New Generation Artists 2015!

Neilsen's Symphony No.3 continues our season cycle with Sakari Oramo.

Clapping Music workshops

Pop-up events

A free introduction to the music in the 2.00pm Guildhall Percussion Ensemble concert.

A day-long celebration of percussion instruments.

BBC Radio 3's Tom Service talks to musicologist Paul Griffiths

Music for percussion from Germany, Holland and France

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the UK premiere of his Études-Tableaux

Brett Dean’s The Last Days of Socrates with Beethoven’s exuberant Eighth Symphony.

Swedish mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter performs Zemlinsky songs.

Jaime Martin conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Explore the musical world of the city of Leipzig where Bach spent over 25 years

Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude and Bruckner's Symphony No 8.

The UK premiere of Unsuk Chin's opera, directed by Netia Jones.

Fairy tales and enchanting stories with music from Ravel, Bartók's and Albert Schnelzer.

Thierry Fischer conducts orchestral works by Boulez.

Chamber works performed by the Guildhall New Music Ensemble

A free talk about Boulez's music in the evening concerts.

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger performs Boulez's Piano Sonata.

Two films exploring the man and his music.

Nielsen's magnificent Fifth Symphony alongside music by Ravel and Prokofiev.

Baritone Dietrich Henschel performs songs from Mahler's ‘Des Knaben Wunderhorn’.

Come & Play

Family Orchestra & Chorus

Beethoven Emperor Concerto

The BBC Singers conducted by Paul Brough perform works by Polish composers.

BBC Symphony Chorus Concert: Rachmaninov Vespers

Find out more about Smetana and his opera Dalibor in a free Study Afternoon.

A rare opportunity to hear Smetana’s masterly tragic opera Dalibor sung by a Czech cast.

Ukrainian Violinist Valeriy Sokolov performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto with BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner. The concert also features Wagner's Overture Tannhäuser, and Elgar's Symphony No.1.

Berlioz and Arthur Bliss reflect on violence and its aftermath across the centuries.

The final instalment of our Nielsen cycle with the composer's sixth symphony.

BBC New Generation Artist Benjamin Appl and pianist Richard Uttley join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alexander Mickelwate

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo are joined by soprano Alice Coote for Mahler's song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.

An opportunity for singers who are interested in auditioning for the Chorus to take part in a rehearsal of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast

Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra return to the prestigious Kissinger Sommer International Music Festival in southern Germany.

Alina Ibragimova joins BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo for Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor.

Enjoy the brilliance of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1929 silent movie thriller on the big screen in Saffron Hall.

Sakari Oramo conducts this year’s opening concert, in a programme that includes Walton’s pithy choral masterpiece 'Belshazzar’s Feast' and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Lars Vogt. Broadcast live on BBC Two on Friday 17 July.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.

Join Mary King and members of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.

Meet music producer Naughty Boy and learn about his music production techniques and approach to song-writing.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.

Observe world-class musician Colin Currie coaching four aspiring young percussionists in a percussion masterclass.

Mark Simpson performs the Clarinet Concerto by Carl Nielsen, whose 150th anniversary falls this year, in a programme which also includes an alluring suite from Ravel’s 'Daphnis and Chloe'. Selected pieces will be broadcast on BBC Four on Thursday 30 July.

Join professional musicians and create a piece of music inspired by this evening’s Prom.

Join Mary King and members of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof.

Susanna Mälkki conducts Holst’s masterpiece in a programme which also includes the UK premiere of a new violin concerto by Luca Francesconi, written for and performed by Leila Josefowicz. Selected pieces broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 31 July.

The world-famous Labèque sisters perform Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra before a performance of Shostakovich’s visceral ‘Leningrad’ Symphony.

Observe jazz vocalist Clare Teal and composer, trumpeter, and band leader Guy Barker create a pop-up Big Band.

Join Mary King and members of the BBC Singers to sing excerpts from Verdi’s Requiem.

Oliver Knussen conducts Dukas’s much-loved 'The Sorcerer’s Apprentice' in a Prom which also includes works by Scriabin, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Knussen’s teacher Gunther Schuller.

Explore contemporary choral writing with acclaimed composer Eric Whitacre and the BBC Singers.

World-premiere performances of commissions from the 2014 BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers’ Competition winners.

Eric Whitacre, one of the biggest names in choral music, conducts a programme including his own 'Cloudburst', as well as other American Gershwin’s 'Rhapsody in Blue'. Broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 14 August.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.

Marc-André Hamelin performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand before the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor François-Xavier Roth turn to Stravinsky’s 'The Firebird'.

Join professional musicians and create a piece of music inspired by this evening’s Prom.

