The BBC’s fastest selling Proms
OrchestrasThis weekend saw record online sales for the 2024 Proms.
The following concerts were the hottest tickets:
First Night of the Proms conducted by Elim Chan (19 July),
Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco (20 July),
Sir Mark Elder conducts Mahler’s Fifth (21 July),
Verdi’s Requiem (23 July),
CBeebies Proms (27 July, two concerts),
Yunchan Lim performs Beethoven, Bruckner and Tüür (29 July),
Sam Smith (2 August),
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Brahms with the West–Eastern Divan (11 August),
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony (12 August),
Britten’s War Requiem (17 August),
Aurora Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Ninth (18 August),
Holst’s The Planets (25 August),
Doctor Who Proms (26 August, two concerts),
Simon Rattle conducts Mahler’s Sixth (6 September)
Florence + The Machine: Symphony of Lungs (11 September).
Controller Sam Jackson says: While these figures are very encouraging, audiences should be aware that no Prom at the Royal Albert Hall is ever sold out until the day itself, because you can buy standing tickets for every single concert, on the day.’
You can’t beat those good old disco strings!
I was happy to get a ticket for the August 5th Busoni Piano Concerto Prom . That’s all I wanted. Thanks
Good to start with Elim Chan
Definitely, she is fabulously talented and such a lovely person to work with.
some of us remember her blistering Beethoven 5 with the RSNO. Would have been a marvellous Music Director as well…
I got the tickets I wanted, especially Andras Schiff on 12th September.
Klaus Mäkelä doing the most crowd-pleasing programme imaginable does not make the list? Are people sick of him already?
Yes…
never just the many ignorants around and among them are most useless critics
I am thrilled to have got tickets for 11 Proms over three visits from Leeds in July, August and September, including the memorial concert fir Andrew Davis. Paid £12 a ticket plus two at £25. I just love it all and been going since I was 14 so in my DNA. War Requiem with Pappano conducting was sold out but may get one on the day or Prom. Can’t beat live music and being there, and there’s something there for everyone. Long may I be able to travel comfortably at my age!