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Sat 1 Jul 2023
- 10:30
  CBeebies: Ocean Adventure with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Hackney Empire
  All aboard for a fun-filled CBeebies musical ocean adventure for all the family! Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season CBeebies Ocean Adventure with The BBC Symphony Orchestra
- 13:45
  CBeebies: Ocean Adventure with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Hackney Empire
  All aboard for a fun-filled CBeebies musical ocean adventure for all the family! Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
  Part of
  BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 2022-23 Season CBeebies Ocean Adventure with The BBC Symphony Orchestra
- 14:30
  CBeebies: Ocean Adventure with the BBC Philharmonic
  King George's Hall, Blackburn
  All aboard for a fun-filled CBeebies musical ocean adventure for all the family at King George's Hall Blackburn. Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Philharmonic
Sun 2 Jul 2023
- 14:30
  CBeebies: Ocean Adventure with the BBC Philharmonic
  Sheffield City Hall
  All aboard for a fun-filled CBeebies musical ocean adventure for all the family at Sheffield City Hall. Take a deep breath and dive underwater in the concert hall submarine with its musical crew, the BBC Philharmonic
- 17:15
  Grange Park Opera: Tosca
  Grange Park Opera
  BBC Concert Orchestra returns to Grange Park Opera with Puccini’s Tosca, filled with heart stopping arias and lashings of love and jealousy.
  BBC Concert Orchestra returns to Grange Park Opera with Puccini’s Tosca, filled with heart stopping arias and lashings of love and jealousy.
  Programme
  Giacomo Puccini
  Tosca
  Performers
  Grange Park Opera
  opera company
  opera company
  Stephen Medcalf
  director
  director
  Mark Shanahan
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Composers
  Giacomo Puccini
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2022-2023 BBC Concert Orchestra at Grange Park Opera 2023
Wed 5 Jul 2023
- 17:45
  Grange Park Opera: Tosca
  Grange Park Opera
  BBC Concert Orchestra returns to Grange Park Opera with Puccini’s Tosca, filled with heart stopping arias and lashings of love and jealousy.
  BBC Concert Orchestra returns to Grange Park Opera with Puccini’s Tosca, filled with heart stopping arias and lashings of love and jealousy.
  Programme
  Giacomo Puccini
  Tosca
  Performers
  Grange Park Opera
  opera company
  opera company
  Stephen Medcalf
  director
  director
  Mark Shanahan
  condcutor
  condcutor
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Composers
  Giacomo Puccini
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2022-2023 BBC Concert Orchestra at Grange Park Opera 2023
Thu 6 Jul 2023
- 19:30
  Digital Concerts: Nielsen
  BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
  BBC NOW perform Nielsen's Symphony No. 6
  Part of
  BBC NOW 2022-23 Season BBC NOW Digital Concert Series BBC Hoddinott Hall 2022-23
Fri 7 Jul 2023
- 19:30
  BBC Singers: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
  The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin present a concert intertwining music for a midsummer’s evening with settings of Shakespeare, in the 400th anniversary year of the First Folio publication. This concert is now fully booked.
  The BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Sofi Jeannin present a concert intertwining music for a midsummer’s evening with settings of Shakespeare, in the 400th anniversary year of the First Folio publication. This concert is now fully booked.
