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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Imogen Tilden

BBC Proms to celebrate Miles Davis’s centenary and 250 years of US independence

Orchestra musicians experiment inside inflated hot air balloon ahead of the Bristol prom
Musicians experiment inside an inflated hot air balloon inside Beacon Hall, Bristol, for the BBC Proms Bristol weekend. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

The BBC has announced the 2026 Proms season, the 99th under the broadcaster’s control (the so-called Promenade concerts began in 1895). Seventy-two concerts in the Royal Albert Hall and 14 across the UK – in Bristol, Gateshead and, in a Proms first, Mold – will showcase a vast range of UK classical music talent.

Sam Jackson, controller, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Proms, hailed a “creatively bold season that packs a punch when it comes to international orchestras and names”.

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