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Katie Derham live from the Royal Albert Hall

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham counts down to the First Night of the Proms with live music and guests.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Katie Derham counts down to the First Night of the Proms with live music and guests.

The last lap of the roving mic is taken by Katie Derham. She'll chat to the Prommers in the queue, and have a live listen-in to the ѿý Symphony Orchestra's First Night of the Proms rehearsal. Plus the Wigfield Brass Quintet from the Royal College of Music perform live.

2 hours, 45 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Jul 2025 16:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Thomas Klug.
    • Haydn/Hummel/Neruda/Torelli: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Dance (Othello Suite)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Romance, Op 28

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 flutes in C major, RV 533

    Performer: Katy Bircher. Performer: Flavia Hirte. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi x22.
    • Signum.
    • 7-9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64 (3rd mvt, Valse)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 18 in D major, K 576 "The Hunt" (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Influences.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Arooj Aftab

    Lullaby

    Composer: Bhrigu Sahni. Performer: Bhrigu Sahni. Performer: Magda Giannikou. Performer: JBXDR. Performer: Sonny Singh. Singer: Arooj Aftab. Singer: Mario Carrillo.
    • Arooj Aftab.
  • Tommaso Giordani

    The Irish Medley

    Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Director: Peter Whelan.
    • LINN.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • The Kreisler Album: Joshua Bell/Paul Coker.
    • Decca.
  • Frederick Delius

    A Mass of Life (conclusion)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Singer: Gemma Summerfield. Singer: Claudia Huckle. Singer: Bror Magnus Tødenes. Choir: Bergen Filharmoniske Kor. Choir: Edvard Grieg Kor. Choir: Collegiûm Mûsicûm. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Delius: A Mass of Life.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 12.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op 15 No 1

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Peter Pettinger.
    • Elgar: Violin sonata etc: Kennedy/Pettinger.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Paul Dukas

    La Peri: Fanfare

    Ensemble: Wigfield Brass Quintet.
  • Hayato Hirose

    Cotswolds Pictures

    Ensemble: Wigfield Brass Quintet.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Where'er You Walk.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1402.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to Come (Ballet for Children)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major, S. 125: Allegro animato

    Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • Liszt: Piano Concertos & Malédiction.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Manuel de Falla

    La vida breve: Danse espagnole No 1

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Performer: Peter von Wienhardt. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Violino Latino.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Alla Marcia)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • The Sibelius Edition: Symphonies 1-7.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Waltz No 2 in D major

    Performer: Jana Vlachová. Performer: Karel Stadtherr. Performer: Petr Verner. Performer: Mikael Ericsson. Ensemble: Vlachovo kvarteto Praha.
    • Dvorak: Works for String Quartet Vol. 5: Vlach Quartet Prague.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Dans le ciel (La Damnation de Faust)

    Librettist: Almire Gandonnière. Choir: London Youth Choirs.
    • Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (Live).
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 18.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G Minor Op.23 No.5

    Performer: Nicholas McCarthy. Music Arranger: Nicholas McCarthy.
    • Left Note Records.
  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    4 Pieces Op.32 (Waltz)

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 & Visions fugitives.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060, arr for 2 violins (1st mvt)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Jaakko Kuusisto. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • Bach, J. S.: Violin Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Fri 18 Jul 2025 16:00