An impressive Proms performance from Chineke! in a programme of diversity, defiance and dissent

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [27] – Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Lee, Shostakovich: Chineke! Orchestra / Jonathon Heyward (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London. 5.9.2025. (CSa)

Jonathon Heywood conducts Chineke! at the BBC Proms © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Franz Welser-Möst and the peerless Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [28] – Berg and Bruckner: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Franz Welser-Möst (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 8.9.2025. (MB)

Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Vienna Philharmonic at the BBC Proms 2025 © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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The impressive Rosamund Pike carries the emotional heart of NT Live’s Inter Alia by Suzie Miller

United KingdomUnited Kingdom National Theatre Live’s Inter Alia – a new play by Suzie Miller: Broadcast live (directed for the screen by Matthew Amos) from the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 4.9.2025. (JPr)

Jamie Glover (Michael), Rosamund Pike (Jessica) and Jasper Talbot (Harry) in Inter Alia © Manuel Harlan

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Intense, unnerving, and compelling: Shostakovich celebrated at the Proms with a stellar Lady Macbeth of Mtensk

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [26] – Shostakovich, The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District: Soloists, BBC Singers, Chorus of English National Opera (chorus master: Matthew Quinn), Brass Section of the Orchestra of English National Opera, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra /John Storgårds (conductor), Ruth Knight (stage director). Royal Albert Hall, London. 1.9.2025. (CSa)

Amanda Majeski (Katerina) and John Findon (Zinovy) © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Jakub Hrůša performs centre stage with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House on 20 September

Jakub Hrůša leads special concert to mark the start of his tenure as Music Director of The Royal Opera

Special concert welcoming new Music Director Jakub Hrůša sees Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Royal Opera Chorus perform centre stage

Concert showcases the Orchestra’s credentials with programme of Bartók’s Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin and The Spectre’s Bride by Dvořák

Kateřina Kněžíková, Pavol Kubáň make their Royal Opera debuts, alongside Pavel Černoch

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Spectacular debut from Inmo Yang, in an otherwise disappointing French evening

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [23] – Bizet, Sarasate, Holmès, Saint-Saëns: Inmo Yang (violin), Rachel Mahon (organ), BBC Symphony Orchestra / Marie Jacqot (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 28.8.2025. (MBr)

Marie Jacquot conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Andy Paradise

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Peter Whelan has the handle on Alexander’s Feast at the BBC Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [25] – Handel: Hillary Cronin (soprano), Stuart Jackson (tenor), Hillary Cronin (soprano), Irish Baroque Chorus, Irish Baroque Orchestra / Peter Whelan (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 30.8.2025. (AV-E)

[l-r] Stuart Jackson (tenor), Hillary Cronin (soprano), Hillary Cronin (soprano) and Peter Whelan (conductor) © Chris Christodoulou/BBC

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Khatia Buniatishvili, Jaime Martin and the Melbourne SO show their professionalism at the Proms

United KingdomUnited Kingdom BBC Proms 2025 [24] – Sutherland, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky: Khatia Buniatishvili (piano); Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Jaime Martín (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 29.8.2025. (CC)

Jaime Martin conducts the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra © BBC/Chris Christodoulou

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