Synopsis

The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, presented a concert steeped in fantasy at its annual prom in the Royal Albert Hall. The program commenced with Paul Dukas’s spirited and captivating *Sorcerer's Apprentice*, followed by the London premiere of *Fantasias*, a whimsical orchestral work by British composer Julian Anderson. The concert’s second half featured Hector Berlioz’s magnificent *Symphonie Fantastique*, a work renowned for its vividly nightmaris