  Programme
  Jan Sandström
  Biegga luothe
  Anna-Karin Klockar
  Limu limu lima
  Frank Martin
  Five Songs of Ariel
  Edward Elgar
  Two Partsongs, Op. 71
  Herbert Murrill
  O mistress mine
  interval
  Frederick Delius
  Two Songs to be sung on a summer night on the water
  Edvard Grieg
  How fair is thy face, from Four Psalms, Op. 74
  Amy Beach
  Three Shakespeare Choruses
  Kristina Arakelyan
  Echo from Seascapes
  Ildebrando Pizzetti
  Cade la sera
  Lars Johan Werle
  Canzone 126 di sco Petrarca
  Performers
  BBC Singers
  Sofi Jeannin
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jan Sandström
  Anna-Karin Klockar
  Frank Martin
  Edward Elgar
  Herbert Murrill
  Frederick Delius
  Edvard Grieg
  Amy Beach
  Kristina Arakelyan
  Ildebrando Pizzetti
  Lars Johan Werle
  Part of
  BBC Singers 2022-23
- 19:30
  Manchester International Festival: Sonic Geography
  The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
  New music inspired by the climate crisis. Lose yourself in a world premiere by John Luther Adams, played by pianist Ralph Van Raat alongside new commissions by Ailís Ní Ríain and Alissa Firsova, all performed by the BBC Philharmonic and conducted by Vimba
  New music inspired by the climate crisis. Lose yourself in a world premiere by John Luther Adams, played by pianist Ralph Van Raat alongside new commissions by Ailís Ní Ríain and Alissa Firsova, all performed by the BBC Philharmonic and conducted by Vimba
  Programme
  Alissa Firsova
  Spell of Creation
  John Luther Adams
  Prophecies in Stone
  Ailís Ní Ríain
  The Land Grows Weary of Its Own
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Vimbayi Kaziboni
  conductor
  conductor
  Ralph van Raat
  pianist
  pianist
  Jess Dandy
  Contralto
  Contralto
  Composers
  Alissa Firsova
  John Luther Adams
  Ailís Ní Ríain
Sun 9 Jul 2023
- 21:00
  Malta: Celebrating 100 Years of Hollywood
  The Granaries, Floriana, Malta
  BBC Radio 2 and the BBC Concert Orchestra return to Malta to celebrate 100 Years of Hollywood!
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2022-2023
Fri 14 Jul 2023
- 19:00
  Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
  Royal Albert Hall
  Experience the buzz of live performance at its finest at the launch of the world’s greatest classical music festival.
  Experience the buzz of live performance at its finest at the launch of the world’s greatest classical music festival.
  Programme
  Jean Sibelius
  Finlandia(8 mins)
  Bohdana Frolyak
  Let There Be Light(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Edvard Grieg
  Piano Concerto in A minor(30 mins)
  interval
  Jean Sibelius
  Snöfrid(14 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(18 mins)
  Performers
  Lesley Manville
  actor
  actor
  Paul Lewis
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Dalia Stasevska
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Jean Sibelius
  Bohdana Frolyak
  Edvard Grieg
  Benjamin Britten
  Part of
  Proms 2023 Classical for starters Proms on TV
Sat 15 Jul 2023
- 20:00
  Prom 2: Northern Soul
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC Concert Orchestra brings a symphonic edge to the beats that took the industrial North and Midlands by storm in the 1960s and 1970s, in a stomping celebration of underground British club culture.
  Part of
  Proms 2023 Proms on TV
Mon 17 Jul 2023
- 19:30
  Prom 5: Bruch’s First Violin Concerto
  Royal Albert Hall
  South Korean star violinist Bomsori performs Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with conductor Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic.
  South Korean star violinist Bomsori performs Bruch’s First Violin Concerto with conductor Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic.
  Programme
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Ballade in A minor, Op. 33(11 mins)
  Max Bruch
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor(25 mins)
  interval
  Johannes Brahms
  Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor(3 mins)
  Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F major(2 mins)
  Hungarian Dance No. 10 in F major(2 mins)
  Béla Bartók
  Concerto for Orchestra(36 mins)
  Performers
  Bomsori
  violin
  violin
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Anja Bihlmaier
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Max Bruch
  Johannes Brahms
  Béla Bartók
  Part of
  Proms 2023 Proms on TV
Tue 18 Jul 2023
- 19:30
  Prom 6: Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov
  Royal Albert Hall
  Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic and conductor Mark Wigglesworth.
  Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto with the BBC Philharmonic and conductor Mark Wigglesworth.
  Programme
  Grace-Evangeline Mason
  ABLAZE THE MOON(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor(27 mins)
  interval
  Gustav Mahler
  Symphony No. 1 in D major(53 mins)
  Performers
  Sir Stephen Hough
  piano
  piano
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  Mark Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Grace-Evangeline Mason
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Gustav Mahler
  Part of
  Proms 2023
Wed 19 Jul 2023
- 19:00
  Prom 7: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
  Royal Albert Hall
  Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has one of classical music’s most famous openings. This iconic four-note motif returns again and again. Is it a thunderclap – or fate, knocking at the door? Make up your own mind with the BBC NOW.
  Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has one of classical music’s most famous openings. This iconic four-note motif returns again and again. Is it a thunderclap – or fate, knocking at the door? Make up your own mind with the BBC NOW.
  Programme
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Five Études-tableaux(25 mins)orch. Respighi
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Violin Concerto in G minor(33 mins)
  interval
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 5 in C minor(31 mins)
  Performers
  Elena Urioste
  violin
  violin
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Tadaaki Otaka
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Sergey Rachmaninov
  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 2023 Classical for starters Proms on TV
Thu 20 Jul 2023
- 17:00
  Unclassified Live: Max Richter at bluedot Festival
  Lovell Stage, bluedot Festival
  Max Richter and the BBC Concert Orchestra open bluedot Festival 2023 with a special Unclassified Live, hosted by Elizabeth Alker.
  Max Richter and the BBC Concert Orchestra open bluedot Festival 2023 with a special Unclassified Live, hosted by Elizabeth Alker.
  Programme
  Isobel Waller-Bridge
  An Exercise in Restraint (Until You Go)
  For a Moment
  Haiku
  Piano Arp
  Coby Sey
  Eve (Anwummerɛ)
  Max Richter
  Recomposed: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
  VOICES
  Performers
  Max Richter
  piano, electronics, keyboard
  piano, electronics, keyboard
  Grace Davidson
  soprano
  soprano
  Mari Samuelsen
  violin
  violin
  Coby Sey
  vocals
  vocals
  Tenebrae
  choir
  choir
  Isobel Waller-Bridge
  piano
  piano
  Narrator
  Tilda Swinton
  Tilda Swinton
  Matthew Lynch
  conductor, VOICES
  conductor, VOICES
  Robert Ames
  conductor
  conductor
  BBC Concert Orchestra
  Elizabeth Alker
  presenter
  presenter
  Composers
  Isobel Waller-Bridge
  Coby Sey
  Max Richter
  Part of
  BBC Concert Orchestra 2022-2023
- 19:30
  Prom 8: Impressions of Spain
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Josep Pons play Ravel’s Boléro, and Spanish violinist María Dueñas is soloist in Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Josep Pons play Ravel’s Boléro, and Spanish violinist María Dueñas is soloist in Édouard Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole.
  Programme
  Manuel de Falla
  La vida breve – Interlude and Dance(8 mins)
  Édouard Lalo
  Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21(33 mins)
  interval
  Claude Debussy
  Images – Ibéria(20 mins)
  Maurice Ravel
  Boléro(13 mins)
  Performers
  María Dueñas
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Josep Pons
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Manuel de Falla
  Édouard Lalo
  Claude Debussy
  Maurice Ravel
  Part of
  Proms 2023 Classical for starters
Sun 23 Jul 2023
- 19:30
  Prom 12: Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and new Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for the first of their two Proms together this season.
  The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and new Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for the first of their two Proms together this season.
  Programme
  Helen Grime
  Meditations on Joy(15 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
  interval
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’(65 mins)
  Performers
  Eleanor Dennis
  soprano
  soprano
  Karen Cargill
  mezzo-soprano
  mezzo-soprano
  Nicky Spence
  tenor
  tenor
  Michael Mofidian
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Ryan Wigglesworth
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Helen Grime
  Ludwig van Beethoven
  Part of
  Proms 2023 Proms on TV BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Proms
Mon 24 Jul 2023
- 19:30
  Prom 13: Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony
  Royal Albert Hall
  Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony and a world premiere by American composer Catherine Lamb.
  Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony and a world premiere by American composer Catherine Lamb.
  Programme
  Catherine Lamb
  Portions Transparent/Opaque(36 mins)BBC commission: world premiere (Portions 2 & 3)
  interval
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(46 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  Ilan Volkov
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Catherine Lamb
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  Proms 2023 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Proms
Wed 26 Jul 2023
- 14:00
  The Joy of Dance
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  Today we’re thrilled to be ed by Gergely Madaras who conducts a programme full of warmth and energy, from the BBC Philharmonic’s home at MediaCityUK.
  Today we’re thrilled to be ed by Gergely Madaras who conducts a programme full of warmth and energy, from the BBC Philharmonic’s home at MediaCityUK.
