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BBC Concert Orchestra Events
Sat 4 Jul 2026
- 19:00Il-Fosos, Floriana, Malta
The BBC Concert Orchestra return to Malta! Get ready to celebrate the music of ABBA and the BEE GEES!
Part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Sat 18 Jul 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others
The Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others
Programme
- Fanfare for the Common Man(8 mins)adapt. ELP, arr. Robert Ames
- Living in the Past(4 mins)arr. Sam Gale
- Out-Bloody-Rageous(5 mins)arr. Sam Gale
- A Trick of the Tailarr. Adam Dennis
- I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)arr. Sam Gale
- Northern Lights(5 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- Nights in White Satin(5 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- Refugees(6 mins)arr. Adam Dennis
- And You and I – Close to the Edge – Siberian Khatru(11 mins)arr. CHAINES
- Tubular Bells, Part One(8 mins)excerpts
- interval
- Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2(5 mins)arr. Robert Ames
- Komfo(5 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- Peaches en Regalia(4 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- Sylvia(4 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- 21st Century Schizoid Man - I Talk to the Wind - Court of the Crimson King(10 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- Reasons for Waiting(5 mins)
- Entangled(7 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- On Reflection(6 mins)arr. Sam Gale
- Maker of Islands(7 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- Great Gig in the Sky(5 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- Crime of the Century(6 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- The Great Gates of Kiev(7 mins)adapted from Mussorgsky, arr. Robert Ames
Performers
- Carl Palmerdrums
- Peter Hammillvocals
- Stuart Maconiepresenter
- Robert Amesconductor
Part ofProms 2026
Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Fri 14 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Following past collaborations with the likes of Cynthia Erivo and celebrations of music by Henry Mancini and Bernard Herrmann, Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra bring another genre-bending symphonic adventure to Proms
Part ofProms 2026Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee)
Thu 20 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The Proms marks Miles Davis’s centenary with a concert combining his influences – works by Rodrigo and Gershwin – with his own hits. Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of a jazz legend
The Proms marks Miles Davis’s centenary with a concert combining his influences – works by Rodrigo and Gershwin – with his own hits. Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire joins the BBC Concert Orchestra and Miho Hazama for a celebration of a jazz legend
Programme
- Porgy and Bess – ‘Bess, you is my woman now’(5 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- Porgy and Bess: – ‘Gone, gone, gone’(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- Porgy and Bess – ‘Summertime’(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- Porgy and Bess – ‘I loves you, Porgy’(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- El amor brujo – Song of the Will-o’-the-Wisp(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- En Aranjuez con tu amor (after the Adagio of ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’)(17 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch. Miho Hazama
- Boplicity(3 mins)
- My Ship(5 mins)arr. Gil Evans, orch. Miho Hazama
- Miles Aheadorch, Miho Hazama
- Once Upon a Summertime (La Valse des lilas)(4 mins)arr. Gil Evans & Miles Davis, orch, Miho Hazama
Performers
- Ambrose Akinmusiretrumpet
- Sam Harrispiano
- Harish Raghavanbass
- Kendrick Scottdrums
- Miho Hazamaconductor
Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Tue 25 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser and the BBC Concert Orchestra train their sights on the greatest hits from Skyfall, The Spy Who Loved Me and others, promising to leave you stirred, not shaken
Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee)
Fri 26 Jun 2026
- 19:30Brighton Dome
Join the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Radio 3 for an evening of orchestral favourites and unforgettable classical tunes, celebrating the stunning Brighton Dome and the vibrant cultural role it has played in the city since it opened over 200 years ago.
Join the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Radio 3 for an evening of orchestral favourites and unforgettable classical tunes, celebrating the stunning Brighton Dome and the vibrant cultural role it has played in the city since it opened over 200 years ago.
Programme
- Henry VIIIOverture
- Dream Children
- Dream a Little Dream
- Jaunting Car
- Romance in G Major for Violin and Orchestra
- Peer GyntMorning and Hall of the Mountain King
- The Wasps – overture
- Henry V Suite
- Goodwood Galop
Performers
- George Jacksonconductor
- Lucy-Anne Danielssinger
- Nathaniel Anderson-Frankviolin
- Petroc Trelawnypresenter
Fri 19 Jun 2026
- 19:30Warwick Arts Centre
Join the BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Pete Harrison and star West End singers Jenna Lee James and Michael Xavier, for an evening of orchestral favourites celebrating the best of classic musicals.
Fri 12 Jun 2026
- 19:30Alexandra Palace
A nightingale sang…jazz sensations Fiona Monbet and Emma Rawicz join the BBC Concert Orchestra as Friday Night is Music Night sings (and swings) like a bird.
Part ofBBC Concert Orchestra 2025-2026
Fri 5 Jun 2026
- 19:30Portsmouth Guildhall
Friday Night is Music Night comes to Portsmouth. Expect sea songs, swashbucklers and silver screen magic, as the BBC Concert Orchestra drops anchor in Pompey to celebrate 100 years of Portsmouth becoming a city.
Sun 31 May 2026
- 16:00Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
The BBC Concert Orchestra transport us to Ambridge to celebrate 75 years of The Archers in a special edition of BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night.
