing the spirit of the Proms outside of the Royal Albert Hall.

There will also be 大象传媒 Young Composer Workshops at Gateshead, Bristol and Nottingham. These workshops will be open to young composers aged 12 to 18, from beginners to experienced composers, and offer a chance to meet and learn from leading composers and to take part in a range of musical activities.

Proms at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead

After a successful Proms residency at Sage Gateshead last year, the 大象传媒 Proms brings the Proms back to the North-East.

Friday 26 July

• Opening Concert 鈥� Conductor Dinis Sousa and Gateshead-based Royal Northern Sinfonia start the weekend-long residency with Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Symphony No. 8. and Sibelius鈥檚 Violin Concerto with violinist Alena Baeva.

• Night Tracks 鈥� Radio 3鈥檚 Night Tracks, designed for late-night, immersive listening of 鈥榗lassical to contemporary and everything in between鈥� is adapted as a live stage version and presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Hannah Peel.

Saturday 27 July

• 大象传媒 Music Introducing: Live at the Proms 鈥� A celebration of musicians who launched their careers under the groundbreaking 大象传媒 Music Introducing scheme, with a particular focus on the North. This concert has been curated and developed in collaboration with The Glasshouse and 大象传媒 Open Music, a 大象传媒 training programme that helps creatives and musicians across the UK develop skills in radio production, live event production, presenting, sound recording and engineering, and digital production.

• Jordan Rakei 鈥� Grammy Award-nominated multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer and songwriter Jordan Rakei makes his Proms debut in collaboration with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, conducted by Robert Ames.

• 大象传媒 Young Composer Workshop 

Sunday 28 July

• Violinist Daniel Pioro, soprano Ruby Hughes, harpsichordist David Gordon and cellist Clare O鈥機onnell come together for an afternoon concert of Elizabethan music and folklore.

• Fantasy, Myths & Legends 鈥� First performed at the 大象传媒 Proms in 2023, this orchestral performance of fantasy and adventure soundtracks from film, television and gaming include works from Game of Thrones, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter and Star Wars films. The concert will be conducted by Ellie Slorach and is with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and local community singing group Voices of the River鈥檚 Edge.

Proms at Bristol Beacon

Celebrating the opening of the new concert hall in November 2023, the Proms starts a new partnership with the Bristol Beacon.

Saturday 24 August

• The Virtuous Circle 鈥� The pioneering Paraorchestra perform the world premiere of this immersive, choreographed version of Mozart鈥檚 Symphony No. 40 interspersed with new music from Ivor Novello Award-winner Oliver Vibrans (24 August).

Sunday 25 August

• 大象传媒 Singers at 100 鈥� The 大象传媒 Singers perform an array of significant repertoire they premiered over their 100-year history, including Song for Athene by John Tavener, performed at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales and Britten鈥檚 A Shepherd鈥檚 Carol, a setting of W. H. Auden, first heard in a 1944 大象传媒 radio programme of new poetry and written specially for Christmas Eve (25 August).

• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 鈥� Bristol Beacon鈥檚 Orchestra in Residence, the BSO, along with Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits, bring a concert that includes Jennifer Higdon鈥檚 flamboyant Percussion Concerto, performed by Evelyn Glennie, Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Symphony No. 5 and Knell by Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh (25 August).

Monday 26 August

• CBeebies: Ocean Adventure 鈥� This musical ocean adventure, which had its premiere at the 大象传媒 Proms 2022 and has had an 18-month UK tour, is performed in Bristol. Join CBeebies friends JoJo & Gran Gran and the Southbank Sinfonia under Kwam茅 Ryan for this concert for all the family.

• 大象传媒 Young Composer Workshop 

Proms Nottingham

This summer, the 大象传媒 Proms has a residency in Nottingham, further to the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra鈥檚 continuing partnership with the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University.

Saturday 7 September

• 大象传媒 Young Composer 鈥� The six winners of the recent 大象传媒 Young Composer competition, all aged between 12 and 18, have their compositions played by the 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Jess Gillam presents, and Hugh Brunt conducts (Albert Hall).

• 大象传媒 Young Composer Workshop (Nottingham Trent University Music Centre). 

Sunday 8 September

• 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra 鈥� Chief Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing conducts the 大象传媒 CO in a programme of music that celebrates local hero Robin Hood, imagined in film scores by both Erich Korngold and Doreen Carwithen. Nottingham native Clare Hammond takes on Rachmaninov鈥檚 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini as well as a new work by composer Elizabeth Kelly (Royal Concert Hall).

Proms at venues across the UK

• Newport, The Riverfront 鈥� The Newport Proms hosts the vision string quartet, an ensemble from Berlin that is half quartet, half band. The programme includes Bloch鈥檚 Prelude and Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 String Quartet No. 13, before the ensemble collaborates with Mahan Mirarab, a guitarist who combines the sounds of the Middle East with jazz (4 August).

• Belfast, Ulster Hall 鈥揟he concert features the song-cycle Les heures by Augusta Holm猫s, one of the many 19^th-century French women composers now being rediscovered, Debussy鈥檚 String Quartet and Faur茅鈥檚 La bonne chanson. Quatuor Van Kuijk is joined by baritone James Atkinson and pianist Michael Pandya (11 August).

