Discovery at the Proms Events
Mon 4 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu
The sonic scope of Mahler’s Das klagende Lied meets its match in the musical spectacle of Pierre Boulez’s ‘majestic processional’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna, performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra under Hannu Lintu
Programme
- Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna(32 mins)
- interval
- Das klagende Lied (original version, 1880)(65 mins)
Performers
- Natalya Romaniwsoprano
- Jennifer Johnstonmezzo-soprano
- Russell Thomastenor
- James Newbybaritone
- Hannu Lintuconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2025Seats from £10 to £46 (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)
Sun 10 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of 20th-century orchestral sound-pictures, including Debussy’s La mer, Sibelius’s The Oceanides and Ravel’s song-cycle ³§³óé³óé°ù²¹³ú²¹»å±ð
Edward Gardner conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of 20th-century orchestral sound-pictures, including Debussy’s La mer, Sibelius’s The Oceanides and Ravel’s song-cycle ³§³óé³óé°ù²¹³ú²¹»å±ð
Programme
- The Oceanides(11 mins)
- The Rose Lake(29 mins)
- interval
- ³§³óé³óé°ù²¹³ú²¹»å±ð(17 mins)
- La mer(23 mins)
Performers
- Aigul Akhmetshinamezzo-soprano
- Edward Gardnerconductor
Also part ofProms 2025Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
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 2025Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)
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 2025Seats from £10 to £46 (plus booking fee)
Mon 28 Jul 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Harrison Birtwistle’s monumental Earth Dances returns to the Proms for the first time this century, paired with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, the ‘Eroica’
Harrison Birtwistle’s monumental Earth Dances returns to the Proms for the first time this century, paired with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, the ‘Eroica’
Programme
- Earth Dances(38 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Eroica’(47 mins)
Performers
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor
Composers
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