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The 2026 Proms: tell us about your favourite concerts

The 2026 Proms: tell us about your favourite concerts

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Ahead of Saturday’s Last Night, we want to hear what you’ve enjoyed this year. Has any of the new music made it on to your playlists? Which soloists wowed you? Did you sing along to Hey Jude with the Jupiter Ensemble ? Share your listening experiences in the comments With 86 concerts over eight weeks, the BBC Proms’ cl

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Ahead of Saturday’s Last Night, we want to hear what you’ve enjoyed this year. Has any of the new music made it on to your playlists?

Which soloists wowed you? Did you sing along to Hey Jude with the Jupiter Ensemble ?

Share your listening experiences in the comments With 86 concerts over eight weeks, the BBC Proms’ claim to be the world’s greatest and biggest classical music festival is hard to dispute. As the 2026 season draws to a close, we want to hear from you.

Which proms have you enjoyed in the Royal Albert Hall, on the radio or online? Did you attend a concert in Bristol, Sunderland, Gateshead or Mold ?

Our critics loved the Berlin Phil , John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London , the Oslo Philharmonic with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla , and Aurora Orchestra’s exploration and performance of Mahler’s 1st among many others; while of the new music premiered this year, Turnage’s Festen Suite was a riot of colour, Thea Musgrave’s Bassoon Concerto was a beguiling treat and Jessie Montgomery’s Cello Concerto a mesmerising highlight.

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