Classical for starters Events
Wed 10 Sep 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Delyana Lazarova are joined by Anastasia Kobekina for Shostakovich’s supremely demanding Cello Concerto No. 1. Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony makes up the second half
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Delyana Lazarova are joined by Anastasia Kobekina for Shostakovich’s supremely demanding Cello Concerto No. 1. Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony makes up the second half
Programme
- D’un matin de printemps(5 mins)
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major(30 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 in E minor(60 mins)
Performers
- Anastasia Kobekinacello
- Delyana Lazarovaconductor
Also part ofProms 2025
Sun 7 Sep 2025
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Rome, Paris, London: Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra take us on a musical tour of Europe, performing works by Respighi, Milhaud and Vaughan Williams
Rome, Paris, London: Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra take us on a musical tour of Europe, performing works by Respighi, Milhaud and Vaughan Williams
Programme
- Pines of Rome(23 mins)
- Le boeuf sur le toit(19 mins)(version for violin and orchestra)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)(44 mins)
Performers
- Arabella Steinbacherviolin
- Vasily Petrenkoconductor
Also part ofProms 2025
Thu 28 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
An all-French programme from the BBC 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 BBC 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
- Andromède(15 mins)
- Symphony No. 3 in C minor, ‘Organ’(36 mins)
Performers
- Inmo Yangviolin
- Rachel Mahonorgan
- Marie Jacquotconductor
Wed 27 Aug 2025
- 18:30Royal Albert Hall
The Proms presents a concert staging of the Glyndebourne Festival’s brand-new production of Mozart’s sharpest and sexiest operatic comedy, The Marriage of Figaro
The Proms presents a concert staging of the Glyndebourne Festival’s brand-new production of Mozart’s sharpest and sexiest operatic comedy, The Marriage of Figaro
Programme
- The Marriage of Figaro(170 mins)(semi-staged; sung in Italian, with English surtitles)
Performers
- Tommaso BareaFigaro
- Johanna WallrothSusanna
- Huw Montague RendallCount
- Louise AlderCountess
- Alessandro CorbelliBartolo
- Madeleine ShawMarcellina
- Adèle CharvetCherubino
- Robert ForrestDon Basilio
- Elisabeth BoudreaultBarbarina
- Alexander VassilievAntonio
- Vincent OrdonneauDon Curzio
- Riccardo Minasiconductor
- Talia Sternstage director
Composers
Also part ofProms 2025
Thu 21 Aug 2025
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that charts the extremes of human experience and emotion, featuring Bent Sørensen’s Evening Land, Anna Clyne’s The Years and Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Ninth Symphony.
Fabio Luisi conducts the Danish National Symphony Orchestra in a programme that charts the extremes of human experience and emotion, featuring Bent Sørensen’s Evening Land, Anna Clyne’s The Years and Beethoven’s ‘Choral’ Ninth Symphony.
Programme
- Evening Land(13 mins)
- The Years(20 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’(65 mins)
Performers
- Clara Cecilie Thomsensoprano
- Jasmin Whitecontralto
- Issachah Savagetenor
- Adam Pałkabass
- Fabio Luisiconductor
