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This page lists coverage of the Proms 2020 eight-week season on TV, Radio, 91热爆 iPlayer and 91热爆 Sounds.
This page will update with the links to watch and listen throughout the season.

The season comprises of six weeks of concerts from previous seasons of the 91热爆 Proms with a final two weeks of live performances from London’s Royal Albert Hall. Details of some performances being streamed exclusively on iPlayer will be announced soon.

Proms on TV

Sun 19 Jul - Sun 23 Aug

Fri 28 Aug - Sun 30 Aug

Mon 31 Aug - Sun 6 Sep

Mon 7 Sep - Sat 12 Sep

Proms on Radio 3

Fri 17 Jul - Sun 19 Jul

  • Fri 17 Jul

    First Night of the Proms: new Beethoven mash-up by Iain Farrington. Also 鈥� Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 | Sir H. Birtwistle: Panic | Mahler: Symphony No. 3

  • Sat 18 Jul

    Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Nikolaj Znaider (2016). Beethoven: Violin Concerto | Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart | R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

  • Sat 18 Jul

    Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts his Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique in Beethoven鈥檚 Leonore (1996)

  • Sun 19 Jul

    Jeremy Denk piano recital (2015). Bart贸k: Piano Sonata | Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9 | Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32

  • Sun 19 Jul

    Nikolous Harnoncourt conducts Beethoven鈥檚 Missa solemnis (1998)

Mon 20 Jul - Sun 26 Jul

  • Mon 20 Jul

    Apollon Musag猫te Quartet play Webern: Langsamer Satz | C. Matthews: String Quartet No. 5 | Beethoven: String Quartet Op. 18 No. 3 (2015)

  • Mon 20 Jul

    Xian Zhang conducts 91热爆 NOW in Rachmaninov鈥檚 Symphony No. 2 (2015). Also 鈥� Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, 鈥楥lassical鈥� | Qigang Chen: Iris d茅voil茅e; and G. Benjamin: Ringed by the Flat Horizon (91热爆 SO, 2008)

  • Mon 20 Jul

    Leif Ove Andsnes directs the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (2015). Stravinsky: Octet | Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 5

  • Tue 21 Jul

    Rafael Payare leads Narek Hakhnazaryan and the Ulster Orchestra in Haydn鈥檚 Cello Concerto in C major (2016). Also 鈥� P. Hellawell: Wild Flow | Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; and works by Palestrina and J. Weir (91热爆 Singers, 2017)

  • Tue 21 Jul

    Tavener鈥檚 The Protecting Veil, with the 91热爆 SO and Steven Isserlis (1989). Also 鈥� Knussen, Debussy, Keal, Mussorgsky & Stravinsky

  • Wed 22 Jul

    Brahms鈥檚 First Piano Concerto with Stephen Hough, Mark Wigglesworth and the 91热爆 Philharmonic (2017). Also: David Sawyer: the greatest happiness principle | Haydn: Symphony No. 99

  • Wed 22 Jul

    Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Riccardo Chailly (1990). Rossini: Semiramide 鈥� overture | Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 | Prokofiev Symphony No. 3

  • Thu 23 Jul

    Michael Tippett鈥檚 The Midsummer Marriage with the 91热爆 SO and 91热爆 Singers under Sir Andrew Davis

  • Thu 23 Jul

    Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Mariss Jansons (2004). Dvo艡谩k: Symphony No. 8 & Slavonic Dances | R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

  • Thu 23 Jul

    Les Musiciens du Louvre with Marc Minkowski and Anne Sofie von Otter (2003). Bach: Cantata No. 170 | Rameau: L鈥橝poth茅ose de la dance 鈥� suite | Handel: Ariodante 鈥� excerpts

  • Fri 24 Jul

    The 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Messiaen鈥檚 Concert 脿 quatre (2008). Also 鈥� Jonathan Harvey: Tombeau de Messiaen; Mortuos plango, vivos voco; Speakings | Var猫se: Po猫me 茅lectronique; D茅serts

  • Fri 24 Jul

    Hollywood Rhapsody: John Wilson and the John Wilson Orchestra (2013). Music by Newman, Herrmann, Korngold, Steiner and others

