Sun 16 Aug 2026

• 11:00

  Swedish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven and Baroque

  Royal Albert Hall

  Together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst explores the evolution of dance in a wide-ranging programme that climaxes – via Rameau, Hans Ek, Handel and Bach – in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7

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  Together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Maverick clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst explores the evolution of dance in a wide-ranging programme that climaxes – via Rameau, Hans Ek, Handel and Bach – in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7

  Programme

  • • • Jacob Mühlrad
      • Helix(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Hans Ek
      • DNA Suite(20 mins)orchestrations of pieces by Rameau, J. S. Bach and Handel, plus transitions; UK premiere
    • • Göran Fröst
      • Martin Fröst
      • Nomadic Dances(5 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Ludwig van Beethoven
      • Symphony No. 7 in A major(38 mins)

  Performers

  • Swedish Chamber Orchestra
  • Martin Fröst

    conductor/clarinetcomposer
    conductor/clarinetcomposer

  Composers

  • Jacob Mühlrad
  • Hans Ek
  • Göran Fröst
  • Martin Fröst
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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• 19:30

  Elgar’s Cello Concerto

  Royal Albert Hall

  Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández makes his Proms debut with Elgar’s famous concerto. He joins Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert that opens with Webern’s lush Passacaglia and closes with Walton’s Symphony No. 2

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  Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández makes his Proms debut with Elgar’s famous concerto. He joins Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert that opens with Webern’s lush Passacaglia and closes with Walton’s Symphony No. 2

  Programme

  • • • Anton Webern
      • Passacaglia(11 mins)
    • • Edward Elgar
      • Cello Concerto in E minor(30 mins)
    • • interval
    • • William Walton
      • Symphony No. 2(28 mins)

  Performers

  • Pablo Ferrández

    cello
    cello
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Vasily Petrenko

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Anton Webern
  • Edward Elgar
  • William Walton

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