• Aberdeen, Cowdray Hall 鈥� Soprano Nardus Williams and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny perform a sequence of songs and arias for voice and lute, and classicist and historian Dame Mary Beard discusses themes of women鈥檚 voices in antiquity and in later culture (1 September).

The 大象传媒鈥檚 own ensembles perform in a total of 38 Proms, alongside over 20 orchestras and over 25 choirs from all over the UK, showing the Proms鈥� commitment to championing British musicians.

The list of visiting orchestras and choirs from across the UK includes Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Aurora Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Fantasia Orchestra, Garsington Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Hall茅 and Hall茅 Choir, Jules Buckley Orchestra, The King鈥檚 Singers, London Contemporary Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Philharmonic Choir, London Sinfonietta, London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus, LYC Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paraorchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Southbank Sinfonia, Sinfonia of London, The Sixteen, Ulster Orchestra, VOCES8 and 12 Ensemble. 

The festival also welcomes various orchestras and choirs for children and young people, as well as amateur singers, including Bath Minerva Choir, CBeebies East London Schools鈥� Choir, Fourth Choir, Hall茅 Children鈥檚 Choir, Hall茅 Youth Choir, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, National Youth Choir, NYCOS, Rodolfus Choir, Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, Royal College of Music, Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra, Tiffin Boys鈥� Choir and Voices of the River鈥檚 Edge.

Relaxed, family and learning

• Mixed Programme: Fantasia Orchestra and Sheku Kanneh-Mason 鈥� Brothers Sheku and Braimah Kanneh-Mason and the Brazilian guitarist Pl铆nio Fernandes join the dynamic Fantasia Orchestra, who make their Proms debut under founder Tom Fetherstonhaugh, for a concert of classical music, folk songs and more, which will be repeated the following morning as a Relaxed Prom (4 August & filmed for broadcast on 大象传媒 Four and 大象传媒 iPlayer. Relaxed Prom on 5 August).

• CBeebies: Wildlife Jamboree! 鈥� Join Duggee, Bluey, the Octonauts and lots more of your CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world in music and song at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree. Andy Day, Ashley Joseph, Maddie Moate, Puja Panchkoty and Rhys Stephenson are planning the most unusual animal choir. With Dodge T Dog in charge of invitations, there will be plenty of fun and maybe a wildlife muddle or two. Joining them on stage will be the Southbank Sinfonia, the CBeebies East London Schools鈥� Choir and the 大象传媒 Singers all led by conductor Kwam茅 Ryan. (Two performances on 27 July, live on Radio 3 & broadcast on CBeebies in September)

• 大象传媒 Music Introducing: Live at the Proms 鈥� A celebration of musicians who launched their careers under the groundbreaking 大象传媒 Music Introducing scheme 鈥� with a particular focus on the North. The Prom is curated and developed in collaboration with 大象传媒 Open Music and The Glasshouse (27 July, Glasshouse International Centre for Music).

• National Youth Orchestra 鈥� Britain鈥檚 most talented young players perform Mahler鈥檚 Symphony No. 1 as well as a Dani Howard鈥檚 world premiere piece (10 August & filmed for broadcast on 大象传媒 Four and 大象传媒 iPlayer).

• Aurora Orchestra performs Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth by Heart 鈥� Marking the 200^th anniversary of Beethoven鈥檚 monumental Ninth symphony, Aurora Orchestra will perform the work from memory, alongside the 大象传媒 Singers and National Youth Choir of Great Britain. The performance will be preceded by an orchestral theatre introduction that explores the background and musical content of the work, which is a vibrant celebration of joy and hope composed in the midst of Beethoven鈥檚 hearing loss, illness and personal tragedy. It will be presented by conductor Nicholas Collon and feature actor Rhiannon May and actor/BSL interpreter Thomas Simper, and there will be British Sign Language throughout (21 August & on 大象传媒 Four and 大象传媒 iPlayer).

• Doctor Who Prom 鈥� The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales perform music by Murray Gold and others alongside sequences from the Doctor Who series on big screens, with spectacular lighting and special guests (26 August, two performances & filmed for broadcast on 大象传媒 One Wales, 大象传媒 Two and 大象传媒 iPlayer in autumn/winter).

• 大象传媒 Young Composer 鈥� The 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra perform compositions by the most recent winners of the 大象传媒 Young Composer competition, whose works were inspired by Luke Jerram鈥檚 artwork Gaia, a seven-metre-tall replica of the Earth (7 September, Nottingham).

• Previous Proms CBeebies Prom: Ocean Adventure and Fantasy, Myths & Legends will be performed at the Bristol Beacon and The Glasshouse respectively.

• This year there are Relaxed Performances for CBeebies: Wildlife Jamboree (27 July) and Sheku and Friends Relaxed Prom (5 August). 大象传媒 Proms Relaxed Performances are designed to suit individuals or groups who feel more comfortable attending concerts in an informal environment.

• 大象传媒 Young Composer Workshops 鈥� Workshops will be held for young composers aged 12 to 18, from beginners to experienced composers, offering a chance to meet and learn from leading composers and to take part in a range of musical activities (Gateshead, Bristol and Nottingham).