Join Sherlock composer Michael Price for a workshop focussed on composing music for TV and film.

Osmo Vänskä conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the final instalment of the Proms Sibelius symphonies cycle, with performances of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Symphonies.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.

Join Paul Griffiths to explore collaborative composition.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening’s Prom.

Hear the magnificent Royal Albert Hall organ in Jón Leifs’s Organ Concerto. The programme also boasts Sibelius’s 'Tapiola' and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.

David Hill conducts the Academy of Ancient Music and the BBC Singers in an all-Bach programme which includes his Mass in G minor and the Magnificat in D major.

Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this afternoon’s matinee Prom.

Emily Beynon is the soloist in Nielsen’s Flute Concerto, part of a wide-ranging programme including Britten’s 'Sinfonia da Requiem' and a world premiere by Raymond Yiu.

A Q&A with professional composers

Sibelius's epic retelling of the Finnish 'Kalevala' saga for orchestra, chorus and soloists is conducted this year by fellow Finn, Sakari Oramo.

Your chance to perform on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall. Join professional musicians to create a celebration of 20th-century American music.

Celebrating 150 years since the birth of Sibelius, the BBC Symphony Orchestra gives two concerts dedicated to the works of Sibelius at the 2015 Lahti Sibelius Festival.

Continuing its celebrations of 150 years since the birth of Sibelius at the 2015 Lahti Sibelius Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by Finnish conductor Okku Kamu at the Sibelius Hall for a two of Sibelius’s most loved works: the Violin Concert

Join Rebecca Lodge and other members of the BBC Singers to explore the choral works of Bernstein.

Join Mary King, members of the BBC Singers and the BBC Concert Orchestra to sing excerpts from Carl Orff’s 'Carmina burana'.

Orff’s vividly coloured cantata 'Carmina burana' is the main course in this year’s free Prom. The programme also includes the world premiere of Guy Barker’s new trumpet concerto for Alison Balsom.

Andrew Litton conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme in which Nielsen’s Violin Concerto and Ives’s Fourth Symphony frame four 19th-century American hymns.

Prepare for the Last Night of the Proms singalong with Mary King and members of the BBC Singers.

Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, soprano Danielle de Niese and tenor Jonas Kaufmann are the stars at this year’s Last Night.

The BBC Singers perform works from the Viennese circle surrounding Gustav and Alma Mahler

The BBC Symphony Orchestra opens its 2015-16 season with Mahler's vast, exuberant third symphony, conducted by Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo

Find out more about the life and music of Henryk Górecki

Polish music ensemble, the Silesian String Quartet, perform seminal works by Górecki.

Explore the man and his music in 'Please Find Henryk Mikołaj Górecki'

BBC Singers present Górecki's church music

This Total Immersion creative project will explore the richly harmonic world of Górecki's Totus Tuus

Antoni Wit conducts Górecki

Ilan Volkov conducts an intriguing sea-inspired programme which frames the world premiere of a new work by Richard Ayres

Develop your vocal skills in a workshop led by Mary King, singing excerpts from Monteverdi's Vespers

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra through a sumptuous Viennese programme

BBC Symphony Orchestra joins Detroit’s legendary techno producer and DJ, Jeff Mills, as he presents the UK premiere of his latest project, blurring the line between a club and a concert hall night.

A weekend festival that releases classical music from its traditional confines at the Barbican.

The BBC SO performs the beautiful scores of Vaughan Williams, Bruch and Elgar in Eindhoven

The BBC Symphony Orchestra performs Howell's choral masterwork Hymnus Paradisi

Martyn Brabbins conducts the BBC SO in a programme of Vaughan Williams, Bruch and Howells

BBC Symphony Orchestra performs a matinee concert of Vaughan Williams, Bruch and Elgar

Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Seal and BBC New Generation Artist Lise Berthaud for an afternoon of Berlioz at BBC Maida Vale Studios.

An evening of dazzling Gallic genius, led by the charismatic François-Xavier Roth.

An all-star cast led by Ermonela Jaho perform this neglected jewel of an opera by Pagliacci composer, Leoncavallo

Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Piano Concerto No. 1, performed by Pavel Kolesnikov, and Piazzolla's tango-inspired Sinfonia Buenos Aires.

Hear contemporary choral gems by Sir James MacMillan and Judith Bingham

Marin Alsop conducts supernatural-inspired works from Tchaikovsky, Judith Bingham, and a UK premiere of James MacMillan's Woman of the Apocalypse

Join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Rumon Gamba for a concert of contemporary music by Scandinavian composers at Maida Vale Studios.

Chief conductor Sakari Oramo leads the ascent of two great orchestral mountains by Hovhaness and Strauss, which frame a delightful new percussion concerto.