BBC Proms 2023: How to watch or listen and full schedule

The highly anticipated BBC Proms is back for 2023, and has announced its full schedule.

From Friday, July 14 until Saturday, September 9, some of the best classical musicians and orchestras from around the world will be performing to audiences on the biggest stage.

Fans can expect the usual blend of contemporary and classical musical talent, with the team behind Horrible Histories bringing ’Orrible Opera to the Proms, featuring the English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

In addition, contemporary singers Rufus Wainwright, Self Esteem, and Jon Hopkins have also been announced as part of the line-up.

All day today, Radio 3 comes live from the Royal Albert Hall – counting down the hours until the start of the world’s greatest classical music festival. Stay with us for more fantastic music. pic.twitter.com/E18hCtKy11

— BBC Radio 3 (@BBCRadio3) July 14, 2023

Of course, there’ll be plenty to please fans of classical music, too, with international ensembles such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Budapest Festival Orchestra set to perform.

How to watch or listen:

If you can’t attend in person, every Prom at the Royal Albert Hall will also be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and, for the very first time, most concerts will be available on BBC Sounds to listen back for one year.

The BBC will broadcast 24 programmes, with catch-up options on BBC iPlayer.

Proms’ Last Night celebration

Fans can expect the Proms’ Last Night celebration – which was scrapped last year because of the death of the Queen – to return to its usual format, with the likes of Rule, Britannia! and Land of Hope and Glory.

BBC Proms 2023 full schedule:

• Friday 14th July, 7:00pm – Prom 1 – First Night of the Proms 2023
• Saturday 15th July, 2:00pm – Proms at Londonderry: William Byrd
• Saturday 15th July, 8:00pm – Prom 2 – Northern Soul
• Sunday 16th July, 11:00am – Prom 3 – Benjamin Grosvenor piano recital
• Sunday 16th July, 7:30pm – Prom 4 – Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
• Monday 17th July, 11:00am – Prom 5 – Bruch’s First Violin Concerto
• Tuesday 18th July, 7:30pm – Prom 6 – Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov
• Wednesday 19th July, 7:00pm – Prom 7 – Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
• Thursday 20th July, 7:30pm – Prom 8 – Impressions of Spain
• Friday 21st July, 7:30pm – Prom at Sage Gateshead – Self Esteem and the Royal Northern Sinfonia
• Friday 21st July, 8:00pm – Prom 9 – Mariza sings Fado
• Friday 21st July, 10:00pm – Prom at Sage Gateshead – Yazz Ahmed and Arun Ghosh
• Saturday 22nd July, 2:00pm – Prom 10 – Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera
• Saturday 22nd July, 6:00pm – Prom 11 – Horrible Histories: ’Orrible Opera
• Saturday 22nd July, 7:30pm – Prom at Sage Gateshead – Missy Mazzoli, Mozart and Brahms

🎼 The Proms countdown is on across @BBCRadio3 ahead of tonight’s First Night of the Proms

And Clive Myrie is joined by guests Anna Lapwood and Sandi Toksvig from 7pm on @BBCTwo & @BBCiPlayer, as Lesley Manville CBE makes her Proms debut!

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— BBC Press Office (@bbcpress) July 14, 2023

• Saturday 22nd July, 10:15pm – Prom at Sage Gateshead – Voices of the River’s Edge
• Sunday 23rd July, 2:00pm – Prom at Sage Gateshead – Reginald Mobley sings African American spirituals
• Sunday 23rd July, 3:00pm – Prom at Sage Gateshead – CBeebies: Ocean Adventure
• Sunday 23rd July, 7:30pm – Prom 12 – Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Symphony
• Monday 24th July, 7:30pm – Prom 13 – Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pathétique’ Symphony
• Tuesday 25th July, 7pm – Prom 14 – Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations
• Tuesday 25th July, 10:15pm – Prom 15 – Late Night: Moon and Stars
• Wednesday 26th July, 7:30pm – Prom 16 – The Hallé performs Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony
• Thursday 27th July, 7:30pm – Prom 17 – Orff’s Carmina burana
• Friday 28th July, 7:30pm – Prom 18 – Lata Mangeshkar: Bollywood Legend
• Saturday 29th July, 6:30pm – Prom 19 – Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’
• Sunday 30th July, 2pm – Proms at Aberystwyth
• Sunday 30th July, 7:30pm – Prom 20 – Daniil Trifonov plays Mason Bates
• Monday 31st July, 7:30pm – Prom 21 – Adams, Copland and Skye
• Tuesday 1st August, 7:00pm – Prom 22 – Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Prokofiev
• Tuesday 1st August, 10:15pm – Prom 23 – NYO Jazz (USA) with Dee Dee Bridgewater
• Wednesday 2nd August, 7:30pm – Prom 24 – Felix Klieser plays Mozart
• Thursday 3rd August, 11:30pm – Prom 25 – Relaxed Prom
• Thursday 3rd August, 7:30pm – Prom 26 – Sibelius’s First Symphony
• Friday 4th August, 7:30pm – Prom 27 – Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov
• Saturday 5th August, 7:30pm – Prom 28 – National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
• Sunday 6th August, 11:00am – Prom 29 – Mozart’s Mass in C minor
• Sunday 6th August, 3:00pm – Proms at Dewsbury
• Sunday 6th August, 7:30pm – Prom 30 – Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto
• Monday 7th August, 7:00pm – Prom 31 – Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites
• Tuesday 8th August, 7:00pm – Prom 32 – Holst’s The Planets
• Wednesday 9th August, 7:00pm – Prom 33 – Rachmaninov, Mahler-Werfel and Pejačević

