Performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams at BBC Proms
(See all works in BBC Proms by Ralph Vaughan Williams)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
Seats from £15 to £66 (plus booking fee)
Sat 30 Aug 2025
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
Sir Simon Rattle teams up with the wind, brass and percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra to perform folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold alongside Gunther Schuller’s eclectic trombone concerto
Sir Simon Rattle teams up with the wind, brass and percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra to perform folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold alongside Gunther Schuller’s eclectic trombone concerto
Programme
- English Folk Song Suite(14 mins)
- Eine kleine Posaunenmusik(16 mins)
- interval
- Triumph: A paraphrase on music from ‘The Mask of Time’(15 mins)
- English Dances, Set No. 1(9 mins)(version for wind band)
- The Lads of Wamphray(9 mins)
- Country Gardens(6 mins)arr. Percy Grainger
- A Lincolnshire Posy(16 mins)
Performers
- Peter Mooretrombone
- London Symphony Orchestrawind, brass and percussion
- Sir Simon Rattleconductor
Part ofProms 2025Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)
Tue 5 Aug 2025
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The BBC 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 BBC 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 ‘Orb and Sceptre’(7 mins)
- The Lee Shore(3 mins)
- Isle of Beauty(3 mins)
- The Evening Star(3 mins)
- The Shepherd(4 mins)
- The Lark Ascending(13 mins)
- Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’(16 mins)
- interval
- Dance Overture(6 mins)
- new work(8 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Elegy for Strings(7 mins)
- ‘Enigma’ Variations(31 mins)
Performers
- Liya Petrovaviolin
- Nil Venditticonductor
Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
Fri 18 Jul 2025
- 18:45Royal Albert Hall
The 2025 First Night sees Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen
The 2025 First Night sees Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ Overture and Sibelius’s Violin Concerto featured alongside British classics from Bliss and Vaughan Williams, plus a world premiere from Master of the King’s Music Errollyn Wallen
Programme
- Birthday Fanfare for Sir Henry Wood(2 mins)
- Overture ‘The Hebrides’ (‘Fingal’s Cave’)(10 mins)
- Violin Concerto in D minor(35 mins)
- interval
- The Elements(10 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Sancta civitas(30 mins)
Performers
- Lisa Batiashviliviolin
- Caspar Singhtenor
- Gerald Finleybass-baritone
- London Youth Choirs(members from)
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Seats from £26 to £86 (plus booking fee)
