BBC Proms

Star mezzo Jamie Barton joins Anja Bihlmaier and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for Mahler’s epic collision of symphony and song. The first half sees the witty musical parting of Haydn’s ‘Farewell’ Symphony and Bushra El-Turk’s meditative Mosaic

Scottish composer Erland Cooper and special guests perform an intimate late-night concert of classical and ambient music inspired by Radio 3 Unwind’s Ultimate Calm series. A uniquely escapist night-time experience.

Altın Gün brings its unique blend of psychedelic folk-rock to the Proms. They join forces with special guest Derya Yıldırım, Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra to turn cool riffs and Anatolian folk textures into rich orchestral colours

The Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms under Jonathon Heyward, bringing with it Dvořák’s ecstatic hymn to nature, the Symphony No. 8, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with star American soprano Angel Blue

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields spotlights the French horn and bassoon in concertos by Mozart and Thea Musgrave. Britten’s playful Simple Symphony and Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony bookend the concert.

The Metropolitan Opera’s Met Orchestra and Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin present a sumptuous all-Strauss programme that includes the final scene of the composer’s Salome, performed with celebrated South African soprano Elza van den Heever

From tranquil choral miniatures to dreamlike orchestral soundscapes, discover some of the calmest musical moments of the Proms season here.

Jakob Lehmann and period-instrument group Les Siècles bring to life Berlioz’s ‘Dramatic Legend’ in a concert performance with an international cast of soloists, including American tenor John Osborn, Gerald Finley and Véronique Gens

Fresh from the Glyndebourne Festival, the Proms presents Strauss’s opera-within-an-opera Ariadne auf Naxos, performed complete at the festival for the first time in nearly half a century

Cristian Măcelaru leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra in one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10. The concert opens with the UK premiere of Édith Canat de Chizy’s intricately textured Skyline

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the Oslo Philharmonic join maverick virtuoso Patricia Kopatchinskaja for Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto. We also hear Øyvind Torvund’s symphonic poem ‘Forest Morning’ and excerpts from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet

Iwan Davies and Sinfonia Cymru present an afternoon sequence exploring the connections and communicative powers of words and music, inspired by the themes of legend and folklore

Soothing classical music to help you relax, unwind and see things more clearly.

Take timeout with a 30-minute sounscape of classical favourites basking in spring sunshine.