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BBC Proms: 2023

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22 episodes · first aired Jul 14, 2023

The 2023 Proms features a huge breadth of programming; from Berlioz to Bollywood, large scale symphonic and choral work to intimate chamber concerts and exciting Proms debuts. The 2023 BBC Proms will run from Friday 14 July to Saturday 9 September 2023 comprising 84 Proms: 72 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, six at venues across the UK, and the first weekend-long festival of Proms at Sage Gateshead

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  1. 1 First Night of the Proms Jul 14, 2023 · 1h 59m Clive Myrie presents live from the Royal Albert Hall as the annual music festival is launched with Sibelius, Grieg, Britten and a world premiere from Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak.
  2. 2 Prom 4: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons Jul 16, 2023 · 2h Finnish violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto leads The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in a concert of works by Beethoven, Vivaldi and Andrea Tarrodi.
  3. 3 Prom 7: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony Jul 21, 2023 · 2h 10m The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and their conductor laureate, Tadaaki Otaka, perform perhaps the most famous classical symphony ever written, Beethoven’s Fifth.
  4. 4 Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony Jul 23, 2023 · 1h 20m The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and new Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for the first of their two Proms together this season.
  5. 5 Prom 18: Lata Mangeshkar: Bollywood Legend Jul 28, 2023 · 2h Celebrating the musical legacy of Bollywood, the Proms pays tribute to Lata Mangeshkar, the voice behind the hit songs that defined Indian cinema’s greatest films.
  6. 6 Prom 5: Bruch’s First Violin Concerto Jul 30, 2023 · 1h 53m South Korean star violinist Bomsori performs Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with conductor Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic.
  7. 7 Prom 23: NYO Jazz (USA) with Dee Dee Bridgewater Aug 4, 2023 · 1h 15m Grammy award-winning jazz legend Dee Dee Bridgewater joins trumpeter Sean Jones and Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Jazz Orchestra, comprising outstanding young musicians from across the…
  8. 8 Prom 22: Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Prokofiev Aug 6, 2023 · 1h 30m The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft return for the second of their consecutive Proms. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 is paired with Prokofiev’s Piano…
  9. 9 Prom 27: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov Aug 11, 2023 · 1h 29m Klaus Mäkelä and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform Walton’s choral symphony Belshazzar’s Feast, while Yuja Wang is the soloist in Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
  10. 10 Prom 24: Felix Klieser plays Mozart Aug 13, 2023 · 2h The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Kirill Karabits present Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 alongside a work by Karabits’s own father. Horn virtuoso Felix Klieser makes his…
  11. 11 Prom 37: Budapest Festival Orchestra Aug 18, 2023 · 1h 55m Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer are joined by Sir András Schiff for one of the great Romantic piano concertos from Schumann. Weber’s overture to Der Freischütz and…
  12. 12 Prom 28: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Aug 20, 2023 · 2h 2m Works by Copland and Hindemith bookend Strauss’s Four Last Songs – featuring South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha – in this Prom from the National Youth Orchestra.
  13. 13 Prom 30: Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto Aug 25, 2023 · 1h 59m John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London perform Rachmaninov’s famous Second Piano Concerto with soloist Alim Beisembayev. Bookending the Prom are Lili Boulanger’s tone-poem D’un matin de…
  14. 14 Prom 2: Northern Soul Aug 26, 2023 · 1h 30m The BBC Concert Orchestra brings a symphonic edge to the beats that took the industrial North and Midlands by storm in the 1960s and 1970s, in a stomping celebration of underground British…
  15. 15 Prom 34: Mindful Mix Prom Aug 27, 2023 · 1h 15m Relax into a late-night musical meditation with Grammy-nominated vocal group VOCES8 and a playlist that drifts from the Renaissance to Radiohead.
  16. 16 Prom 56: Rattle conducts Mahler’s Ninth Aug 30, 2023 · 1h 29m Sir Simon Rattle’s final UK performance as Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra. He conducts Mahler’s epic farewell symphony, haunted by loss but urgently clinging to dance and…
  17. 17 Prom 61: Chineke! performs Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony Sep 1, 2023 · 2h The Chineke! Orchestra – Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse ensemble – returns to the Proms with Beethoven’s joyful Fourth Symphony, and continues our focus on Samuel…
  18. 18 Prom 57: Fantasy, Myths and Legends Sep 2, 2023 · 1h 49m Encounter music from The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones and other titles in a Prom celebrating soundtracks from the worlds of film, TV and gaming.
  19. 19 Prom 10: Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera Sep 8, 2023 · 1h 15m Join the Horrible Histories team and the English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra for a high-decibel dive into ’Orrible Opera.
  20. 20 Prom 29: Mozart’s Mass in C minor Sep 8, 2023 · 1h 45m John Butt and the award-winning Dunedin Consort perform Mozart’s magnificent Mass in C minor with soloists including Lucy Crowe, Jess Dandy and Nardus Williams.
  21. 21 Prom 71: Last Night of the Proms 2023, Part 1 Sep 9, 2023 · 1h 59m Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and soprano Lise Davidsen join conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for the biggest musical party of the year.
  22. 22 Prom 71: Last Night of the Proms 2023, Part 2 Sep 9, 2023 · 1h 10m Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and soprano Lise Davidsen join conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for the biggest musical party of the year.