BBC Proms 2024

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2024

The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2024: First Night of the Proms 2024

First Night of the Proms 2024

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Live at the BBC Proms: Bruckner, Clara Schumann, Ben Nobuto & Beethoven launch the season.

Live at the BBC Proms: BBC Singers, Symphony Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Elim Chan, with Sophie Bevan singing Bruckner & Isata Kanneh‐Mason playing Clara Schumann.

Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Elim Chan, with soloists Sophie Bevan & Isata Kanneh‐Mason.

Presented by Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. 

Handel arr. Mackerras: Music for the Royal Fireworks – overture
Bruckner: Psalm 150
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor

c.7.25pm INTERVAL

c.7.50pm 
Ben Nobuto: Hallelujah Sim. (BBC commission: world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor

Sophie Bevan, soprano
Isata Kanneh‐Mason, piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan, conductor

Beethoven railed against fate in his Symphony No. 5, capturing ideals of fortitude, defiance and bravery in an instant. In her First Night debut, conductor Elim Chan places Beethoven’s compelling score at the heart of a celebration that includes fireworks, jubilation and romance. The last comes with Clara Schumann’s tender and virtuosic Piano Concerto – performed by a pianist who has championed it tirelessly: Isata Kanneh-Mason, the eldest of the remarkable musical Kanneh-Mason siblings.

BBC Proms: 2024

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