The BBC Proms programmes for 2025 have been announced. The music of Sibelius is featured at five concerts, four of which are at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Details and links to the BBC’s website for more information are below. General booking for BBC Proms 2025 opens on 17 May.
Friday 18 July 2025 – Royal Albert Hall, London – First Night of the Proms 2025
Bliss: Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood
Mendelssohn: Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (Fingal’s Cave)
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Errollyn Wallen: The Elements – BBC commission: world premiere
Vaughan Williams: Sancta civitas
Lisa Batiashvili violin; Caspar Singh tenor; Gerald Finley bass baritone
BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Chorus; Members of London Youth Choirs
BBC Symphony Orchestra – Sakari Oramo conductor
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2025/first-night-of-the-proms-2025
Sunday 10 August 2025 – Royal Albert Hall, London – Edward Gardner Conducts the LPO
Sibelius: The Oceanides
Tippett: The Rose Lake
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Debussy: La mer
Aigul Akhmetshina mezzo-soprano
London Philharmonic Orchestra – Edward Gardner conductor
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2025/edward-gardner-conducts-the-lpo
Saturday 23 August 2025 – Bristol Beacon – Arvo Pärt, Sibelius, Gavin Higgins and Mozart
Sibelius: Rakastava
Arvo Pärt: Tabula rasa
Gavin Higgins: Rough Voices
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major
Zoë Beyers violin/director / Miranda Dale violin
Britten Sinfonia – Tess Jackson conductor
https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ezzv9r
Tuesday 26 August 2025 – Royal Albert Hall, London – Sibelius’s Second
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A minor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Hilary Hahn violin
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Andris Nelsons conductor
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2025/sibeliuss-second
Tuesday 2 September 2025 – Royal Albert Hall, London – Adès Conducts the BBC SO
Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela
Gabriella Smith: Breathing Forests – UK premiere
Thomas Adès: Five Spells from The Tempest
Sibelius: The Tempest – Suite No. 1
James McVinnie organ
BBC Symphony Orchestra – Thomas Adès conductor
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2025/ades-conducts-the-bbc-so
