Synopsis

This year marks the Promenade Concerts’ centenary, lending tonight’s performance particular weight. It is offered as a tribute to Sir Henry Wood, the founder and first conductor of the Proms, who passed away fifty years ago today. The four works presented by the BBC Symphony Orchestra hold special significance for Sir Henry, a detail conductor Andrew Davis will elaborate upon from the podium. At the concert’s core lies Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music, composed in 1938 to commemorate Wood’