Classical music concerts around the world

August 2026

1. Monday, 17 August 202619:00

   Copland and Stravinsky

   LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

   Aaron CoplandGabriel KahaneIgor Stravinsky
2. Monday, 17 August 202619:00

   Così fan tutte – The Essential Cut

   LondonUnited KingdomSinfonia Smith Square

   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. Tuesday, 18 August 202619:00

   Belmont Ensemble: Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight

   LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields

   Antonio VivaldiGeorg Friedrich HändelJohann Sebastian Bach
4. Tuesday, 18 August 202619:00

   Shostakovich’s Tenth

   LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

   Dmitri ShostakovichÉdith Canat de Chizy
5. Tuesday, 18 August 202619:30

   Tao of Glass

   LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

   Philip Glass
6. Tuesday, 18 August 202619:30

   Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra

   LondonUnited KingdomBarbican

   Bohdana FrolyakGiuseppe Verdi
7. Tuesday, 18 August 2026

   The Rake's Progress

   LondonUnited KingdomBritish Youth Opera

   Igor Stravinsky
8. Wednesday, 19 August 202619:00

   Glyndebourne Prom: Ariadne auf Naxos

   LondonUnited KingdomLondon Philharmonic Orchestra

   Richard Strauss
9. Wednesday, 19 August 202619:00

   ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ from Glyndebourne

   LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

   Richard Strauss
10. Wednesday, 19 August 202619:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
11. Wednesday, 19 August 2026

    The Rake's Progress

    LondonUnited KingdomBritish Youth Opera

    Igor Stravinsky
12. Thursday, 20 August 202613:00

    Great Sacred Music: World Humanitarian Day

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields

    Anna TabbushArvo PärtMary MacDonaldOla GjeiloWilliam Levi Dawson
13. Thursday, 20 August 202614:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
14. Thursday, 20 August 202619:00

    Gunel Mirzayeva: Mozart and Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields

    Claude DebussyGeorg Friedrich HändelJohann Sebastian BachLudwig van BeethovenWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
15. Thursday, 20 August 202619:00

    Miles Davis Centenary

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

    Eddie BarclayGeorge GershwinGil EvansJoaquín RodrigoKurt WeillManuel de FallaMiles Davis
16. Thursday, 20 August 202619:30

    Opera Prelude: Trouble in Tahiti & Seven Deadly Sins

    LondonUnited KingdomOpera Holland Park

    Kurt WeillLeonard Bernstein
17. Thursday, 20 August 2026

    The Rake's Progress

    LondonUnited KingdomBritish Youth Opera

    Igor Stravinsky
18. Friday, 21 August 202619:00

    Belmont Ensemble: Music from the Movies by Candlelight

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields

    Antonio VivaldiJohann Sebastian BachWilliam Walton
19. Friday, 21 August 202619:00

    Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

    Bushra El-TurkGustav MahlerJoseph Haydn
20. Friday, 21 August 202619:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
21. Friday, 21 August 202619:30

    Mandle Cheung conducts Mahler's Symphony No.2, 'Resurrection'

    LondonUnited KingdomRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Gustav Mahler
22. Friday, 21 August 202619:30

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Mandle Cheung

    LondonUnited KingdomAlexandra Palace

    Gustav Mahler
23. Friday, 21 August 2026

    The Rake's Progress

    LondonUnited KingdomBritish Youth Opera

    Igor Stravinsky
24. Saturday, 22 August 202614:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
25. Saturday, 22 August 202619:00

    Belmont Ensemble: Vivaldi Four Seasons by Candlelight

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields

    Antonio VivaldiGeorg Friedrich HändelJohann Sebastian Bach
26. Saturday, 22 August 202619:30

    Wild Arts: The Marriage of Figaro

    LondonUnited KingdomOpera Holland Park

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
27. Saturday, 22 August 202619:30

    BBC Proms

    LondonUnited KingdomChineke! Orchestra

    Antonín DvořákEdmund Thornton JenkinsGeorge GershwinHarold ArlenIrving BerlinMargaret BondsRichard RodgersSamuel Barber
28. Saturday, 22 August 202619:30

    Chineke! Orchestra with Angel Blue

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

    Antonín DvořákEdmund Thornton JenkinsGeorge GershwinHarold ArlenIrving BerlinMargaret BondsRichard RodgersSamuel Barber
29. Sunday, 23 August 202611:00

    BBC Proms: Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony

    LondonUnited KingdomAcademy of St Martin in the Fields

    Benjamin BrittenEdward ElgarThea MusgraveWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
30. Sunday, 23 August 202611:00

    Mozart’s ‘Haffner’ Symphony

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

    Benjamin BrittenEdward ElgarThea MusgraveWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
31. Sunday, 23 August 202615:15

    Choral Classics: Sumer Is Icumen In – Songs of the English Countryside

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields

    AnonymousGordon LangfordPhilip HayesRalph Vaughan WilliamsThomas RavenscroftThomas WeelkesWilliam Byrd
32. Sunday, 23 August 202619:30

    Capuçon Plays Dvořák’s Cello Concerto

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

    Antonín DvořákClaude DebussyEdgard VarèseIgor Stravinsky
33. Monday, 24 August 202617:00

    OAE TOTS: A Musical Adventure

    LondonUnited KingdomOrchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
34. Monday, 24 August 202619:00

    American Classics

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms
35. Monday, 24 August 202619:30

    BBC Proms: Marin Alsop & the Marcus Roberts Trio

    LondonUnited KingdomPhilharmonia Orchestra

    Aaron CoplandGeorge GershwinJerome MorossJoan TowerLeonard BernsteinWilliam Grant Still
36. Monday, 24 August 202619:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
37. Tuesday, 25 August 202619:00

    Rhapsody in Blue and Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields

    George GershwinLudwig van BeethovenMaurice RavelWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
38. Tuesday, 25 August 202619:00

    Bond and Beyond

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms
39. Tuesday, 25 August 202619:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
40. Wednesday, 26 August 202619:00

    The Met Orchestra Plays Strauss

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

    Richard Strauss
41. Wednesday, 26 August 202619:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
42. Thursday, 27 August 202613:00

    Great Sacred Music: World Lake Day

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields
43. Thursday, 27 August 202614:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
44. Thursday, 27 August 202618:00

    The Met Orchestra Plays Mahler

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

    Gustav MahlerKaija Saariaho
45. Thursday, 27 August 202619:00

    Belmont Ensemble: Bach, Handel and Vivaldi by Candlelight

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields

    Antonio VivaldiGeorg Friedrich HändelJohann PachelbelJohann Sebastian Bach
46. Thursday, 27 August 202622:15

    Ultimate Calm

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms

    Belle ChenClaude DebussyErland CooperGerald FinziIsobel Waller-BridgeJean SibeliusJóhann JóhannssonJosef RheinbergerLucinda Chua
47. Friday, 28 August 202619:00

    Trafalgar Sinfonia: Music from the Movies by Candlelight

    LondonUnited KingdomSt Martin-in-the-Fields
48. Friday, 28 August 202619:30

    Tao of Glass

    LondonUnited Kingdom@sohoplace

    Philip Glass
49. Friday, 28 August 202619:30

    Gaia x BBC Concert Orchestra: Sounds of the Earth

    LondonUnited KingdomSouthbank Centre

    Arvo PärtDobrinka TabakovaHildur GuðnadóttirRalph Vaughan WilliamsSamuel Barber
50. Friday, 28 August 202619:30

    Altın Gün

    LondonUnited KingdomBBC Proms