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Performances of Trad. at BBC Proms

Sat 13 Sep 2025
- 19:00
  Last Night of the Proms 2025
  Royal Albert Hall
  The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 BBC Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites
  The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 BBC Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites
  Programme
  Modest Mussorgsky
  A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version, 1867)(12 mins)
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  Trumpet Concerto in E flat major(19 mins)
  Arthur Benjamin
  Storm Cloud Cantata (from ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’)(8 mins)(arr. Hermann)
  Franz Lehár
  The Merry Widow – Vilja Song(5 mins)
  Charles Gounod
  Faust – ‘Ah, je ris de me voir’ (Jewel Song)(5 mins)
  Camille Pépin
  Fireworks(6 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice(12 mins)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Festive Overture(7 mins)
  Rachel Portman
  The Gathering Tree(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Trad.
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(3 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
  Trad.
  The National Anthem(2 mins)(arr. Britten)
  Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)(arr. P. Campbell)
  Performers
  Louise Alder
  soprano
  soprano
  Alison Balsom
  trumpet
  trumpet
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Elim Chan
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  Arthur Benjamin
  Franz Lehár
  Charles Gounod
  Camille Pépin
  Paul Dukas
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Rachel Portman
  Trad.
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Hubert Parry
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Proms on TV
Sat 30 Aug 2025
- 11:00
  Rattle Conducts Folk Songs and Dances
  Royal Albert Hall
  Sir Simon Rattle teams up with the wind, brass and percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra to perform folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold alongside Gunther Schuller’s eclectic trombone concerto
  Sir Simon Rattle teams up with the wind, brass and percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra to perform folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold alongside Gunther Schuller’s eclectic trombone concerto
  Programme
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  English Folk Song Suite(14 mins)
  Gunther Schuller
  Eine kleine Posaunenmusik(16 mins)
  interval
  Michael Tippett
  Triumph: A paraphrase on music from ‘The Mask of Time’(15 mins)
  Malcolm Arnold
  English Dances, Set No. 1(9 mins)(version for wind band)
  Percy Grainger
  The Lads of Wamphray(9 mins)
  Trad.
  Country Gardens(6 mins)arr. Percy Grainger
  Percy Grainger
  A Lincolnshire Posy(16 mins)
  Performers
  Peter Moore
  trombone
  trombone
  London Symphony Orchestra
  wind, brass and percussion
  wind, brass and percussion
  Sir Simon Rattle
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Gunther Schuller
  Michael Tippett
  Malcolm Arnold
  Percy Grainger
  Trad.
  Part of
  Proms 2025
  Book now
  Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)
Fri 8 Aug 2025
- 21:00
  100 Years of the Shipping Forecast
  Ulster Hall
  The Proms celebrates the centenary of the Shipping Forecast with presenters from Radio 4’s Continuity team, music inspired by the oceans and the elements, and a new work by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his group LYR
  The Proms celebrates the centenary of the Shipping Forecast with presenters from Radio 4’s Continuity team, music inspired by the oceans and the elements, and a new work by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and his group LYR
  Programme
  Ronald Binge
  Sailing By(3 mins)
  LYR
  YonderlandBBC commission: world premiere
  María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
  Oceans(9 mins)
  Benjamin Britten
  Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’ – Storm(5 mins)
  Malcolm Arnold
  The Padstow Lifeboat(5 mins)
  Trad.
  Pórt na bPúcaí(5 mins)arr. Neil Martin
  Performers
  LYR
  Ulster Orchestra
  Chloé van Soeterstède
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Ronald Binge
  LYR
  María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir
  Benjamin Britten
  Malcolm Arnold
  Trad.
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Proms Across the UK
  Book now
  Seats from £15 - £19.50 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £15 - £19.50 (plus booking fee)