  Programme
  Béla Bartók
  Dance Suite(17 mins)
  Zoltán Kodály
  Hungarian Rondo(9 mins)
  Béla Bartók
  Two Pictures(17 mins)
  Dances from Transylvania(5 mins)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Hamlet Suite(20 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Gergely Madaras
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Béla Bartók
  Zoltán Kodály
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Fri 28 Jul 2023
- 14:00
  Sound of Cinema
  MediaCityUK, Salford
  the BBC Philharmonic for this special studio concert celebrating the music of British composer Rachel Portman, who became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of Emma.
  the BBC Philharmonic for this special studio concert celebrating the music of British composer Rachel Portman, who became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of Emma.
  Programme
  Malcolm Arnold
  The Belles of St Trinian’s – Comedy Suite(2 mins)
  John Barry
  You Only Live Twice: Theme(3 mins)
  You Only Live Twice: Suite – V. Capsule in Space(3 mins)
  Stephen Warbeck
  Shakespeare in Love Suite(10 mins)
  Rachel Portman
  Never Let Me Go: Suite(5 mins)
  interval
  Rachel Portman
  Bel Ami(2 mins)
  The Cide House Rules: Homer Leaves the Orphana(5 mins)
  Emma: End Titles(4 mins)
  Chocolat: Main Titles
  Chocolat: Chocolate Sauce(1 mins)
  The Emperors New Clothes: Battle of Watermelons(2 mins)
  Oliver Twist: Newgate Prison (Brownlow and Oliver in Coach)(5 mins)
  Belle Suite(6 mins)
  Despite the Falling Snow: Front Titles(2 mins)
  Snowflower and the Secret Fan: Letter Box(3 mins)
  Dolphin Tale 2: Reconciliation Ballet(3 mins)
  Performers
  BBC Philharmonic
  Rachel Portman
  Composer
  Composer
  Ben Palmer
  conductor
  conductor
  Matthew Sweet
  presenter
  presenter
  Composers
  Malcolm Arnold
  John Barry
  Stephen Warbeck
  Rachel Portman
  Part of
  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Studio Concerts
Sun 30 Jul 2023
- 19:30
  Prom 20: Korngold’s Violin Concerto
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Gimeno present Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo suite alongside Prokofiev’s fiery Third Symphony and the hyper-Romantic Violin Concerto by Korngold – whose opening sounds strangely like the original Star Trek theme…
  The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Gimeno present Bernard Herrmann’s Vertigo suite alongside Prokofiev’s fiery Third Symphony and the hyper-Romantic Violin Concerto by Korngold – whose opening sounds strangely like the original Star Trek theme…
  Programme
  Bernard Herrmann
  Vertigo(12 mins)
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Violin Concerto in D major
  interval
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Symphony No. 3 in C minor(34 mins)
  Performers
  Vadim Gluzman
  violin
  violin
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Gustavo Gimeno
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Bernard Herrmann
  Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Part of
  Proms 2023
Mon 31 Jul 2023
- 19:30
  Prom 21: Adams, Copland and Skye
  Royal Albert Hall
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft present an all-American Prom with works by John Adams, Copland and Derrick Skye.
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft present an all-American Prom with works by John Adams, Copland and Derrick Skye.
  Programme
  Derrick Skye
  Nova Plexus(18 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Aaron Copland
  Clarinet Concerto(18 mins)
  interval
  John Adams
  Harmonium(33 mins)
  Performers
  Annelien Van Wauwe
  clarinet
  clarinet
  BBC National Chorus of Wales
  Crouch End Festival Chorus
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Ryan Bancroft
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Derrick Skye
  Aaron Copland
  John Adams
  Part of
  Proms 2023
Tue 1 Aug 2023
- 19:00
  Prom 22: Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Prokofiev
  Royal Albert Hall
  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft return for the second of their consecutive Proms. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 is paired with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.
  The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Principal Conductor Ryan Bancroft return for the second of their consecutive Proms. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 is paired with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.
  Programme
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major(27 mins)
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Symphony No. 5 in E minor(44 mins)
  Performers
  Isata Kanneh‐Mason
  piano
  piano
  BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  Ryan Bancroft
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Sergey Prokofiev
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Part of
  Proms 2023 Classical for starters Proms on TV