Proms 2026 Calendar
Proms 2026 Events
Fri 24 Jul 2026
- 19:00The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
The Royal Northern Sinfonia’s Music Director Dinis Sousa is joined by principal musicians Helena Gourd and Jude Carlton to perform the mesmerising meditation that is centenary composer Morton Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry
The Royal Northern Sinfonia’s Music Director Dinis Sousa is joined by principal musicians Helena Gourd and Jude Carlton to perform the mesmerising meditation that is centenary composer Morton Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry
Programme
- Crippled Symmetry(90 mins)
Performers
- Helena Gourdflute/bass flute
- Jude Carltonpercussion
- Dinis Sousapiano/celesta
Composers
Also part ofProms Across the UK
Seats £8.00 to £27.00 - 19:30Royal Albert Hall
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London return to the Proms for the first of two concerts, performing Respighi’s trilogy of Rome-inspired tone-poems alongside the Walton’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto. Norwegian cellist Jonathan Aasgaard makes his Proms debut
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London return to the Proms for the first of two concerts, performing Respighi’s trilogy of Rome-inspired tone-poems alongside the Walton’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto. Norwegian cellist Jonathan Aasgaard makes his Proms debut
Programme
- The Force of Destiny – overture(8 mins)
- Cello Concerto(28 mins)
- interval
- Roman Festivals(25 mins)
- Fountains of Rome(15 mins)
- Pines of Rome(21 mins)
Performers
- Jonathan Aasgaardcello
- John Wilsonconductor
Also part ofProms on TVSeats from £28.52 to £89.72 (including booking fee) - 21:00The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
Mercury Prize-nominated South Tyneside-born singer-songwriter Nadine Shah collaborates with the Royal Northern Sinfonia in the latest of the orchestra’s series of bold musical dialogues
Mercury Prize-nominated South Tyneside-born singer-songwriter Nadine Shah collaborates with the Royal Northern Sinfonia in the latest of the orchestra’s series of bold musical dialogues
Programme
- support set(25 mins)
- interval
- Aching Bones(3 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Topless Mother(4 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Trad(6 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Fool(5 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Out the Way(4 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Holiday Destination(6 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- All I Want(5 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Kite(5 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Prayer Mat(5 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Sad Lads Anonymous(5 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Stealing Cars(5 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
- Greatest Dancer(6 mins)arr. Anna Phoebe and Charlotte Harding, additional orch. Liam Taylor-West
Performers
- Ellie Slorachconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms Across the UKSeats £8 - £27
Sat 25 Jul 2026
- 14:00Royal Albert Hall
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars
Programme
- Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dancesexcerpts
- The Planetsexcerpts
- Star Warsexcerpts
Performers
- Richard David-Caine
- Harrie Hayes
- James McNicholas
- Timmika Ramsay
- Jessica Ransom
- Luke Rollason
- Inel Tomlinson
- Karen Ní Bhroinconductor
Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee) - 18:00Royal Albert Hall
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars
Programme
- Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dancesexcerpts
- The Planetsexcerpts
- Star Warsexcerpts
- The Elements
Performers
- Richard David-Caine
- Harrie Hayes
- James McNicholas
- Timmika Ramsay
- Jessica Ransom
- Luke Rollason
- Inel Tomlinson
- Karen Ní Bhroinconductor
Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee)
Thu 23 Jul 2026
- 10:30Middlesbrough
BBC Young Composer workshops offer 12- to 18-year-olds the opportunity to create, collaborate and hone their music making skills together with support from experienced composers and musicians.
- 19:30Middlesbrough
The Unthanks join the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Ellie Slorach for a concert of songs shaped by the North
The Unthanks join the Royal Northern Sinfonia and conductor Ellie Slorach for a concert of songs shaped by the North
Programme
- Magpie(5 mins)arr. The Unthanks
- Trad.
- Johnny Hanle
- Felton Lonnin(8 mins)arr. The Unthanks; orch. Peter Riley
- Flutter(4 mins)orch. Peter Riley
- Lucky Gilchrist(5 mins)orch. Peter Riley
- Move(5 mins)
- Madam(5 mins)orch. Adrian McNally
- Albatross(4 mins)orch. Adam Dennis
- interval
- Divertimento on ‘Sellinger’s Round’(7 mins)
- Sandgate Dandling Song(9 mins)arr. Adrian McNally/Becky Unthank/Rachel Unthank
- At First She Starts(4 mins)arr. Adrian McNally; orch. Peter Riley
- I Want What I Don’t Need(4 mins)arr. Adrian McNally
- Broken Biscuits(5 mins)orch. Adam Dennis
- This Could Be Texas(5 mins)orch. Adam Dennis
- Mount the Air(10 mins)arr. Adrian McNally/Becky Unthank
Performers
- Jodie Nicholsonvocals
- Philip Selwaydrums
- Ellie Slorachconductor
Also part ofProms Across the UK - 19:30Royal Albert Hall
For their first Prom of the 2026 season, Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform spiritually charged works by Lili Boulanger, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Strauss, each reflecting on death and the afterlife
For their first Prom of the 2026 season, Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform spiritually charged works by Lili Boulanger, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Strauss, each reflecting on death and the afterlife
Programme
- Vieille prière bouddhique(7 mins)
- Stabat mater(28 mins)
- interval
- L’Ascension – four symphonic meditations(27 mins)
- Death and Transfiguration(23 mins)
Performers
- Mari Eriksmoensoprano
- Paula Murrihymezzo-soprano
- James Waytenor
- Szymon Mechlińskibaritone
- Ryan Bancroftconductor
Also part ofChoral music and opera - 20:00The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
A celebration of musicians who have launched their careers under the groundbreaking BBC Introducing scheme, featuring a line-up of fresh performers that you’ll want to tell friends you saw here first
Also part ofProms Across the UK
Wed 22 Jul 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler’s brooding Sixth Symphony, and celebrate the centenary of Hungary’s greatest living composer, György Kurtág, with a rare performance of his powerful orchestral elegy Stele
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler’s brooding Sixth Symphony, and celebrate the centenary of Hungary’s greatest living composer, György Kurtág, with a rare performance of his powerful orchestral elegy Stele
Programme
- Stele(13 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 6 in A minor(79 mins)
Performers
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Composers
