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The Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 78

Every episode of BBC Proms Season 78 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of BBC Proms Season 78!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 12 - Prom 18: Sam Smith
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S78:E12

    For their only UK appearance of 2024, Sam Smith joins the BBC Concert Orchestra for a retrospective look at their seminal debut solo album In the Lonely Hour, released 10 years ago and featuring tracks such as ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Lay Me Down’.

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  2. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 1 - First Night of the Proms 2024
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E1

    In her First Night of the Proms debut, conductor Elim Chan presents Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony alongside Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and Clara Schumann’s tender Piano Concerto, featuring star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

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  3. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 3 - Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E3

    Verdi’s Requiem was first performed 150 years ago and given its British premiere at the Royal Albert Hall the following year. Ryan Bancroft leads the BBC NOW and massed singers in a performance of this vivid choral masterpieces.

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  4. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 13 - Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E13

    Holst’s suite The Planets is one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite to perform the work alongside Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph and a new piece from Finnish-American composer Lara Poe.

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  5. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 14 - Prom 42: Beethoven’s Ninth by Heart
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E14

    Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony by bringing their unique Orchestral Theatre approach to the iconic work with the help of the BBC Singers and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain

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  6. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 17 - Prom 57: Ultra Lounge – Henry Mancini and Beyond
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E17

    Marking a century since Henry Mancini’s birth, Edwin Outwater and the BBC Concert Orchestra celebrate the man and his music in styles ranging from jazz to light classical and film music.

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  7. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 24 - Prom 69: Florence + The Machine – Symphony of Lungs
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E24

    Florence Welch – aka Florence + The Machine – joins Jules Buckley and his Orchestra for a celebration of Lungs, her BRIT Award-winning debut album, released to huge acclaim 15 years ago.

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  8. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 25 - Prom 48: Doctor Who Prom
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E25

    Doctor Who makes its much-anticipated return to the Proms with a brand-new show celebrating the Doctor’s latest adventures. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and a host of special guests present a concert like no other in all of space and time…

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  9. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 2 - Prom 4: Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth
    6.0/10(1 votes)

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    The entire Hallé family visits from Manchester to celebrate Sir Mark Elder’s last season as Music Director after 25 years in the role. Together they present Sir James MacMillan’s Timotheus, Bacchus and Cecilia and Mahler’s life-affirming Symphony No. 5.

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  10. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 4 - Prom 13: Sarah Vaughan – If You Could See Me Now
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E4

    The BBC Concert Orchestra and Guy Barker are joined by a starry line up of singers for a celebration of one of the most iconic voices of the 20th century, Sarah Vaughan, with songs including 'If You Could See Me Now’ and ‘Broken-Hearted Melody’.

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  11. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 5 - Prom 15: Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E5

    Nicholas Collon and the BBC Philharmonic perform the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century, Messiaen’s Turangalîla, after the world premiere of Anna Clyne’s The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms

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  12. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 6 - Prom 21: The Sinfonia of London and John Wilson
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E6

    John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London perform a programme of scintillating American classics including Copland’s ballet Billy the Kid, haunting works by Barber and Ives, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and John Adam’s Harmonielehre.

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  13. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 7 - Prom 20: Songs and Dances with the Kanneh-Masons
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E7

    Brothers Braimah and Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Brazilian guitarist Plínio Fernandes join forces with the dynamic Fantasia Orchestra for a family-friendly concert of folk songs, dances, prayers and incantations

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  14. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 8 - Prom 30: The National Youth Orchestra plays Mahler’s First
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E8

    The National Youth Orchestra, comprising some of Britain’s most talented young players, performs Mahler’s anguished, ultimately triumphant Symphony No.1, alongside works by Wagner and Missy Mazzoli and a new commission from Dani Howard.

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  15. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 10 - Prom 37: Britten’s War Requiem
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E10

    Sir Antonio Pappano and his London Symphony Orchestra are joined by three choirs and three outstanding vocal soloists for a work of hope that emerged from the ashes of destruction: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem

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  16. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 15 - Prom 2: Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S78:E15

    The BBC Concert Orchestra lends its power and exuberance to an evening that celebrates a pivotal movement in late 20th-century club culture. Get ready for all the glitz, glamour and groove of disco at the Proms!

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  17. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 16 - Prom 54: Beethoven for Three
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E16

    Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma come together to form a classical supergroup, bringing greater intimacy than ever before to Beethoven’s ‘Pastoral’ Sixth Symphony while also performing one of the composer’s best-loved chamber works.

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  18. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 18 - Prom 41: Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E18

    Riccardo Minasi conducts his dynamic Ensemble Resonanz in a pair of Mozart’s most thrilling overtures – from The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni – alongside his achingly beautiful Sinfonia concertante and the ‘Jupiter’ Symphony

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  19. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 23 - Prom 12: CBeebies Prom – Wildlife Jamboree
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E23

    Join Duggee, Bluey, the Octonauts and lots more of your CBeebies friends to celebrate the natural world in music and song at the spectacular Wildlife Jamboree. Kwamé Ryan leads the Sinfonia Smith Square, BBC Singers & CBeebies East London Schools’ Choir.

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  20. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 21 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 1
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S78:E21

    Katie Derham hosts classical music's biggest party of the year, with soloists Sir Stephen Hough and Angel Blue and the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo.

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  21. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 22 - Last Night of the Proms, Part 2
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S78:E22

    Katie Derham invites you to join her for the season's glittering finale, with all the traditional favourites and some exciting surprises.

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  22. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 11 - Prom 36: Gemma New conducts Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E11

    Gemma New joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s musical retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, following Mozart’s heavenly Clarinet Concerto with Anthony McGill and Mel Bonis’s colourful Salomé

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  23. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 9 - Prom 34: 21st-Century Soundtracks
    4.0/10(2 votes)

    S78:E9

    Edith Bowman presents a night for film lovers, with music from blockbusters including Everything Everywhere All at Once, All Quiet on the Western Front and Tár.

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  24. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 19 - New Music at the Proms 2024
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    S78:E19

    A celebration of some of the most exciting new classical music premiered in the Royal Albert Hall this summer chosen by Tom Service, presenter of Radio 3’s New Music Show.

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  25. BBC Proms Season 78 Episode 20 - Unmissable Moments at the Proms 2024
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S78:E20

    A journey through 2024’s five-star BBC Proms season, celebrating Mozart, Sam Smith, Beethoven, Mancini, Holst, Bob Marley and so much more.

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Season 78 Ratings Summary

"Prom 18: Sam Smith" is the best rated episode of "BBC Proms" season 78. It scored 7.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/24/2024. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "First Night of the Proms 2024".