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Movie magic from John Williams's back catalogue, including Star Wars, Harry Potter and ET, as the Proms celebrates the 85th birthday of the world's favourite film composer.

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August 2025
Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending, Elgar’s much-loved Nimrod, and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes in this musical celebration of landscapes and seascapes.
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra takes over the Royal Albert Hall in a monumental night of music, presented by trumpet superstar Alison Balsom.
Explore this 20th-century masterpiece from the inside out as the Aurora Orchestra mark the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death with a signature memorised performance.
The sitar superstar joins forces with conductor Robert Ames and London Contemporary Orchestra to perform a newly orchestrated version of Chapters, her trilogy of studio albums.
Mendelssohn’s romantic masterpiece from the First Night of the Proms.
A joyful celebration of ballroom classics from Vienna’s golden age of music, marking the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II.
Richard Baker introduces a performance of Mozart's Symphony No 35 in D and Piano Concerto No 27 in B Flat with piano soloist Alfred Brendel and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
The much-loved masterpiece takes centre stage in a concert of American musical postcards, including a vibrant trumpet concerto conjuring Latin America, performed by Pacho Flores.
The most iconic four notes in music history open Beethoven’s famous symphony, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra alongside Saint-Saëns’s popular Fifth Piano Concerto.
The first televised Prom from the Glasshouse in Gateshead, featuring two classical masterpieces: Bach's dramatic Keyboard Concerto in D Minor and Mendelssohn's 'Lobgesang' Symphony.
July 2025
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.
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.
From the 1992 BBC Proms, the premiere of James MacMillan's concerto for percussion and orchestra, Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, composed for Evelyn Glennie.
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.
The world’s greatest classical music festival gets under way live from the Royal Albert Hall, with Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto.
June 2025
Superstar siblings Sheku and Braimah, with Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes and the dynamic Fantasia Orchestra perform an eclectic and surprising mix from Brahms to Bob Marley.
May 2025
Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Cynthia Erivo takes the Proms by storm as she sings the great American songbook of the 1950s and 60s.
April 2025
A show-stopping concert from this pop powerhouse, including original classics alongside soulful cover versions.
March 2025
A recreation of chief Proms conductor's Malcolm Sargent's 500th Prom from 1966. Featuring works by Schumann, Berlioz, Elgar, Holst and Britten.
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