Music from the James Bond films and a night of prog rock classics will pepper this year’s BBC Proms, alongside the usual programme of orchestras, operas and soloists.
The eight-week season will feature 86 concerts in London, Gateshead, Bristol, Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Mold, with appearances by percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, soprano Louise Alder and pianist Yuja Wang.
Highlights include a celebration of Miles Davis’s centenary and reflections on Benjamin Britten, marking the 50th anniversary of his death.
The season, which begins on 17 July, will also include a tribute to Disney composer Alan Menken, and a journey into space with the team behind the TV show Horrible Histories.
The opening night concert will see Korean piano sensation Yunchan Lim playing Ravel’s piano concerto in G Major, and star tenor Thomas Atkins transporting the audience to France, via George Gershwin’s An American In Paris.
A celebration of homegrown creativity includes a brass band Prom with Yorkshire’s Black Dyke Band, making their sixth appearance at the festival.
There will also be the world premiere of a new concerto by Gwilym Simcock, written especially for Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Jess Gillam and Ben Goldscheider – 10 years after they were discovered through the BBC Young Musician competition.
