BBC Proms

Forged in a time of war and tyranny, Prokofiev said that his Fifth Symphony embodied ‘the greatness of the human spirit’. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Vasily Petrenko pairs it with American classics by Copland and George Walker.

Live at the BBC Proms: Eva Ollikainen conducts the BBC Philharmonic - Anna Thorvaldsdottir's. ARCHORA, Elgar's Cello Concerto with Kian Soltani & Sibelius' Symphony No.2

Superstar pianist Yuja Wang takes centrestage in the first Proms appearance of the Oslo Philharmonic under its new Chief Conductor Klaus Makëlä. Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben ends the concert in roof-raising style.

‘Music is life’: Sibelius and Nielsen take the 20th century head-on while Beethoven looks inward in his Fourth Piano Concerto. Francesco Piemontesi is the pianist, and Thomas Dausgaard conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

‘Thy harmony’s divine, great king’: Handel’s lavish 1749 oratorio Solomon, performed by The English Concert and the BBC Singers, starring Iestyn Davies as the music-loving King of Israel.

Ethel Smyth's monumental Mass in D major is one of the crowning glories of the British choral tradition. Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra give the first Proms performance since the composer’s own lifetime.

Sarod master Amjad Ali Khan is joined by his sons Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash – both leading virtuosos in their own right – as well as outstanding performers on the tabla and mridangam, in this ravishing Sunday-morning Prom.

Live in Liverpool, the outstanding young Dudok Quartet of Amsterdam champions Doreen Carwithen’s windswept Second Quartet of 1950, alongside Brahms’s big-hearted Second Quartet.

A stunning audio-visual celebration of the BBC’s world-famous Natural History Unit, from David Attenborough’s pioneering early adventures through to the landmark series of the 21st century

Co-created by BBC Open Music artists, this storytelling spectacle transforms the Royal Albert Hall by a series of dreamscape projections and live music, following the story of Sky, played by actor Omari Douglas.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra perform music by Rachmaninov, Chausson and Saint-Saëns (with violinist Lisa Batiashvili as soloist) and champion a rediscovered American classic: the romantic First Symphony by Florence Price.

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Pianist Katia Labèque curates a special edition of the In Tune Mixtape featuring music that she loves, including pieces she plays in duo with her sister, Marielle.

A special mixtape curated by cellist Lesya Demkovych from the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra.

Composer Sally Beamish chooses works by Sergei Rachmaninov, Malcolm Arnold and Bohuslav Martinů.

An imaginative, eclectic mix expertly curated by the In Tune team featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises thrown in for good measure.

Musical delights for you to focus and relax to.