Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

15 Jul 2016, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Fri 15 Jul 2016 Next Event

Proms 2016 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

19:00 Fri 15 Jul 2016 Royal Albert Hall

This year鈥檚 festival kicks off with Tchaikovsky鈥檚鈥楻omeo and Juliet鈥� Fantasy-Overture before Sol Gabetta performs Elgar鈥檚 Cello Concerto. Finally, hear one of the greatest cantatas of the 20th century 鈥� Prokofiev鈥檚 'Alexander Nevsky'.

Performances & Interviews

01:30

Watch: La Marseillaise

The First Night of the Proms opens with the La Marseillaise.

Jul '16大象传媒 Two

03:05

Watch: cello

See the cello in a new light as Sol Gabetta performs Elgar's Cello Concerto.

Jul '16大象传媒 Radio 3

21:39

Listen: interval with Proms Director

Petroc Trelawny and Clemency Burton-Hill discuss the Proms programme for 2016

Jul '16大象传媒 Radio 3

TV & Radio

Programme

- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Fantasy-Overture 鈥楻omeo and Juliet鈥�(20 mins)
- - Edward Elgar
  - Cello Concerto in E minor(29 mins)
- - interval
- - Sergey Prokofiev
  - Cantata 'Alexander Nevsky'(41 mins)

Performers

Olga Borodina
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Sol Gabetta
cello
cello
大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Tchaikovsky鈥檚 ravishing 'Romeo and Juliet' overture launches our celebrations marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare.

Argentine soloist Sol Gabetta makes her Proms debut in Elgar鈥檚 hauntingly lyrical Cello Concerto, the first in a series of works throwing a spotlight on the instrument.

Prokofiev delivered a score of new directness and clarity for his friend Sergey Eisenstein鈥檚 patriotic film Alexander Nevsky: the cantata he fashioned from it features the dramatic 鈥楤attle on the Ice鈥�.