The BBC Proms is planning a “virtual” opening of the world-famous event and a live last night to “bring the nation together”. The original programme for this year’s Proms – 125 years since the first ...

Unlike the Last Night of the Proms, which has developed its own mythology and status (thanks to the traditions that surround it), the First Night of the Proms is not bound by any particular structure ...

Coronation Sanctus - which we're now hearing - was originally comissioned for King Charles III's coronation in May this year. Tonight, we hear it in a new orchestral arrangement for the first time. In ...

Commissioned for the opening concert of the 2025 BBC Proms, Errollyn Wallen’s The Elements is an exuberant piece welcoming to a broad audience not necessarily predisposed to classical, let alone ...