Proms 2026

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in one of the repertoire’s most monumental musical statements: Berlioz’s Requiem, a sonic portrait of ‘mankind gathered together on the last day’

Together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst explores the evolution of dance in a wide-ranging programme that climaxes – via Rameau, Hans Ek, Handel and Bach – in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7

Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández makes his Proms debut with Elgar’s famous concerto. He joins Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert that opens with Webern’s lush Passacaglia and closes with Walton’s Symphony No. 2

Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform two 20th-century ballets – Copland’s Billy the Kid and Stravinsky’s Petrushka – alongside a new Clarinet Concerto by Portland-based composer and songwriter Gabriel Kahane

Cristian Măcelaru leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. The concert opens with the UK premiere of Édith Canat de Chizy’s intricately textured Skyline

Following past collaborations with the likes of Cynthia Erivo and celebrations of music by Henry Mancini and Bernard Herrmann, Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra bring another genre-bending symphonic adventure to Proms

James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with an all-American programme featuring works by George Gershwin, Samuel Barber and Wynton Marsalis

In the second of their two Proms, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Music Director Gustavo Dudamel pair Beethoven’s dance-infused Symphony No. 7 with a contemporary ballet by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz

The Los Angeles Philharmonic returns to the Proms for the first time in over two decades, led by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Together they perform Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony and Inferno, the first panel from Thomas Adès’s Dante ballet

Grammy Award-winning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and BBC Singers for a genre-busting programme that features music by Vaughan Williams, Radiohead, John Coltrane and Caroline Shaw