"This is the best of me," Elgar penned at the conclusion of his score, and despite a calamitous debut in 1900, his setting of Newman's poem is now widely considered one of the composer's most accomplished works. During the intermission, Jam…

## Great British Music This, the opening installment of a summer season’s finest moments, celebrates three composers of the British tradition. Walton's vibrant *Crown Imperial* opens the program, followed by Malcolm Arnold’s *Guitar Conc…

For two centuries, the timeless collection of Middle Eastern tales, *The 1001 Nights*, has captivated artists, musicians, and dancers. Tonight’s featured performance from the 1991 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presents Alexander Lazarev con…

Yuri Bashmet, a distinguished Russian soloist, performs in Walton’s Viola Concerto. The program also includes Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, the Leningrad, a work composed with remarkable speed in 1941 to uplift the Soviet people during the…

Mark Wigglesworth has rapidly established himself as a leading young conductor in Britain. The victor of the 1989 Kondrashin Competition, and recently appointed Associate Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra at just twenty-six, he makes …

Cuban conductor Odaline de la Martinez presents Rachmaninoff’s *All-Night Vigil*, a seldom-heard work of rare and haunting beauty by the celebrated composer. The piece, a setting of the liturgy for the Russian Orthodox Vigil Service, sc…

The King's Consort. In 1749, the first public rehearsal of Handel's *Music for the Royal Fireworks* brought London to a standstill with a three-hour traffic jam. Eager to revive the piece's original spirit and exhilaration – without the acc…

Modest Mussorgsky's *Pictures at an Exhibition* originated as a set of piano pieces, yet it has been orchestrated and adapted by more composers than any other work in the musical repertoire – currently exceeding twenty-four versions. Ton…

The ninety-seventh season of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts concludes with a performance broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall in London. The program begins with Elgar's *Cockaigne*, followed by Vaughan Williams' *Towards the Unknown…

The annual celebration of music culminates in a vibrant finale as the audience at London’s Royal Albert Hall embraces the second half of the Last Night of the Proms. Conductor Andrew Davis, known for his enthusiastic spirit, leads the BBC S…