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Performances of BBC Symphony Chorus at BBC Singers

Sat 13 Sep 2025
- 19:00
  Last Night of the Proms 2025
  Royal Albert Hall
  The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 BBC Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites
  The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 BBC Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites
  Programme
  Modest Mussorgsky
  A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version, 1867)(12 mins)
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  Trumpet Concerto in E flat major(19 mins)
  Arthur Benjamin
  Storm Cloud Cantata (from ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’)(8 mins)(arr. Hermann)
  Franz Lehár
  The Merry Widow – Vilja Song(5 mins)
  Charles Gounod
  Faust – ‘Ah, je ris de me voir’ (Jewel Song)(5 mins)
  Camille Pépin
  Fireworks(6 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice(12 mins)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Festive Overture(7 mins)
  Rachel Portman
  The Gathering Tree(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Trad.
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(3 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
  Trad.
  The National Anthem(2 mins)(arr. Britten)
  Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)(arr. P. Campbell)
  Performers
  Louise Alder
  soprano
  soprano
  Alison Balsom
  trumpet
  trumpet
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Elim Chan
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  Arthur Benjamin
  Franz Lehár
  Charles Gounod
  Camille Pépin
  Paul Dukas
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Rachel Portman
  Trad.
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Hubert Parry
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Proms on TV
Sun 7 Sep 2025
- 19:30
  Grieg’s Piano Concerto
  Royal Albert Hall
  Prize-winning young Viennese pianist Lukas Sternath makes his Proms debut in Grieg’s beloved Piano Concerto, accompanied by Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Prize-winning young Viennese pianist Lukas Sternath makes his Proms debut in Grieg’s beloved Piano Concerto, accompanied by Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Programme
  Ruth Gipps
  Death on the Pale Horse(8 mins)
  Edvard Grieg
  Piano Concerto in A minor(30 mins)
  interval
  Arthur Bliss
  The Beatitudes(50 mins)
  Performers
  Elizabeth Watts
  soprano
  soprano
  Laurence Kilsby
  tenor
  tenor
  Lukas Sternath
  piano
  piano
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ruth Gipps
  Edvard Grieg
  Arthur Bliss
  Part of
  Proms 2025
  Book now
  Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
Fri 18 Jul 2025
- 18:45
  First Night of the Proms 2025
  Royal Albert Hall
  The 2025 First Night sees Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen
  The 2025 First Night sees Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen
  Programme
  Arthur Bliss
  Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood(2 mins)
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)(10 mins)
  Jean Sibelius
  Violin Concerto in D minor(35 mins)
  interval
  Errollyn Wallen
  The Elements(10 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Sancta civitas(30 mins)
  Performers
  Lisa Batiashvili
  violin
  violin
  Caspar Singh
  tenor
  tenor
  Gerald Finley
  bass-baritone
  bass-baritone
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  London Youth Choirs
  ( from)
  ( from)
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Sakari Oramo
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Arthur Bliss
  Felix Mendelssohn
  Jean Sibelius
  Errollyn Wallen
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Proms on TV
  Book now
  Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)