  • Sat 25 Jul

    Daniel Barenboim conducts Wagner鈥檚 Die Walk眉re, featuring Bryn Terfel and Nina Stemme (2013)

  • Sun 26 Jul

    Nash Ensemble and 91热爆 Singers (2013). G. Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda 鈥� Group 3. | I. Holst: Hallo, my fancy | Sir Harrison Birtwistle The Moth Requiem

  • Sun 26 Jul

    Monteverdi鈥檚 Vespers of 1610 with Pygmalion under Rapha毛l Pichon (2017)

Mon 27 Jul - Sun 2 Aug

  • Mon 27 Jul

    Emmanuel Pahud in recital with Eric Le Sage (2011). Martin暖: Flute Sonata | Dutilleux: Sonatine | Prokofiev: Flute Sonata

  • Mon 27 Jul

    Sir Roger Norrington conducts his London Classical Players (1989). Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 | Schubert: Symphony No. 9

  • Tue 28 Jul

    Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Bernard Haitink and Murray Perahia (2008). Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

  • Wed 29 Jul

    Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston SO in Mahler鈥檚 Sixth Symphony (2015). Also 鈥� B. Dean: Dramatis personae

  • Thu 30 Jul

    The Hall茅 with Sir Mark Elder and Alice Coote (2014). Berlioz: Overture 鈥楲e corsaire鈥� | Elgar: Sea Pictures | H. Grime: Near Midnight | Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

  • Thu 30 Jul

    Nils Frahm: Late Night with 91热爆 Radio 6 Music (2015). Also featuring A Winged Victory for the Sullen, London Brass & members of Random Dance

  • Fri 31 Jul

    Sondheim at 80 with the 91热爆 Concert Orchestra and special guests, including Dame Judi Dench, Simon Russell Beale and Maria Friedman (2010)

  • Sat 1 Aug

    Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 The Makropulos Affair with the 91热爆 SO and Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek, featuring Karita Mattila (2016)

  • Sun 2 Aug

    Music by Purcell and Blow with the Academy of Ancient Music under Richard Egarr (2009)

  • Sun 2 Aug

    Richard Hickox conducts 91热爆 NOW and Bryn Terfel (2006). Elgar: In the South (Alassio) | Bliss: A Colour Symphony | Walton: Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast

Mon 3 Aug - Sun 9 Aug

  • Mon 3 Aug

    Khatia Buniatishvili recital. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor & Liebestr盲um No. 3 | Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 (2011)

  • Mon 3 Aug

    Vassily Sinaisky conducts the 91热爆 Philharmonic (2007). A. P盲rt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten | Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | Gli猫re: Symphony No. 3, 鈥業lya Muromets鈥�; also G. Williams: Fairest of Stars (91热爆 NOW, 2015)

  • Mon 3 Aug

    Martha Argerich plays Liszt鈥檚 First Piano Concerto with the West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra under Barenboim (2016). Also 鈥� J枚rg Widmann: Con brio | Wagner: Tannh盲user & The Mastersingers 鈥� overtures | G枚tterd盲mmerung (extracts)

  • Tue 4 Aug

    Thomas Dausgaard conducts the 91热爆 Scottish SO (2018). Wagner: Parsifal 鈥� Prelude to Act 1 | R. Strauss: Four Last Songs | P. N酶rg氓rd: Symphony No. 3. Also 鈥� Rafael Payare conducts the Ulster Orchestra (2019). C. Schumann: Piano Concerto | S. Gubaidulina: Fairytale Poem | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1

  • Tue 4 Aug

    Sakari Oramo conducts the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: Sibelius鈥檚 En saga and Kullervo (2015).

