Fri 17 Jul 2026

• 19:00

  First Night of the Proms 2026

  Royal Albert Hall

  Piano superstar Yunchan Lim joins Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Ravel’s bluesy Concerto in G major. We also hear music by Copland, Gershwin and Finzi, alongside a world premiere from French-British composer Josephine Stephenson

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  Piano superstar Yunchan Lim joins Dalia Stasevska and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Ravel’s bluesy Concerto in G major. We also hear music by Copland, Gershwin and Finzi, alongside a world premiere from French-British composer Josephine Stephenson

  Programme

  • • • Aaron Copland
      • Fanfare for the Common Man(3 mins)
    • • George Gershwin
      • An American in Paris(16 mins)
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • Piano Concerto in G major(23 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Josephine Stephenson
      • new work(8 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Gerald Finzi
      • For St Cecilia(19 mins)

  Performers

  • Yunchan Lim

    piano
    piano
  • Thomas Atkins

    tenor
    tenor
  • BBC Singers
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Dalia Stasevska

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Aaron Copland
  • George Gershwin
  • Maurice Ravel
  • Josephine Stephenson
  • Gerald Finzi

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