Synopsis

A singular occasion to experience the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, at the Royal Albert Hall. The Prom opens with a classical masterpiece, Mozart’s Haffner Symphony, and concludes with the poignant and intensely dramatic Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony. Eighteen-year-old Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki, a rising star, makes his debut at the Proms as soloist in Schumann's Piano Concerto.