Our Sibelius discography has been updated. To download the latest version (free of charge) please click here: Sibelius_Discography_20260321. More information on this project and other new release listings: click here for our Discography and Recordings page.

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

Our Sibelius discography has been updated. To download the latest version (free of charge) please click here: Sibelius_Discography_20231201. More information on this project and other new release listings: click here for our Discography and Recordings page.

The ongoing Sibelius discography project has received another update. To download the latest version (free) click this link: Sibelius_Discography_20220601. For more information on the discography project and recent releases click here to visit our Discography & Recordings page.