Skip to content

ALL

Sign in Join

BBC Proms poster

BBC Proms (1947)

7.7 80 seasons 1181 episodes Returning Series

Documentary

The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in all four nations. Its aim: to bring the best in classical music to the widest possible audience, which remains true to founder-conductor Henry Wood’s original vision in 1895. Whether you are a classical connoisseur or think classical music isn’t for you, there is something for everyone in the eight-week stretch of concerts.

Watch S40 E1 Latest: S80 E28

Seasons & episodes

The First Night of the PromsJul 18, 1986

The 92nd season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts opens with Mahler's Symphony No 8 in E flat. Mahler himself conducted the triumphant premi…

Omnibus at the PromsAug 8, 1986

The first of BBCl's visits to the 92nd season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, recorded earlier this evening at the Royal Albert Hall. Int…

Omnibus at the PromsAug 15, 1986

Stravinsky: Le Rossignol (The Nightingale) In the second of this year's visits to the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Jane Glover introduces…

Omnibus at the PromsAug 22, 1986

with Anne-Sophie Mutter (solo violin) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by Yuri Temirkanov Introducted…

Omnibus at the PromsAug 29, 1986

A Spanish Evening Infectious rhythms, sweeping melodies and glittering instrumental colours - the hallmarks of Spanish music - are in abund…

Live from the PromsSep 2, 1986

Part One Tonight's live relay from the Royal Albert Hall features Alfred Brendel as soloist in the Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor by Brahms…

Omnibus at the PromsSep 5, 1986

Madonna of Winter and Spring by Jonathan Harvey The world premiere of a major commission by the BBC. A work of religious meditation express…

Live from the PromsSep 12, 1986

Beethoven Choral Symphony conducted by Sir Georg Solti with Jessye Norman (soprano) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Reiner Goldberg (tenor) Hans Sotin…

Last Night of the PromsSep 13, 1986

Live in stereo from the Royal Albert Hall , television and radio join to relay the entire concert, with its unique blend of musical integri…

Last Night of the PromsSep 13, 1986

Part 2 Before the time-honoured last-night favourites, Walton pays tribute to a commedia dell'arte rascal, and Britten re-fashions Rossini.…