Choral music and opera Events
Sat 15 Aug 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in one of the repertoire’s most monumental musical statements: Berlioz’s Requiem, a sonic portrait of ‘mankind gathered together on the last day’
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in one of the repertoire’s most monumental musical statements: Berlioz’s Requiem, a sonic portrait of ‘mankind gathered together on the last day’
Programme
- Requiem (Grande messe des morts)(82 mins)
Performers
- Julien Henrictenor
- Sir Antonio Pappanoconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2026Seats from £28.52 to £89.72 (including booking fee)
Wed 19 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
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
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
Programme
- Ariadne auf Naxos(120 mins)semi-staged; sung in German, with English surtitles
Performers
- Rachel Willis-SørensenAriadne
- David Butt PhilipBacchus
- Alina WunderlinZerbinetta
- Mikhail TimoshenkoHarlequin
- Caspar SinghScaramuccio
- Liam James KaraiTruffaldino
- Liam BonthroneBrighella
- Samantha HankeyComposer
- Michael KrausMusic Master
- Ru CharlesworthDancing Master
- Anna DenisovaNaiad
- Eirin RognerudEcho
- Robin Ticciaticonductor
Composers
Seats from £28.52 to £89.72 (including booking fee)
Fri 21 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Star mezzo Jamie Barton joins Anja Bihlmaier and the ĢƵ 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
Star mezzo Jamie Barton joins Anja Bihlmaier and the ĢƵ 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
Programme
- Mosaic(8 mins)
- Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor, ‘Farewell’(28 mins)
- interval
- Das Lied von der Erde(68 mins)
Performers
- Jamie Bartonmezzo-soprano
- Clay Hilleytenor
- Anja Bihlmaierconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2026Seats from £16.28 to £59.12 (including booking fee)
Sat 22 Aug 2026
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
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 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
Programme
- Dance Suite(15 mins)reconstr. & arr. Tuffus Zimbabwe; world premiere
- Knoxville: Summer of 1915(15 mins)
- Puttin’ On the Ritz(3 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- Four Songs – ‘Even in the Moment’(3 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- That Old Black Magic(4 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- My Funny Valentine(4 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- Love Is Here to Stay(4 mins)arr. Anthony Parnther
- interval
- Symphony No. 8 in G major(34 mins)
Performers
- Angel Bluesoprano
- Jonathon Heywardconductor
Also part ofProms 2026Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
Wed 26 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
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
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
Programme
- Der Rosenkavalier – suite(26 mins)arr. attrib. A. Rodziński
- Salome(18 mins)final scene
- interval
- Ein Heldenleben(46 mins)
Performers
- Elza van den Heeversoprano
- Yannick Nézet‐Séguinconductor
Composers
Seats from £35.66 to £114.20 (including booking fee)
Tue 11 Aug 2026
- 18:00Royal Albert Hall
The Los Angeles Philharmonic returns to the Proms for the first time in over two decades, led by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Together they perform Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony and Inferno, the first panel from Thomas Adès’s Dante ballet
The Los Angeles Philharmonic returns to the Proms for the first time in over two decades, led by Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Together they perform Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Symphony and Inferno, the first panel from Thomas Adès’s Dante ballet
Programme
- Symphony No. 6 in F major, ‘Pastoral’(39 mins)
- interval
- Dante – Part 1: Inferno(45 mins)
Performers
- Gustavo Dudamelconductor
Composers
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Grammy Award-winning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and ĢƵ Singers for a genre-busting programme that features music by Vaughan Williams, Radiohead, John Coltrane and Caroline Shaw
Grammy Award-winning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and ĢƵ Singers for a genre-busting programme that features music by Vaughan Williams, Radiohead, John Coltrane and Caroline Shaw
Programme
- Welcomearr. Harry Baker
- It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing)(5 mins)arr. Harry Baker
- The Wood Pigeon(5 mins)ĢƵ commission: world premiere
- Sandman’s Castle(7 mins)excerpt
- Rothko Chapel(6 mins)excerpt
- Partita – Sarabande(5 mins)
- Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Finale (Furiant)(5 mins)
- Serenade to Music(14 mins)arr. R. Douglas
- Orologeria aureola(5 mins)
- Pyramid Song(5 mins)arr. Simon Hale
- Panda Chant II(2 mins)
Performers
- Evelyn Glenniepercussion
- Tom Fetherstonhaughconductor
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
- Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)(4 mins)arr. Harry Baker
- Pyramid Song(5 mins)arr. Simon Hale
- Partita – Sarabande(5 mins)
- Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Finale (Furiant)(5 mins)
- Serenade to Music(14 mins)arr. R. Douglas
- 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
- YolanDa Brownpresenter
- 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
- 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
Also part ofProms 2026