  • Wed 5 Aug

    Pierre Boulez conducts the 91热爆 SO (2002). Var猫se: Int茅grales | Boulez: Le visage nuptial; Le soleil des eaux | Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911 version)

  • Wed 5 Aug

    Bournemouth SO with Marin Alsop and James Ehnes (2007). Beethoven: Overture 鈥楲eonore鈥� No. 3 | Barber: Violin Concerto | Copland: Symphony No. 3

  • Thu 6 Aug

    Messiaen鈥檚 La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur J茅sus-Christ conducted by Kazushi Ono (2008). Also: M.-A. Turnage: Hibiki

  • Thu 6 Aug

    Sir Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (1994). Haydn: Symphony No. 96 & Violin Concerto No. 1 | Beethoven: Ah! Perfido! & Symphony No. 4

  • Thu 6 Aug

    Pioneers of Sound: celebrating the legacy of the 91热爆 Radiophonic Workshop (2018). Robert Ames conducts the London Contemporary Orchestra

  • Fri 7 Aug

    Nigel Kennedy plays Elgar鈥檚 Violin Concerto (2008). Also Bax: The Garden of Fand | Finzi: Intimations of Immortality

  • Fri 7 Aug

    Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic (2014). Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances | Stravinsky: The Firebird

  • Sat 8 Aug

    Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades with Sir Andrew Davis (1992)

  • Sun 9 Aug

    Benedetti鈥揈lschenbroich鈥� Grynyuk Trio (2015). Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 | A. Sierra: Butterflies Remember a Mountain

  • Sun 9 Aug

    Mozart鈥檚 Requiem with Stephen Layton and Polyphony (2011). Also 鈥� Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge | C. Matthews: No Man鈥檚 Land

Mon 10 Aug - Sun 16 Aug

  • Mon 10 Aug

    Ren茅e Fleming sings Strauss鈥檚 Four Last Songs (2001). Also 鈥� Dvo艡谩k: Carnival Overture | Brahms: Variations on the St Anthony Chorale | Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate. R. Strauss: Don Juan

  • Tue 11 Aug

    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and Vassily Petrenko (2012). Var猫se: Tuning Up | N. Muhly: Gait | Messiaen: Turangal卯la Symphony | A. Meredith: HandsFree

  • Wed 12 Aug

    Andrew Manze conducts the 91热爆 Scottish SO in Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Symphonies Nos 4, 5 & 6 (2012)

  • Thu 13 Aug

    Sir Charles Mackerras with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Alfred Brendel (2001). Mozart: Symphony No. 32 & Piano Concerto No. 25 | Stravinsky: Concerto in D | Schubert: Symphony No. 4

  • Thu 13 Aug

    Purcell鈥檚 Dido and Aeneas with the OAE and Richard Egarr, featuring Sarah Connolly and Christopher Purves (2003)

  • Fri 14 Aug

    Beethoven鈥檚 Fifth with Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla and the City of Birmingham SO (2017). Also 鈥� Beethoven: 鈥楲eonore鈥� Overture | Stravinsky: Violin Concerto | Gerald Barry: Canada

  • Sat 15 Aug

    Strauss鈥檚 Salome with Donald Runnicles and the Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, starring Nina Stemme (2014)

  • Sun 16 Aug

    Stile Antico join Fretwork for a Shakespeare celebration (2016). Music by Morley, Byrd, H. Watkins, Tomkins, Ramsey, Johnson, N. Muhly, Gibbons & Wilbye

  • Sun 16 Aug

    Paul McCreesh conducts the Gabrieli Consort & Players in Handel鈥檚 Saul, featuring Andreas Scholl & Neal Davies (2003).

Mon 17 Aug - Sun 23 Aug

  • Mon 17 Aug

    Donald Runnicles conducts French classics (2011). Debussy: Pr茅lude 脿 l鈥檃pr猫s-midi d鈥檜n faune | Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain | Ravel: Bolero; Daphnis and Chloe. Also J. MacMillan: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (1990)

  • Mon 17 Aug

    91热爆 Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda (2012). Mozart: Don Giovanni 鈥� overture | Knussen: Symphony No. 2 | Mahler: Symphony No. 7

  • Tue 18 Aug

    A Patchwork Passion 鈥� music from Sch眉tz to MacMillan (2017). Also G眉nter Wand conducts Bruckner鈥檚 Eighth Symphony (1995)

  • Tue 18 Aug

    Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the EUYO in Brahms鈥檚 Second and Fourth Symphonies (1994)

