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Tonight is all about stories of the human spirit. Alban Gerhardt returns with Shostakovich’s second cello concert whilst ‘A Hero’s Life’ is the musical autobiography of Richard Strauss, under the baton of Alpesh Chauhan OBE.

From Elgar’s green and pleasant lands with the famous Cello Concerto to depths of Russia, culminating in Stravinsky’s ballet ‘The Firebird’.

The Year 1905: Shostakovich’s monumental symphony meets Beethoven at his brightest. Unchained energy from conductor Jakub Hrusa, pianist Jonathan Biss and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra.

Dark drama contrasts outright giddiness in Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony, demonstrating kaleidoscopic variation at its most vivid.

Dark drama contrasts outright giddiness in Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony, demonstrating kaleidoscopic variation at its most vivid.

Conductor Elim Chan and pianist Benjamin Grosvenor: a dream-team joins the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich, Britten and the UK premiere of Elizabeth Ogonek’s ravishing Moondog.

2025 sees the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death, so in celebration of his life we take his firecracker Ninth Symphony on the road to Aberystwyth and Bangor this March.

2025 sees the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death, so in celebration of his life we take his firecracker Ninth Symphony on the road to Aberystwyth and Bangor this March.

Imagine...a journey from darkness to light. Struggles between love & despair inspire a pulse-raising master-piece that stirs the soul.

Imagine...a journey from darkness to light. Struggles between love & despair inspire a pulse-raising masterpiece that stirs the soul.

Imagine...a journey from darkness to light. Struggles between love & despair inspire a pulse-raising masterpiece.

Join ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland’s Young Classical Musician 2025 Grand Final on 14 June 2025 at 7pm! Three talented finalists perform with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ SSO, conducted by Andrew Gourlay. Judges: Alice Farnham, Nick Zekulin, Jennifer Martin. Hosted by Jamie MacDougall.

Nicholas McCarthy – the world’s only professional one-handed concert pianist – makes his Proms debut with Ravel’s Concerto for the Left Hand. Mark Wigglesworth and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra join him on stage

Former ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales, before Shostakovich’s deeply poignant memorial to Jewish suffering, the Symphony No. 13

Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra reflect this year’s Shostakovich anniversary with a Prom that takes the audience under the hood of a 20th-century masterpiece – the Fifth Symphony – and into the mind of the man who made it

Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra reflect this year’s Shostakovich anniversary with a Prom that takes the audience under the hood of a 20th-century masterpiece – the 5th Symphony – and into the mind of the man who made it.

Pekka Kuusisto brings the strings of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra to the Proms with singer and composer Katarina Barruk, performing songs that combine the traditional and the modern

A chance to hear Shostakovich’s blistering operatic tragedy with Amanda Majeski starring as Katerina and Nicky Spence as her lover Sergey

The Chineke! Orchestra, conducted for the first time by Sir Simon Rattle, performs Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony: a portrait of life – and death – in Stalin’s Russia

The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Delyana Lazarova are joined by Anastasia Kobekina for Shostakovich’s supremely demanding Cello Concerto No. 1. Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony makes up the second half

The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites

Shostakovich’s shattering Eighth Symphony is the climax of a gripping all-Russian programme from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra guest conductor Hannu Lintu and viola phenom Timothy Ridout.

Grief, rage and manic intensity.

Guest Conductor Elim Chan reveals the deadly secrets of Bartók’s thrilling work 'Bluebeard’s Castle' with the help of two world-class soloists.

Alice Coote & Gábor Bretz join conductor Elim Chan for Bartók’s thrilling work 'Bluebeard’s Castle' revealing deadly secrets. Plus pieces by Britten & Shostakovich in this dramatic concert!