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Rousing and enchanting orchestral pieces by British composers, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending and Arthur Bliss’ ballet score, Checkmate.

Soprano Miah Persson, violinist Clara-Jumi Kang and Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft join the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales in music by Mahler, Mendelssohn and Caroline Shaw.

Imagine pulling music out of thin air. John StorgÃ¥rds and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic perform Shostakovich’s enigmatic final symphony, alongside music by Kaija Saariaho and Kalevi Aho’s haunting Theremin Concerto Eight Seasons.

Semyon Bychkov conducts the UK premiere of Julian Anderson’s keenly awaited Second Symphony – plus Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, and a Martinů concerto with the extraordinary Labèque sisters.

Ryan Bancroft unleashes the full power of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales in Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, and joins forces with the Tredegar Band for the world premiere of Gavin Higgins’s new Concerto Grosso for Brass Band and Orchestra.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin join violinist Laura Samuel for a mystical reimagining of Vaughan Williams' 'The Lark Ascending'. Listen live on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 on Tue 9 Aug, 11am.

Ryan Wigglesworth brings a composer’s ear to Holst’s The Planets, and British baritone Roderick Williams premieres Matthew Kaner’s haunting new commission Pearl – in which an ancient lament unlocks emotions that transcend time.

Three composers in three landscapes. Eva Ollikainen and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic join Kian Soltani in Elgar’s hugely popular Cello Concerto – alongside powerful Scandinavian soundscapes from Sibelius and Anna Thorvaldsottir.

Elgar’s First Symphony, Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto and a swinging new showpiece from Mark-Anthony Turnage: music that could have been made for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo.

Nielsen’s ebullient Sinfonia espansiva, Ravel’s La valse and Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto – played by pianist Behzod Abduraimov at the heart of a supercharged Prom from Thomas Dausgaard and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

‘Music is life’: Sibelius and Nielsen take the 20th century head-on while Beethoven looks inward in his Fourth Piano Concerto. Thomas Dausgaard conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with Jan Lisiecki as pianist.

‘Thy harmony’s divine, great king’: Handel’s lavish 1749 oratorio Solomon, performed by The English Concert and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers, starring Iestyn Davies as the music-loving King of Israel.

Ethel Smyth wasn’t especially religious, but her majestic Mass in D major is one of the crowning glories of the British choral tradition. Sakari Oramo and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra give the first Proms performance since the composer’s own lifetime.

Fabien Gabel conducts César Franck’s impassioned Symphony in D minor – a 200th-anniversary tribute, in a concert that also showcases the young Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich in Brahms’s gloriously songful Violin Concerto.

A stunning audio-visual celebration of the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s world-famous Natural History Unit, from David Attenborough’s pioneering adventures through to the landmark series of the 21st century – with live music by Hans Zimmer and George Fenton.

A stunning audio-visual celebration of the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s world-famous Natural History Unit, from David Attenborough’s pioneering adventures through to the landmark series of the 21st century – with live music by Hans Zimmer and George Fenton.

Retro-futurist rockers Public Service Broadcasting perform This New Noise: a joyously eclectic, album-length celebration of 100 years of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio, told with visuals, soundscapes and a little bit of help from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.

Co-created by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Open Music artists, this storytelling spectacle transforms the Royal Albert Hall by a series of dreamscape projections and live music, following the story of Sky, played by Omari Douglas.