The BBC Proms 2025, known as “The World’s Greatest Music Festival,” is back for 2025 with a fantastic line-up. From 18 July to 13 September, audiences will enjoy eight weeks of magical music. Every concert will be available on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds, with many also shown on BBC TV and iPlayer. General booking opens on 17 May 2025.
Highlights from IMG Artists at BBC Proms 2025
Saturday 26 July – 7:30 PM
Venue: The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
Dinis Sousa, conductor
Royal Northern Sinfonia will perform Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2, with dances, fanfares, and hymns. Pianist David Fray will also play Bach’s powerful Keyboard Concerto in D minor.
Performers:
- Adèle Charvet (mezzo-soprano)
- Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
- David Fray (piano)
- Voices of the River’s Edge
- Huddersfield Choral Society
Music:
- Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 ‘Lobgesang’
Friday 1 August – 7:30 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Yunchan Lim, piano
The young piano sensation Yunchan Lim performs Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. The concert ends with Berio’s exciting Sinfonia.
Monday 18 August – 7:30 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Claudia Huckle, mezzo-soprano
Sir Mark Elder leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra and choirs in Delius’s A Mass of Life, a beautiful and powerful work sung in German.
Soloists:
- Claudia Huckle (mezzo-soprano)
- Jennifer Davis (soprano)
- David Butt Philip (tenor)
- Roderick Williams (baritone)
Tuesday 19 August – 7:30 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Sir Antonio Pappano, conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano and the London Symphony Orchestra perform two moving one-act operas: Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten – Symphonic Fantasy.
Friday 22 August – 7:30 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Joshua Bell, violin
Violinist Joshua Bell joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska to perform the UK premiere of Thomas de Hartmann’s Violin Concerto.
Italian Flavour in Bristol
Sunday 24 August – 7:00 PM
Venue: Bristol Beacon
Carlo Rizzi and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera bring Italian music to life with works by Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Berio, and Respighi.
Soloist: Avery Amereau (mezzo-soprano)
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Debuts at Proms
Friday 29 August – 7:30 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra makes its Proms debut under Jaime Martín, featuring Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Khatia Buniatishvili, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 6.
Shostakovich’s Tragic Opera
Monday 1 September – 6:30 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Shostakovich’s The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District will be performed in English with surtitles, conducted by John Storgårds with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and a talented cast including Amanda Majeski and Nicky Spence.
European Tour with Vasily Petrenko
Sunday 7 September – 11:00 AM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra take the audience on a European journey with music by Respighi, Milhaud, and Vaughan Williams.
Vienna Philharmonic’s Grand Finale
Monday 8 September – 7:30 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
The Vienna Philharmonic, led by Franz Welser-Möst, performs Berg’s Lulu Suite and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9, one of the grandest symphonies ever written.
Last Night with Mozart and Tchaikovsky
Tuesday 9 September – 6:30 PM
Venue: Royal Albert Hall
Franz Welser-Möst returns with the Vienna Philharmonic for a powerful finale featuring Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 ‘Prague’ and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’.
