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It’s unfashionable, wild and wilful – why Bax’s music deserves a comeback

The British composer is once again missing from the Proms schedule – that’s our loss. Instead, here’s my pick of the brand new music you can catch at the summer festival

The Guardian - UK

Inside Prom Trends 2026: NYC High School Students Predict the Next Teen Fashion Style Wave

NYC teens spill: Hottest prom trends 2026 in teen fashion style. From dresses to accessories, get the looks high schoolers are obsessing over.

Fashion Times

Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique at the Proms review: raises a delicious shudder

4/5 Sean Shibe shined on guitar at this Prom before the witches swooped in

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‘I gave Tom Cruise an impromptu organ lesson!’ Anna Lapwood on her classical mashups – and her all-night Prom

She is the hottest property in classical music, a dazzling musician who can play Bach one minute and mix up Robbie Williams the next. Will her epic ‘explosion of energy’ Prom blow the Albert Hall roof off?

The Guardian - UK

The Best of the 2025 BBC Proms: 20 picks, from Chineke! to Mozart

As the Proms head back to London, another season of music variety beckons. Nick Kimberley picks out the ones worth grabbing tickets for

Evening Standard

Claudia Winkleman to host Traitors Prom as BBC reveals line-up for 2025 season

US musician St Vincent and British conductor Sir Simon Rattle also feature in the series of Proms.

Evening Standard

BBC Proms 2025: Full line-up revealed, including first-time Traitors Prom

86 star-studded Proms will be held across the eight-week festival

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The week in audio: Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club; The Coming Storm; Proms 2024

A winning double act provide revealing literary insights; Gabriel Gatehouse dives back into American conspiracy culture; and Florence + the Machine are top of the Proms

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: new gross-out Welsh comedy The Golden Cobra

This opener sets the tone for the grubby takeaway-set cartoon series. Plus: modern movie soundtracks at the Proms. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Prom 30: Bloch/NYO – a roof-raising display of virtuosity and shared joy

The National Youth Orchestra turned up the volume on Mahler’s First, a Wagner overture and premieres of Dani Howard and Missy Mazzoli … with a 100-strong choir joining in from the upper tiers and the aisles

The Guardian - UK

Prom 15: The Swingles/BBCPhil/Collon review – a bicycle wheel, birds and beatboxing

Anna Clyne’s The Gorgeous Nothings was fleetingly spellbinding, borne by the Swingles’ singing, and Nicholas Collon ensured Messaien’s Turangalila was light on its feet

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: BBC Proms week one review – hallelujahs all round

First Night fireworks with Elim Chan and co, a triumphant farewell from Mark Elder, and a ravishing love triangle kicked off a re-energised Proms

The Guardian - UK

Prom 4: Hallé/Elder review – a farewell eclipsed by the quality of the music-making

Mark Elder has led the Hallé for 24 years, championing the company’s choirs, in great voice here in a striking James MacMillan work, and bringing cerebral discipline and striking emotional truth to Mahler’s Fifth Symphony

The Guardian - UK

Prom 70: RLPO/Hindoyan/Tsujii review – eclectic stylish programme of snaps and sparks

The season’s penultimate Prom showcased the imaginative programming of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic’s Domingo Hindoyan with works by Rachmaninov and Bernstein alongside less well known pieces by Kapustin, Honegger and Ortiz

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The week in classical: Prom 64: Les Troyens; Prom 65: Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony; Proms 62 & 63: The Rite by Heart– review

With a stand-in conductor and a stellar cast, Berlioz’s monumental opera came into its own at the Proms; the BBC Symphony Orchestra let Bruckner’s colours unfurl; and Aurora’s Stravinsky played from memory proved unforgettable

Evening Standard

BBC Proms: Britten Sinfonia/Thomas Gould review - the ensemble takes on Max Richter with unfussy panache

The Tomas Gould-directed Proms was both daring and energetic

The Guardian - UK

Prom 51: BBCSO/Oramo review – Tetzlaff’s Elgar is as good as one could wish

The violinist gave a masterly performance of Elgar’s violin concerto, well matched by a responsive Sakari Oramo. Judith Weir’s nature-filled Begin Afresh, receiving its premiere, was evocative and full of ideas

The Independent UK

Row erupts at Royal Albert Hall over noisy popcorn eaten at the Proms

Confrontation ensued over a couple loudly munching on the snack

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The week in classical: Proms 30: Sinfonia of London/Wilson; Prom 31: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Oxford piano festival – review

The Albert Hall swooned to the sound of the Sinfonia of London and was silenced by Glyndebourne’s semi-staged Poulenc, while in Oxford you couldn’t move for great pianists

Evening Standard

‘Near fight’ at the Royal Albert Hall over noisy Proms popcorn

Classical music fans say the newly sold snack is disrupting concerts

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Prom 6: BBC Phil/ Wigglesworth/ Hough – fiery precision and brilliance

This stunning Prom featured Stephen Hough balancing bravura with lyricism in Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto, the premiere of Grace-Evangeline Mason’s quietly effective Ablaze the Moon and a finely judged reading of Mahler’s First Symphony

Evening Standard

When is BBC Proms back on TV in 2025?

Let the festivities begin

Evening Standard

The BBC Proms fights for its future

Hurt by arts cuts, gender balance criticisms and a post-Brexit lack of musicians from Europe, this year’s event is rife with insecurity. But, says Opera Now’s editor Hattie Butterworth, there is also defiant innovation...

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All the chic makeup looks the MUAs want us wearing for prom in 2023—and the products to keep them in place

These are the best prom makeup looks to opt for—plus some expert tips on making sure it lasts through ever dance...

Evening Standard

BBC Proms 2023: the 20 concerts to book now, from Anna Lapwood to a Northern Soul night

From Portuguese Fado to the Rite of Spring played from memory, a Horrible Histories opera and a tribute to a Bollywood legend, there’s something for everyone

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