Discovery at the Proms Events
Fri 5 Sep 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The Chineke! Orchestra, conducted by Jonathon Heyward, performs Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony: a portrait of life – and death – in Stalin’s Russia
The Chineke! Orchestra, conducted by Jonathon Heyward, performs Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony: a portrait of life – and death – in Stalin’s Russia
Programme
- The Bamboula(10 mins)
- Fanfare for Uncommon Times(7 mins)
- Visions of Cahokia(13 mins)European Premiere
- interval
- Symphony No. 10 in E minor(57 mins)
Performers
- Jonathon Heywardconductor
Sat 30 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Award-winning Baroque dynamos Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra make their Proms debut with Handel’s oratorio Alexander’s Feast, given here in the three-part version the composer made for performances in Dublin in 1742
Award-winning Baroque dynamos Peter Whelan and the Irish Baroque Orchestra make their Proms debut with Handel’s oratorio Alexander’s Feast, given here in the three-part version the composer made for performances in Dublin in 1742
Programme
- Alexander’s Feast(107 mins)1742 version (sung in English)
Performers
- Hilary Croninsoprano
- Hugh Cuttingcounter-tenor
- Stuart Jacksontenor
- Peter Whelanconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2025
Thu 28 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
An all-French programme from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and Marie Jacquot sees Bizet’s incidental music for The Girl from Arles performed alongside a fantasy on themes from his popular opera Carmen, reimagined with explosive virtuosity by Sarasate
An all-French programme from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and Marie Jacquot sees Bizet’s incidental music for The Girl from Arles performed alongside a fantasy on themes from his popular opera Carmen, reimagined with explosive virtuosity by Sarasate
Programme
- L' Arlésienne – Suite No. 1(17 mins)
- Carmen Fantasy(12 mins)
- interval
- ´¡²Ô»å°ù´Ç³¾Ã¨»å±ð(15 mins)
- Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’(36 mins)
Performers
- Inmo Yangviolin
- Rachel Mahonorgan
- Marie Jacquotconductor
Mon 18 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Sir Mark Elder conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, massed choirs and four star soloists in Delius’s A Mass for Life, which celebrates the transcendent power and triumph of the human spirit in the face of death
Sir Mark Elder conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, massed choirs and four star soloists in Delius’s A Mass for Life, which celebrates the transcendent power and triumph of the human spirit in the face of death
Programme
- A Mass of Life(100 mins)(sung in German, with English surtitles)
Performers
- Jennifer Davissoprano
- Claudia Hucklecontralto
- David Butt Philiptenor
- Roderick Williamsbaritone
- Sir Mark Elderconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2025
Thu 14 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Celebrated classical and film composer Joe Hisaishi makes his Proms debut conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in his own The End of the World, alongside Steve Reich’s scorched-earth vision of a post-nuclear wasteland The Desert Music
Celebrated classical and film composer Joe Hisaishi makes his Proms debut conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in his own The End of the World, alongside Steve Reich’s scorched-earth vision of a post-nuclear wasteland The Desert Music
Programme
- Symphonic Suite: The Boy and the Heron for piano and orchestra(15 mins)European premiere
- The End of the World(36 mins)2015 version
- interval
- The Desert Music(48 mins)
Performers
- John Holidaycounter-tenor
- Joe Hisaishiconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2025