For their only UK appearance of 2024, Sam Smith joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, released 10 years ago and featuring tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Lay Me Down’.

John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.

The National Youth Orchestra, comprising some of Britain’s most talented young players, performs Mahler’s anguished, ultimately triumphant Symphony No.1, alongside works by Wagner and Missy Mazzoli and a new commission from Dani Howard.

The London Contemporary Orchestra and Robert Ames present a deep dive into the hypnotic world of contemporary soundtracks, with scores from composers including Hildur Guðnadóttir, Anna Meredith, Son Lux and Colin Stetson.

Sir Antonio Pappano and his London Symphony Orchestra are joined by three choirs and three outstanding vocal soloists for a work of hope that emerged from the ashes of destruction: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem

Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony by bringing their unique Orchestral Theatre approach to the iconic work with the help of the BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain

Holst’s suite The Planets is one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite to perform the work alongside Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph and a new piece from Finnish-American composer Lara Poe.

Doctor Who makes its much-anticipated return to the Proms with a brand-new show celebrating the Doctor’s latest adventures. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and a host of special guests present a concert like no other in all of space and time…

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma come together to form a classical supergroup, performing Brahms’s Piano Trio No. 2 in C major alongside Beethoven’s much-loved Op. 97 piano trio, nicknamed ‘Archduke’