Classical for starters Events
Sat 2 Aug 2025
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Marking 200 years since the birth of ‘Waltz King’ Johann Strauss II, Anna-Maria Helsing and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra celebrate the opulence and enchantment of Vienna’s Golden Age
Marking 200 years since the birth of ‘Waltz King’ Johann Strauss II, Anna-Maria Helsing and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra celebrate the opulence and enchantment of Vienna’s Golden Age
Programme
- Die Fledermaus – overture(8 mins)
- ‘Mein Herr Marquis’ (Laughing Song)(5 mins)
- Brennende Liebe – polka-mazurka(6 mins)
- Das Veilchen vom Montmartre – ‘Ich sing mein Lied im Regen und Schne’(7 mins)
- Wiener Café – waltz(6 mins)
- Straussiana(7 mins)
- interval
- The Land of Smiles – overture(8 mins)
- Der Vogelhändler – ‘Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol’(3 mins)
- Bal masqué(5 mins)
- Fröhliches Spiel(5 mins)
- Frühlingsstimmen – waltz(8 mins)
- By the Beautiful Blue Danube – waltz(6 mins)
Performers
- Erin Morleysoprano
- Anna-Maria Helsingconductor
Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee)
Tue 5 Aug 2025
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales and Nil Venditti celebrate Britain’s land- and sea-scapes with works including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales and Nil Venditti celebrate Britain’s land- and sea-scapes with works including Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’
Programme
- Coronation March ‘Crown Imperial’(6 mins)arr. Tausky
- The Lark Ascending(13 mins)
- Isle of Beauty(3 mins)
- The Evening Star(3 mins)
- Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’(16 mins)
- interval
- Dance Overture(6 mins)
- Bird Songs(10 mins)ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere
- The Shepherd(4 mins)
- A Rustling of Grass(3 mins)arr. Zoë Birtwhistle
- Elegy for Strings(7 mins)
- ‘Enigma’ Variations(31 mins)
Performers
- Liya Petrovaviolin
- Nil Venditticonductor
Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
Thu 7 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra presents a musical postcard from America, performing Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony, Jennifer Higdon’s Blue Cathedral and Arturo Márquez’s Concierto de otoño
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra presents a musical postcard from America, performing Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony, Jennifer Higdon’s Blue Cathedral and Arturo Márquez’s Concierto de otoño
Programme
- An American Port of Call(9 mins)European premiere
- Blue Cathedral(11 mins)
- Concierto de otoño(19 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’(40 mins)
Performers
- Pacho Florestrumpet
- Percussionists from Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company and In Harmony Liverpool
- Domingo Hindoyanconductor
Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
Sat 9 Aug 2025
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Britain’s most talented teenagers present a concert of intergalactic musical giants: The National Youth Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska perform Holst’s The Planets alongside music from John Williams’s mighty Star Wars soundtracks
Britain’s most talented teenagers present a concert of intergalactic musical giants: The National Youth Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska perform Holst’s The Planets alongside music from John Williams’s mighty Star Wars soundtracks
Programme
- Star Wars – suite(25 mins)
- The Observatory(14 mins)
- interval
- The Planets(51 mins)
Performers
- Dalia Stasevskaconductor
Composers
Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee)
Sat 16 Aug 2025
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra reflect this year’s Shostakovich anniversary with a Prom that takes the audience under the hood of a 20th-century masterpiece – the Fifth Symphony – and into the mind of the man who made it
Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra reflect this year’s Shostakovich anniversary with a Prom that takes the audience under the hood of a 20th-century masterpiece – the Fifth Symphony – and into the mind of the man who made it
Programme
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in D minor(59 mins)(performed from memory)
Performers
- Max Revellactor/dancer
- Polly Frameactor
- Craig Steinactor
- Sarah Twomeyactor
- Jane MitchellCo-Director and scriptwriter
- James BonasCo-Director
- Scott Graham for Frantic AssemblyCo-director
- Sean Hollands for Frantic AssemblyAssociate to Scott Graham
- Zakk Heinvideo design
- David Bishoplighting design
- Nicholas Collonconductor
Composers
Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee)
Fri 25 Jul 2025
- 18:30Royal Albert Hall
Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Saint-Saëns’s ‘Egyptian’ Piano Concerto with Alexandre Kantorow, plus Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and selections from Rameau’s ballet Les Indes galantes
Maxim Emelyanychev and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Saint-Saëns’s ‘Egyptian’ Piano Concerto with Alexandre Kantorow, plus Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and selections from Rameau’s ballet Les Indes galantes
Programme
- Les Indes galantes – suite(24 mins)
- Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, ‘Egyptian’(29 mins)
- interval
- Bruckner’s Skull(16 mins)
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor(31 mins)
Performers
- Alexandre Kantorowpiano
- Maxim Emelyanychevconductor
Thu 24 Jul 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra join soloist Augustin Hadelich for Mendelssohn’s vivacious, melody-filled Violin Concerto. We also hear Stravinsky’s The Song of the Nightingale and Strauss’s tone-poem Till Eulenspiegel
Sakari Oramo and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra join soloist Augustin Hadelich for Mendelssohn’s vivacious, melody-filled Violin Concerto. We also hear Stravinsky’s The Song of the Nightingale and Strauss’s tone-poem Till Eulenspiegel
Programme
- Song of the Nightingale(21 mins)
- Violin Concerto in E minor(26 mins)
- interval
- Tales (Tails) of the Signifying Monkey(15 mins)European premiere
- Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks(15 mins)
Performers
- Augustin Hadelichviolin
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Also part ofProms 2025
Wed 23 Jul 2025
- 18:30Royal Albert Hall
American violinist Randall Goosby makes his Proms debut with the Orchestre National de France performing Joseph Bologne’s graceful Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8, and Chausson’s passionate musical love letter, the ±Ê´Çè³¾±ð
American violinist Randall Goosby makes his Proms debut with the Orchestre National de France performing Joseph Bologne’s graceful Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8, and Chausson’s passionate musical love letter, the ±Ê´Çè³¾±ð
Programme
- Rapsodie espagnole(16 mins)
- Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8(22 mins)
- interval
- Danse mystique(13 mins)UK premiere
- ±Ê´Çè³¾±ð(17 mins)
- La valse(12 mins)
Performers
- Randall Goosbyviolin
- Cristian Măcelaruconductor
Sun 8 Sep 2024
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms with Duke Ellington’s jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker, Stewart Goodyear’s celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, and Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking ‘Pathétique’ Symphony.
Chineke! Orchestra returns to the Proms with Duke Ellington’s jazzed-up take on Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker, Stewart Goodyear’s celebration of Caribbean music, Callaloo, and Tchaikovsky’s heartbreaking ‘Pathétique’ Symphony.
Programme
- The Nutcracker Suite(24 mins)arr. Ellington & Strayhorn, arr. and adapted J. Tyzik
- Callaloo – Caribbean Suite for piano and orchestra(28 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(46 mins)
Performers
- Stewart Goodyearpiano
- Andrew Gramsconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2024
Sun 25 Aug 2024
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Holst’s suite The Planets is one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite to perform the work alongside Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph and a new piece from Finnish-American composer Lara Poe.
Holst’s suite The Planets is one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite to perform the work alongside Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph and a new piece from Finnish-American composer Lara Poe.
Programme
- The Wood Nymph(22 mins)
- Laulut maaseudulta (Songs from the Countryside)(18 mins)ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere
- interval
- The Planets(50 mins)
Performers
- Anu Komsisoprano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Composers