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BBC Proms: 2025

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26 episodes · first aired Jul 18, 2025

The 2025 BBC Proms season brings together many of the world’s finest international artists and orchestras, featuring more than 40 outstanding ensembles from across the UK: a series of concerts that can only be experienced at the world’s greatest classical music festival. Running from Friday 18 July to Saturday 13 September 2025, the season features 86 Proms, with 72 at the Royal Albert Hall and 14 at venues across the UK

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  1. 1 First Night of the Proms 2025 Jul 18, 2025 · 2h 14m The 2025 First Night sees Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from…
  2. 2 Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Jul 20, 2025 · 1h 50m Nicholas McCarthy, the world’s only professional one-handed concert pianist, makes his Proms debut alongside the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in a concert of 20th-century classics.
  3. 3 Vivaldi and Bach at the Proms Jul 25, 2025 · 1h 39m Summer from The Four Seasons and Bach’s Air are among the highlights in a concert of Baroque delights featuring violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte making his Proms debut.
  4. 4 The Great American Songbook with Samara Joy Jul 27, 2025 · 1h 40m Grammy Award-winning sensation Samara Joy sings Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra and Sun Ra’s timeless classics. Andi Oliver hosts this Proms debut from a rising star.
  5. 5 Bach and Mendelssohn at the Proms Aug 1, 2025 · 1h 35m The first televised Prom from The Glasshouse in Gateshead, featuring two classical masterpieces. David Fray plays Bach's dark and dramatic Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, and some 200…
  6. 6 Beethoven’s Fifth at the Proms Aug 2, 2025 · 1h 20m The most iconic four notes in music history open Beethoven’s famous symphony, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev. Saint-Saëns’ much loved Fifth…
  7. 7 Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony at the Proms Aug 8, 2025 · 1h 45m A concert of musical postcards from the Americas featuring Dvorák’s masterful ‘New World’ Symphony. The Prom features two pieces from North America alongside a trumpet concerto full of the…
  8. 8 Viennese Waltzes at the Proms Aug 10, 2025 · 1h 39m Step into a glittering world of waltzes, romance and high-kicking operetta as the BBC Concert Orchestra marks 200 years since the birth of Johann Strauss II. With favourites like the Blue…
  9. 9 Anoushka Shankar at the Proms Aug 15, 2025 · 1h 20m Anita Rani introduces a concert that sees sitar superstar Anoushka Shankar join forces with conductor Robert Ames and London Contemporary Orchestra to perform a newly orchestrated version…
  10. 10 Aurora Orchestra Plays Shostakovich's Fifth Aug 17, 2025 · 1h 45m Explore this 20th-century masterpiece from the inside out as Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra return to the Proms with a signature memorised performance marking the 50th…
  11. 11 Beethoven's Ninth at the Proms Aug 22, 2025 · 1h 30m Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony – one of the most iconic and uplifting works in the classical canon – roars to life in the Royal Albert Hall. Presented by trumpet superstar Alison Balsom, this…
  12. 12 Great British Classics at the Proms Aug 24, 2025 · 2h 15m A musical celebration of landscapes and seascapes from the Royal Albert Hall performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. From the soaring flight of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark…
  13. 13 Mahler’s Fifth at the Proms Aug 29, 2025 · 1h 59m The electrifying combination of young superstar Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra brings Mahler’s epic and life-affirming symphony with its famous…
  14. 14 Soul Revolution with Trevor Nelson Aug 30, 2025 · 1h 29m Featuring hits by Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield and more. Trevor Nelson hosts at the BBC Proms, tracing the musical path of the United States’ civil rights…
  15. 15 Modern Classics at the Proms Aug 31, 2025 · 2h 14m Tom Service curates a musical snapshot in a special compilation of new music performed at the 2025 Proms. Featuring seven new pieces, including two world premieres, a dazzling trumpet…
  16. 16 Classic Thriller Soundtracks at the Proms Sep 5, 2025 · 1h 49m A night of thrills and suspense awaits as Alfred Hitchcock’s favourite composer – Bernard Herrmann – is celebrated at the Royal Albert Hall. Highlights include the themes from Vertigo…
  17. 17 The Planets and Star Wars at the Proms Sep 6, 2025 · 1h 38m A galaxy of sound from Britain’s brightest young musicians. The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and conductor Dalia Stasevska blast off on a celestial musical journey featuring…
  18. 18 Celebrating Chineke! at the Proms Sep 7, 2025 · 1h 49m Clive Myrie presents from the Royal Albert Hall as Europe’s first majority black and ethnically diverse orchestra celebrates its 10th anniversary. For this landmark concert, Chineke!…
  19. 19 Vienna Philharmonic plays Mozart and Tchaikovsky at the Proms Sep 12, 2025 · 1h 28m One of the world’s great orchestras make a much-anticipated return to the Royal Albert Hall, conducted by Franz Welser-Möst with two landmark symphonies that each broke the musical mould…
  20. 20 Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the Proms Sep 12, 2025 · 20m French baroque at its very best as Rameau’s Les Indes galantes suite is performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under the baton of their charismatic maestro Maxim Emelyanychev.
  21. 21 Last Night of the Proms Sep 13, 2025 · 2h 4m The world's biggest classical music party gets under way live at the Royal Albert Hall. Katie Derham presents alongside a host of special guests, with performances from conductor Elim…
  22. 22 Last Night of the Proms: Finale Sep 13, 2025 · 1h 30m The 2025 Proms season is crowned with a brand new, specially commissioned, orchestral arrangement of Queen's masterpiece, Bohemian Rhapsody, celebrating the song's 50th anniversary in…
  23. 23 Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2025 Sep 14, 2025 · 2h A feast of show-stopping highlights from the biggest classical music festival in the world. From Mendelssohn to Mahler, Vaughan Williams to Vivaldi, Star Wars to Shostakovich - there's…
  24. 24 St. Vincent at the Proms Sep 26, 2025 · 1h 39m The multiple Grammy Award-winning singer joins a full orchestra for this one-off gig at the Royal Albert Hall, with incredible new arrangements of some of her most-loved songs. St. Vincent…
  25. 25 JADE at the Proms: A Homecoming Nov 8, 2025 · 58m The former Little Mix singer has become a pop powerhouse in her own right, and she performs her first solo show in the north east of England at The Glasshouse in Gateshead, accompanied by…
  26. 26 The Traitors at the Proms Jan 1, 2026 · 1h 13m Claudia Winkleman hosts a spine-tingling concert full of dramatic tunes and asks a packed Royal Albert Hall audience to help find the hidden traitors. With surprise guests.