BBC Proms Season 78, Episode 1: First Night of the Proms 2024

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First Night of the Proms 2024

In her First Night of the Proms debut, conductor Elim Chan presents Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony alongside Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Clara Schumann’s tender Piano Concerto, featuring star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

119 min

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Prom 4: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth

The entire Hallé family visits from Manchester to celebrate Sir Mark Elder’s last season as Music Director after 25 years in the role. Together they present Sir James MacMillan’s Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia and Mahler’s life-affirming Symphony No. 5.

115 min

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Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem

Verdi’s Requiem was first performed 150 years ago and given its British premiere at the Royal Albert Hall the following year. Ryan Bancroft leads the BBC NOW and massed singers in a performance of this vivid choral masterpieces.

90 min

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

The BBC Concert Orchestra and Guy Barker are joined by a starry line up of singers for a celebration of one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan, with songs including 'If You Could See Me Now’ and ‘Broken-Hearted Melody’.

100 min

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Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony

Nicholas Collon and the BBC Philharmonic perform the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century, Messiaen’s Turangalîla, after the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms

125 min

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Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson

John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.

100 min

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Prom 20: Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons

Brothers Braimah and Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes join forces with the dynamic Fantasia Orchestra for a family-friendly concert of folk songs, dances, prayers and incantations

80 min

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Prom 30: The National Youth Orchestra plays Mahler’s First

The National Youth Orchestra, comprising some of Britain’s most talented young players, performs Mahler’s anguished, ultimately triumphant Symphony No.1, alongside works by Wagner and Missy Mazzoli and a new commission from Dani Howard.

125 min

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Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks

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.

110 min

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Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem

Sir Antonio Pappano and his London Symphony Orchestra are joined by three choirs and three outstanding vocal soloists for a work of hope that emerged from the ashes of destruction: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem

90 min

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Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Gemma New joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s musical retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, following Mozart’s heavenly Clarinet Concerto with Anthony McGill and Mel Bonis’s colourful Salomé

120 min

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Prom 18: Sam Smith

For their only UK appearance of 2024, Sam Smith joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, released 10 years ago and featuring tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Lay Me Down’.

103 min

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Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets

Holst’s suite The Planets is one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite to perform the work alongside Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph and a new piece from Finnish-American composer Lara Poe.

149 min

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Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart

Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony by bringing their unique Orchestral Theatre approach to the iconic work with the help of the BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain

115 min

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Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its power and exuberance to an evening that celebrates a pivotal movement in late 20th-century club culture. Get ready for all the glitz, glamour and groove of disco at the Proms!

90 min

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Prom 54: Beethoven for Three

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma come together to form a classical supergroup, bringing greater intimacy than ever before to Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Sixth Symphony while also performing one of the composer’s best-loved chamber works.

119 min

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Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond

Marking a century since Henry Mancini’s birth, Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the man and his music in styles ranging from jazz to light classical and film music.

105 min

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Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz

Riccardo Minasi conducts his dynamic Ensemble Resonanz in a pair of Mozart’s most thrilling overtures – from The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni – alongside his achingly beautiful Sinfonia concertante and the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony

110 min

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New Music at the Proms 2024

A celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall this summer chosen by Tom Service, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show.

120 min

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Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2024

A journey through 2024’s five-star BBC Proms season, celebrating Mozart, Sam Smith, Beethoven, Mancini, Holst, Bob Marley and so much more.

119 min

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Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

Katie Derham hosts classical music's biggest party of the year, with soloists Sir Stephen Hough and Angel Blue and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

120 min

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Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season's glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.

70 min

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Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree

Join Duggee, Bluey, the Octonauts and lots more of your CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world in music and song at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree. Kwamé Ryan leads the Sinfonia Smith Square, BBC Singers & CBeebies East London Schools’ Choir.

68 min

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Prom 69: Florence + The Machine – Symphony of Lungs

Florence Welch – aka Florence + The Machine – joins Jules Buckley and his Orchestra for a celebration of Lungs, her BRIT Award-winning debut album, released to huge acclaim 15 years ago.

88 min

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Prom 48: Doctor Who Prom

Doctor Who makes its much-anticipated return to the Proms with a brand-new show celebrating the Doctor’s latest adventures. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and a host of special guests present a concert like no other in all of space and time…

110 min