All concerts are held at London's Royal Albert Hall unless otherwise stated.
Every concert is broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Events marked with 'Proms on TV' are recorded for broadcast on BBC TV.
Friday 17 July 19:00
First Night of the Proms 2026
Proms on TV
Josephine Stephenson
That the sunrise not leave us unmoved (8 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Dalia Stasevska, conductor
Sunday 19 July 11:00
Black Dyke Band
Edward Gregson
Symphony in two movements (18 mins)
Philip Wilby
Paganini Variations (15 mins)
Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs, conductor
Sunday July 9 19:00
Boléro: Rhythms of Spain
Proms on TV
Manuel de Falla
Fantasia baetica (12 mins) orch. Francisco Coll
Manuel de Falla
The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 1 (12 mins)
The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2 (12 mins)
Spanish National Orchestra; David Afkham, conductor
Tuesday 21 July 18:00
Proms on TV
Also sprach Zarathustra
Betsy Jolas
Tales of a Summer Sea (15 mins)
UK premiere
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (33 mins)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; John Storgårds. Conductor
Thursday 23 July 19:30
Afterlife: Visions of the Beyond
Olivier Messiaen
L’Ascension – four symphonic meditations (27 mins)
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration (23 mins)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Saturday 25 July 16:00
Choirs on the Concourse (Gateshead)
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
Roderick Williams
Never weather-beaten sail
BBC commission: world premiere
Alec Roth
Night Prayer
John Tavener
Song for Athene
BBC Singers; Sofi Jeannin, conductor
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia; Tim Burke, chorus director
Voices of the River’s Edge; Simon Davies-Fidler, choir director
Sunday 26 July 19:00
Poulenc and Adams
Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta (29 mins)
John Adams
Harmonium (33 mins)
CBSO Chorus; Sydney Philharmonia Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Tuesday 28 July 19:00
Sibelius’s Second
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major (40 mins)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor
Wednesday 29 July 19:00
Proms on TV
Elgar’s First
Judith Weir
Moon and Star (15 mins)
BBC Singers; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
Wednesday 5 August 18:00
Rachmaninov’s Second
Nadia Boulanger
Fantasy for piano and orchestra (20 mins)
Alexandra Dariescu, piano; Hallé; Kahchun Wong, conductor
Sunday 9 August 14:30
Relaxed Prom (Bristol)
Bristol Beacon
Florence Price
Symphony No. 1 – Juba Dance (3rd mvt) (3 mins) arr. Rhian Davies
National Open Youth Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Alice Farnham, conductor
Sunday 9 August 16:00
Path of Miracles (Bristol)
St George's Bristol
Joby Talbot
Path of Miracles (70 mins)
Tenebrae; Nigel Short, conductor
Thursday 13 August 19:00
Gershwin’s Piano Concerto
Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1 in One movement (21 mins)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; James Gaffigan, conductor
Sunday 16 August11:00
Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven and Baroque
Jacob Mühlrad
Helix (5 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Swedish Chamber Orchestra; Martin Fröst, conductor/clarinetcomposer
Saturday 22 August 19:30
Chineke! Orchestra with Angel Blue
Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (15 mins)
Angel Blue, soprano; Chineke! Orchestra; Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Sunday 23 August 11:00
Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony
Benjamin Britten
Simple Symphony (17 mins)
Thea Musgrave
Bassoon Concerto, ‘Out of the Darkness’ (12 mins)
BBC commission: world premiere
Amy Harman, bassoon; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, director/leader
Monday 24 August 19:00
Proms on TV
American Classics
Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (3 mins)
Philharmonia Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor
Thursday 27 August 18:00
The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler
Kaija Saariaho
Lumière et pesanteur (7 mins)
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major (57 mins)
The Met Orchestra; Yannick Nézet‐Séguin, conductor
Wednesday 2 September 22:15
Steve Reich at 90
Owain Park
Phos hilaron ('Hail, gladdening light’) (2 mins)
The Gesualdo Six; Owain Park, director
Sunday 6 September 11:00
John Wilson Conducts the Sinfonia of London Strings
Lennox Berkeley
Serenade for strings (13 mins)
Sinfonia of London; John Wilson, conductor
Saturday 12 September 19:15
Proms on TV
Last Night of the Proms
Samuel Barber
Concerto for Piano Op. 38
Yuja Wang, piano; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, conductor