Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Dalia Stasevska rarely lacks ambition, but her programme of Barber, Lyatoshynsky and Caroline Shaw is something of a curate's egg.

Gautier Capuçon's devotional performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto shares the limelight with Alain Altinoglu's pulsating performance of Varèse’s Amériques. 

James Gaffigan's programme ranges from Wynton Marsalis’s fizzing but elusive new work for orchestra, Gershwin’s stylish Piano Concerto to a compelling account of Barber’s First Symphony.

Works of religious stimulus are given outstanding performances under the baton of rising star Nil Venditti.

Cellist Guy Johnston joins Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony for a Prom journeying from humanity's darkest shadows to radiant optimism.

Dalia Stasevska conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a nod to #America250 and Yunchan Lim plays Ravel's jazzy Piano Concerto in G. 

Harpsichordist Jean Rondeau and violinist Isabelle Faust were among the winners at Wednesday’s award ceremony, which also saw Dame Imogen Cooper receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

With a focus on Shostakovich, and many prestigious guest orchestras from around Europe, this year’s BBC Proms confirms orchestral music can make a big public statement.

The UK’s premier summer classical music festival offers the chance to get up close to some of the world’s finest orchestras – a transformative experience at any age.