  • Wed 19 Aug

    Gianandrea Noseda conducts Schubert鈥檚 Ninth Symphony (2006). Also 鈥� Haydn: Heiligenmesse

  • Wed 19 Aug

    Evgeny Kissin: recital in the round (1997). Haydn: Sonata No. 52 | Liszt: Liebestr盲um No. 3 & Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 | Chopin: Nocturnes Op. 27 Nos 1 & 2 & Piano Sonata No. 3

  • Thu 20 Aug

    Gilbert and Sullivan鈥檚 The Yeomen of the Guard (2012). Jane Glover conducts the 91热爆 Concert Orchestra

  • Thu 20 Aug

    Sir Colin Davis conducts the LSO (2001). Sibelius: The Oceanides | Tippett: The Rose Lake | Beethoven: Symphony No. 6

  • Thu 20 Aug

    Late-night Stockhausen: Stimmung (2008). Performed by Theatre of Voices, directed by Paul Hillier

  • Fri 21 Aug

    Thomas S酶nderg氓rd conducts Shostakovich鈥檚 11th Symphony (2013). Also 鈥� C. Matthews: Turning Point | Prokofiev: Violin Concerto; plus Prokofiev鈥檚 Peter and the Wolf, with narration by Sir David Attenborough

  • Fri 21 Aug

    Thomas Dausgaard conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (2010). Ligeti: Night; Morning & Lux aeterna | Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto | Langgaard: Music of the Spheres | Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

  • Sat 22 Aug

    Verdi鈥檚 Don Carlos with Bernard Haitink and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House (1996)

  • Sun 23 Aug

    Susan Graham: French song with Malcolm Martineau (2009). Music by Duparc, Chabrier, Bizet, Ravel, Debussy and others

  • Sun 23 Aug

    Orchestre de Paris and Paavo J盲rvi with Janine Jansen & Thierry Escaich (2013). A. P盲rt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten | Britten: Violin Concerto | Berlioz: Overture 鈥楲e corsaire鈥� | Saint鈥怱a毛ns: Symphony No. 3, 鈥極rgan鈥�

  • Sun 23 Aug

    Bach鈥檚 St Matthew Passion with Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Ghent (1998)

Mon 24 - Sun 30 Aug

  • Mon 24 Aug

    Daniel Harding conducts the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and Viktoria Mullova (2003). Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie 鈥搒uite | Sibelius: Violin Concerto | Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

  • Tue 25 Aug

    Jonathan Nott conducts the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and Matthias Goerne (2009). Ligeti: Atmosph猫res | Mahler: Kindertotenlieder | Schoenberg: Five Orchestral Pieces | R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

  • Wed 26 Aug

    Leonard Bernstein conducts the Vienna Philharmonic (1987). Mozart: Clarinet Concerto | Mahler: Symphony No. 5

  • Thu 27 Aug

    RLPO and Vasily Petrenko (2016). E. Howard: Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) | Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 | Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3

  • Thu 27 Aug

    Douglas Boyd conducts the Manchester Camerata (2005). Beethoven: Overture 鈥楾he Creatures of Prometheus鈥� & Symphony No. 8 | Tippett: Divertimento on Sellinger鈥檚 Round | Mozart: two arias

  • Fri 28 Aug

    Sakari Oramo leads the 91热爆 SO in Beethoven鈥檚 鈥楨roica鈥� Symphony. Also 鈥� Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: Vasco 鈥榙e鈥� Gama | Eric Whitacre: Sleep | Copland: Quiet City

  • Sat 29 Aug

    Live: Jonathan Scott plays his own organ arrangements of symphonic classics, including works by Rossini, Mascagni and Dukas, as well as Saint-Saens鈥檚 鈥極rgan鈥� Symphony

  • Sun 30 Aug

    Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano recital (2008). Schumann: Ges盲nge der Fr眉he | Carter: Night Fantasies | Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux 鈥� L'alouette lulu | Bart贸k: Out of Doors Suite.

