BBC Proms

BBC Proms 2024: Episode Guide & Ratings

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2024 Plot

With works from Bach, Beethoven, Clara Schumann, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Elgar and more, this Proms season is jam-packed full of classic composers and repertoire. Hear them performed by some of the greatest orchestras in the world in a season that guarantees the ultimate concert experience.

BBC Proms 2024 aired on July 19th, 2024.

2024 Episodes

1. First Night of the Proms 2024

July 19th, 20241 hr 59 min

In her First Night of the Proms debut, conductor Elim Chan presents Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony alongside Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Clara Schumann’s tender Piano Concerto, featuring star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

2. Prom 4: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth

July 21st, 20241 hr 55 min

The entire Hallé family visits from Manchester to celebrate Sir Mark Elder’s last season as Music Director after 25 years in the role. Together they present Sir James MacMillan’s Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia and Mahler’s life-affirming Symphony No. 5.

3. Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem

July 26th, 20241 hr 30 min

Verdi’s Requiem was first performed 150 years ago and given its British premiere at the Royal Albert Hall the following year. Ryan Bancroft leads the BBC NOW and massed singers in a performance of this vivid choral masterpieces.

4. Prom 13: Sarah Vaughan – If You Could See Me Now

July 28th, 20241 hr 40 min

The BBC Concert Orchestra and Guy Barker are joined by a starry line up of singers for a celebration of one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan, with songs including 'If You Could See Me Now’ and ‘Broken-Hearted Melody’.

5. Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony

August 2nd, 20242 hr 5 min

Nicholas Collon and the BBC Philharmonic perform the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century, Messiaen’s Turangalîla, after the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms

6. Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson

August 4th, 20241 hr 40 min

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.

7. Prom 20: Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons

August 9th, 20241 hr 20 min

Brothers Braimah and Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes join forces with the dynamic Fantasia Orchestra for a family-friendly concert of folk songs, dances, prayers and incantations

8. Prom 30: The National Youth Orchestra plays Mahler’s First

August 11th, 20242 hr 5 min

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.

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9. Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks

August 16th, 20241 hr 50 min

Edith Bowman presents a night for film lovers, with music from blockbusters including Everything Everywhere All at Once, All Quiet on the Western Front and Tár.

10. Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem

August 18th, 20241 hr 30 min

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

11. Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

August 23rd, 20242 hr

Gemma New joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s musical retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, following Mozart’s heavenly Clarinet Concerto with Anthony McGill and Mel Bonis’s colourful Salomé

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12. Prom 18: Sam Smith

August 24th, 20241 hr 43 min

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’.

13. Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets

August 25th, 20242 hr 29 min

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.

14. Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart

August 30th, 20241 hr 55 min

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

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15. Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco

August 31st, 20241 hr 30 min

The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its power and exuberance to an evening that celebrates a pivotal movement in late 20th-century club culture. Get ready for all the glitz, glamour and groove of disco at the Proms!

16. Prom 54: Beethoven for Three

September 1st, 20241 hr 59 min

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma come together to form a classical supergroup, bringing greater intimacy than ever before to Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Sixth Symphony while also performing one of the composer’s best-loved chamber works.

17. Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond

September 6th, 20241 hr 45 min

Marking a century since Henry Mancini’s birth, Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the man and his music in styles ranging from jazz to light classical and film music.

18. Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz

September 7th, 20241 hr 50 min

Riccardo Minasi conducts his dynamic Ensemble Resonanz in a pair of Mozart’s most thrilling overtures – from The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni – alongside his achingly beautiful Sinfonia concertante and the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony

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19. New Music at the Proms 2024

September 8th, 20242 hr

A celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall this summer chosen by Tom Service, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show.

20. Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2024

September 13th, 20241 hr 59 min

A journey through 2024’s five-star BBC Proms season, celebrating Mozart, Sam Smith, Beethoven, Mancini, Holst, Bob Marley and so much more.

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21. Last Night of the Proms, Part 1

September 14th, 20242 hr

Katie Derham hosts classical music's biggest party of the year, with soloists Sir Stephen Hough and Angel Blue and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

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22. Last Night of the Proms, Part 2

September 14th, 20241 hr 10 min

Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season's glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.

23. Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree

September 14th, 20241 hr 8 min

Join Duggee, Bluey, the Octonauts and lots more of your CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world in music and song at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree. Kwamé Ryan leads the Sinfonia Smith Square, BBC Singers & CBeebies East London Schools’ Choir.

24. Prom 69: Florence + The Machine – Symphony of Lungs

October 19th, 20241 hr 28 min

Florence Welch – aka Florence + The Machine – joins Jules Buckley and his Orchestra for a celebration of Lungs, her BRIT Award-winning debut album, released to huge acclaim 15 years ago.

25. Prom 48: Doctor Who Prom

December 24th, 20241 hr 50 min

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…

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