a different route to work this morning. I’m ⁦@RoyalAlbertHall⁩ to start the day ⁦@BBCRadio3⁩ as we begin a twelve-and-a-half hour countdown to the start of @BBCProms. Join me for tales of the proms, proms guests and great proms music from 0630. #BBCProms pic.twitter.com/nEeyHjTHc0

— Petroc Trelawny (@PetrocTrelawny) July 14, 2023

• Wednesday 9th August, 10:15pm – Prom 34 – Mindful Mix Prom
• Thursday 10th August, 7:30pm – Prom 35 – Mahler’s 10th Symphony
• Friday 11th August, 7:30pm – Prom 36 – A Space Odyssey
• Saturday 12th August, 7:30pm – Prom 37 – Budapest Festival Orchestra
• Sunday 13th August, 2:00pm – Prom 38 – Audience Choice
• Sunday 13th August, 7:30pm – Prom 39 – Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven
• Monday 14th August, 7:30pm – Prom 40 – Martin Helmchen plays Brahms
• Tuesday 15th August, 7:30pm – Prom 41 – Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto
• Wednesday 16th August, 7:30pm – Prom 42 – Elgar, Chopin and Strauss
• Monday 17th August, 7:30pm – Prom 43 – György Kurtág’s Endgame
• Friday 18th August, 7:30pm – Prom 44 – Stravinsky’s The Firebird
• Saturday 19th August, 7:00pm – Prom 45 – Mahler’s Third Symphony
• Sunday 20th August, 10:15pm – Prom 46 – Manchester Collective: Neon
• Saturday 19th August, 7:30pm – Prom 47 – Les Siècles plays Ligeti and Mozart
• Monday 21st August, 8:00pm – Prom 48 – Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions with Jules Buckley Orchestra and Cory Henry
• Tuesday 22nd August, 7:30pm – Prom 49 – Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri
• Wednesday 23rd August, 7:00pm – Prom 50 – Handel’s Samson
• Thursday 24th August, 7:30pm – Prom 51 – Weir, Schumann and Elgar with the BBC Symphony Orchestra
• Friday 25th August, 6:30pm – Prom 52 – The Boston Symphony Orchestra play Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony
• Friday 25th August, 10:15pm – Prom 53 – Late Night Bach
• Friday 26th August, 2:00pm – Prom 54 – Organ Recital with Isabelle Demers
• Saturday 26th August, 7:30pm – Prom 55 – Gershwin’s Piano Concerto
• Sunday 27th August, 2:00pm – Proms at Truro
• Sunday 27th August, 7:30pm – Prom 56 – Rattle conducts Mahler’s Ninth
• Monday 28th August, 7:00pm – Prom 57 – Fantasy, Myths and Legends
• Tuesday 29th August, 7:00pm – Prom 58 – Jon Hopkins with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley
• Wednesday 30th August, 7:30pm – Prom 59 – Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony
• Thursday 31st August, 7:30pm – Prom 60 – Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Friday 1st September, 7:30pm – Prom 61 – Chineke! performs Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony

Tonight, Paul Lewis performs Grieg’s rousing Piano Concerto at the First Night of the @BBCProms.

The @RoyalAlbertHall‘s Steinway has to be in tip-top condition. That’s where Ulrich Gerhartz, master piano technician, comes in.

Ulrich, we salute you – a true hero of the Proms! pic.twitter.com/JfgsPSrBou

— BBC Radio 3 (@BBCRadio3) July 14, 2023

• Saturday 2nd September, 3:00pm – Prom 62 – The Rite by Heart
• Saturday 2nd September, 7:30pm – Prom 63 – The Rite by Heart
• Sunday 3rd September, 2:00pm – Proms at Perth
• Sunday 3rd September, 4:00pm – Prom 64 – Berlioz’s The Trojans
• Monday 4th September, 7:30pm – Prom 65 – Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony
• Tuesday 5th September, 7:30pm – Prom 66 – Rufus Wainwright – Want Symphonic: Want One
• Tuesday 5th September, 10:15pm – Prom 67 – Rufus Wainwright – Rufus Wainwright – Want Symphonic: Want Two
• Wednesday 6th September, 7:30pm – Prom 68 – Max Richter: Recomposed
• Thursday 7th September, 7:00pm – Prom 69 – Mozart’s ‘Requiem’
• Thursday 7th September, 10:15pm – Prom 69a – The BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin
• Friday 8th September, 6:00pm – Proms at Great Yarmouth
• Friday 8th September, 7:30pm – Prom 70 – Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto
• Saturday 9th September, 7:00pm – Prom 71 – Last Night of the Proms 2023

You can find more details on the 2023 schedule on the official BBC Proms website.