  • Sun 30 Aug

    Live: Sir Simon Rattle conducts the LSO in a typically wide-ranging programme, culminating in Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Symphony No. 5

  • Sun 30 Aug - 91热爆 Radio 2

    Stax Records - 50 years of soul. Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra pay tribute to this pioneering label

  • Sun 30 Aug

    The Latvian Radio Choir sings Rachmaninov鈥檚 Vespers (2017)

Mon 31 - Sun 6 Sep

  • Mon 31 Aug

    Elias Quartet and Julian Bliss (2011). Purcell: Fantasias Nos 6 & 7 | S. Beamish: Reed Stanzas (String Quartet No. 3) | Brahms: Clarinet Quintet

  • Mon 31 Aug

    A sparkling tribute to the gilded world of Viennese operetta, marking the 150th-anniversary of Franz Leh谩r鈥檚 birth

  • Tue 1 Sep

    London Sinfonietta

  • Wed 2 Sep

    John Storgards and the 91热爆 Philharmonic in a Prom partly inspired by puppet theatre with music by Haydn and Tchaikovsky. Tenor Allan Clayton sings Britten's haunting Nocturne.

  • Thu 3 Sep

    Nicola Benedetti and Alina Ibragimova join the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for a showcase of Baroque concertos, including works by Vivaldi, Handel and Bach

  • Thu 3 Sep

    Laura Mvula and Esperanza Spalding join the Metropole Orkest and Jules Buckley (2014), featuring orchestral arrangements of Mvula鈥檚 album Sing to the Moon

  • Fri 4 Sep

    Live: Star sitarist Anoushka Shankar performs alongside electronic-music composer Gold Panda, and alongside the strings of the Britten Sinfonia

  • Sat 5 Sep

    Live: Stephen Hough plays Beethoven鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 2 with Thomas Dausgaard and the 91热爆 SSO. Also 鈥� Jay Capperauld: Circadian Refrains | Strauss: Metamorphosen

  • Sun 6 Sep

    Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques (2011). Jewels of the French Baroque by Couperin, Lully, Rameau and Mont茅clair

  • Sun 6 Aug

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason perform works by Beethoven, Barber, Bridge and Rachmaninov.

  • Sun 6 Sep

    Live: Singer-songwriter Laura Marling is joined by pioneering London-based string group the 12 Ensemble

  • Sun 6 Sep

    Jessye Norman with the London Sinfonietta (2000). Stravinsky: Concerto 鈥楧umbarton Oaks鈥� | J. Weir: woman.life.song | Ravel: Introduction and Allegro | Schoenberg: 6 Brettl Lieder

Mon 7 Sep - Sat 12 Sep

  • Mon 7 Sep - 91热爆 6 Music

    An eclectic mix of musicians with rich New York roots join Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the changing soundscape of the Big Apple.

  • Mon 7 Sep

    The JACK Quartet and Colin Currie (2018). Xenakis: Rebonds B & Tetras | S. Holt: Quadriga | S. Farrin: Hypersea

  • Mon 7 Sep

    Live: London jazz group KOKOROKO will be making their Proms debut live at the Royal Albert Hall.

  • Tue 8 Sep

    Live: American conductor Ryan Bancroft conducts the 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales in works by John Adams, Barber and Copland. Also 鈥� Martin暖: Jazz Suite | Gavin Higgins: new work

  • Wed 9 Sep

    Live: Esa-Pekka Salonen the Philharmonia Orchestra, featuring pianist Benjamin Grosvenor. Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin | Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 | Mozart: Symphony No. 41, 鈥楯upiter鈥�

  • Thu 10 Sep

    Live: The Aurora Orchestra perform Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 7 from memory. Also 鈥� Richard Ayres: No. 52; with introductions from Tom Service and Nicholas Colon

  • Thu 10 Sep

    Late-night Bach: Sir Andr谩s Schiff plays the Goldberg Variations (2015)

  • Fri 11 Sep

    Klaus Tennstedt conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Beethoven鈥檚 Ninth Symphony (1991).

  • Sat 12 Sep

    The Last Night of the Proms, with soprano Golda Schultz and the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra under conductor Dalia Stasevska.

  • Mon 21 Sep - 91热爆 Radio 6 Music

    Singer-songwriter Laura Marling is joined by pioneering London-based string group the 12 Ensemble

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