Proms 2026
Proms 2026 Calendar
By Date
Sun 9 Aug 2026
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
An informal, Transatlantic-themed matinee in the year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence
An informal, Transatlantic-themed matinee in the year we celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence
Programme
- Serenade to Music(14 mins)arr. R. Douglas
- Pyramid Song(5 mins)arr. Simon Hale
- Panda Chant II(2 mins)
- It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing)(5 mins)arr. Harry Baker
Performers
- Tom Fetherstonhaughconductor
- 14:30Bristol Beacon
The National Open Youth Orchestra – the world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble – and members of BBC NOW perform music by Vivaldi, Florence Price and Michael Betteridge
The National Open Youth Orchestra – the world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble – and members of BBC NOW perform music by Vivaldi, Florence Price and Michael Betteridge
Programme
- Symphony No. 1 – Juba Dance (3rd mvt)(3 mins)arr. Rhian Davies
- Barriers(7 mins)arr. Liam Taylor-West
- The Four Seasons(14 mins)excerpts; arr. Rhian Davies and Ellen O'Brien
- Soaring Through Sparks (Clarion Concerto)(3 mins)arr. Julia Koelmans
- The Orchestra: A Young Person’s Guide(12 mins)arr. Liam Taylor-West; BBC commission
Performers
- Alessandro VazzanaClarion
- Alice Farnhamconductor
Also part ofProms Across the UK - 16:00St George's Bristol
Nigel Short conducts his award-winning choir Tenebrae in the Proms premiere of Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, a 500-mile musical pilgrimage whose Minimalist patterns meet the beauty of plainchant and bell chimes
Nigel Short conducts his award-winning choir Tenebrae in the Proms premiere of Joby Talbot’s Path of Miracles, a 500-mile musical pilgrimage whose Minimalist patterns meet the beauty of plainchant and bell chimes
Also part ofProms Across the UK - 18:00Bristol Beacon
Celebrated Finnish musicians Anu Komsi and Sakari Oramo perform György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments – an armful of fragile and hauntingly lyrical miniatures – as part of the composer’s 100th-birthday celebrations
Celebrated Finnish musicians Anu Komsi and Sakari Oramo perform György Kurtág’s Kafka Fragments – an armful of fragile and hauntingly lyrical miniatures – as part of the composer’s 100th-birthday celebrations
Also part ofProms Across the UK - 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Peter Whelan leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and massed forces in a musical postcard from 18th-century Vienna, featuring Haydn’s choral tour de force the ‘Nelson Mass’ as well as works by Mozart and Zelenka
Peter Whelan leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and massed forces in a musical postcard from 18th-century Vienna, featuring Haydn’s choral tour de force the ‘Nelson Mass’ as well as works by Mozart and Zelenka
Programme
- Miserere in C minor(14 mins)
- Masonic Funeral Music(5 mins)
- Aria ‘Schon lacht der holde Frühling’(8 mins)
- Aria ‘Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!’(6 mins)
- interval
- Mass in D minor, ‘Nelson Mass’(42 mins)
Performers
- Erin Morleysoprano
- Helen Charlstonmezzo-soprano
- Guy Cuttingtenor
- William Thomasbass
- Peter Whelanconductor
