Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Festival: BBC Proms
Dates/times in London time zone
| Saturday 08 August 2026 | 19:30 |
Programme
| Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) | Mephisto Waltz no. 1, "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke", S 514 | |
| Adès, Thomas (b. 1971) | Dante – Part 2: Purgatorio | |
| Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) | Symphonie fantastique, Op.14 |
Performers
| National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain | National Youth Orchestra |
| Thomas Adès | Conductor |
Does the Devil really have all the best tunes? When it comes to classical music, he just might. Thomas Adès conducts the National Youth Orchestra – over 150 of Britain’s most talented teenagers – in a thrilling musical journey to Hell and back. Follow Faust into the irresistible, whirling dance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1; contemplate Purgatory, ‘a sort of pre-dawn, before the sun of Paradise’, in Purgatorio – the central panel of Adès’s own Grammy Award- winning, Dante-inspired ballet; and surrender to the vast soundscapes and phantasmagoria of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, culminating in a horrifying ‘Witches’ Sabbath’.
Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee*)
Recorded for broadcast on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer
