Sun 19 Jul 2026

• 11:00

  Black Dyke Band

  Royal Albert Hall

  Yorkshire’s esteemed Black Dyke Band shows off its virtuosity and versatility in a programme of contemporary pieces, arrangements of popular classics and excerpts from soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Zimmer

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  Yorkshire’s esteemed Black Dyke Band shows off its virtuosity and versatility in a programme of contemporary pieces, arrangements of popular classics and excerpts from soundtracks by John Williams and Hans Zimmer

  Programme

  • • • Judith Bingham
      • Four Minute Mile(4 mins)
    • • Hector Berlioz
      • Overture ‘Le carnaval romain’(8 mins)arr. Frank Wright
    • • Gustav Holst
      • A Moorside Suite(15 mins)
    • • Peter Graham
      • Force of Nature(15 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Edward Gregson
      • Symphony in two movements(18 mins)
    • • John Williams
      • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – Hedwig’s Theme(3 mins)arr. Andrew Duncan
    • • Joaquín Rodrigo
      • Concierto de Aranjuez – Adagio(5 mins)arr. Kevin Bolton
    • • Klaus Badelt
      • Hans Zimmer
      • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – Wheel of Fortune(5 mins)arr. Stephen Roberts
    • • Philip Wilby
      • Paganini Variations(15 mins)

  Performers

  • David Childs

    euphonium
    euphonium
  • Black Dyke Band
  • Nicholas Childs

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Judith Bingham
  • Hector Berlioz
  • Gustav Holst
  • Peter Graham
  • Edward Gregson
  • John Williams
  • Joaquín Rodrigo
  • Klaus Badelt
  • Hans Zimmer
  • Philip Wilby

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• 19:00

  Boléro: Rhythms of Spain

  Royal Albert Hall

  The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist

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  The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist

  Programme

  • • • Maurice Ravel
      • Alborada del gracioso(8 mins)
    • • Manuel de Falla
      • Fantasia baetica(12 mins)orch. Francisco Coll
    • • Joaquín Rodrigo
      • Concierto de Aranjuez(21 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Manuel de Falla
      • The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 1(12 mins)
      • The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2(12 mins)
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • Boléro(13 mins)

  Performers

  • Rafael Aguirre

    guitar
    guitar
  • Spanish National Orchestra
  • David Afkham

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Maurice Ravel
  • Manuel de Falla
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

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