BBC R3 Tom McKinney opens the doors on BBC Proms 2026, live from the Royal Albert Hall as the day, and anticipation, begins to build. 2026-07-17 Georgia Mann dives into Proms 2026 with guests, live music and the buzz of the Royal Albert Hall as the musicians opening the season begin to arrive. 2026-07-17 Mark Forrest keeps the Proms Countdown atmosphere buzzing with star guests and live music as crowds gather outside the Royal Albert Hall. 2026-07-17 Katie Derham leads Proms Countdown into its big moment, counting down to the very first note of the BBC Proms 2026 and the new season begins. 2026-07-17 Live at the BBC Proms: piano superstar Yunchan Lim joins the BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, the BBC Singers & conductor Dalia Stasevska in a concert of Copland, Gershwin & Ravel. 2026-07-17 How did the domestication of animals change how we made music? Dr Brenna Hassett unearths the origins of our earliest musical instruments, ending with the Agricultural Revolution. 2026-07-17 Verity Sharp explores the latest and greatest in experimental music from around the world. 2026-07-17 In this Friday's edition, Soweto brings us music from Scottish experimental jazz and folk duo Norman&Corrie, recorded live at the Jazz Promotion Network in November. 2026-07-17 Winners of the Géza Anda Competition perform concertos by Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart with the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. 2026-07-17 Hannah French presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. 2026-07-18 Celebrating the start of the Proms, Tom Service chats to conductor Nicholas Collon and composer Jessie Montgomery and previews the Prog Rock Prom with broadcaster Stuart Maconie. 2026-07-18 Jools is joined by singer and songwriter Sam Brown, with music by CPE Bach, Copland and Caroline Shaw. 2026-07-18 1741. On a rough crossing to Dublin, Handel carries the manuscript of a masterpiece. 2026-07-18 Andrew McGregor with the best of the week's new classical releases, joined by Kirsten Gibson who picks her 5 favourite recordings by this week's Proms Composer, John Dowland. 2026-07-18 Edith Bowman returns with your weekly dive into film music. This week, conductor Hugh Tieppo-Brunt joins to discusses the music of 'Mr Turner' in Harmonising Hollywood. 2026-07-18 Jess Gillam swaps favourite music with the pianist Pavel Kolesnikov, including tracks by Stravinsky, Nina Simone, Brahms and Zemfira. 2026-07-18 Lopa Kothari presents the latest in global folk and roots music, and Portuguese fado singer Gisela João shares two tracks: one for the road, and one that takes her home. 2026-07-18 Jazz saxophonist Emma Rawicz pays tribute to the legendary Brazilian Hermeto Pascoal, and violinist Hana Chang plays Clara Schumann's Romances. 2026-07-18 Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames celebrate prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Stuart Maconie and special guests. 2026-07-18 Kate Molleson is joined by three composers who were all born on the same day in 1976: Øyvind Torvund, Cassandra Miller and David Fennessy. 2026-07-18