LYC in First Night of the Proms

Published 24 April 2025

London Youth Choirs are thrilled to announce our appearance in the First Night of the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, live on TV and Radio.

After our BBC Proms debut in 2024, we are so excited to be back in the Royal Albert Hall for the First Night of the BBC Proms 2025, this time live on TV as well as Radio.

Members of LYC Cambiata Girls, LYC Cambiata Boys and London Youth Choir will join the BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra and soloists Caspar Singh (Tenor) and Gerald Finley (Bass Baritone) to sing ‘Sancta civitas’ by Ralph Vaughan Williams. In this performance, conducted by Sakari Oramo, LYC will be the ‘distant chorus’, accompanied by an offstage trumpet.

With 86 concerts featuring more than 3,000 musicians, the BBC Proms comprises eight weeks of world-class music-making with some of the world’s finest musicians, running from Friday 18 July to Saturday 13 September 2025.

The First Night of the Proms will be broadcast live on BBC Two and BBC Radio 3 at 6.45pm on Friday 18 July. It will then be available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

LYC Artistic Director Rachel Staunton said:

“For London Youth Choirs, performing in London’s Royal Albert Hall on the opening night of the BBC Proms is a bucket list milestone. I am so proud to showcase the talent of diverse young voices from across London and prove they belong at the heart of one of the world’s most celebrated classical music festivals.”

Tickets for the Proms will go on sale at 9am on Saturday 17th May.