Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Festival: BBC Proms
Dates/times in London time zone
| Thursday 23 July 2026 | 19:30 |
Programme
Performers
| Mari Eriksmoen | Soprano |
| Paula Murrihy | Mezzo-soprano |
| James Way | Tenor |
| Szymon Mechliński | Baritone |
| BBC National Chorus of Wales | |
| London Philharmonic Choir | |
| BBC National Orchestra of Wales | |
| Ryan Bancroft | Conductor |
Music pierces the veil between heaven and earth in a spiritually charged concert that opens in contemplation and ends in the blaze of ascension and transfiguration. Voices are raised in prayer in Lili Boulanger’s haunting Vieille prière bouddhique, intensified in the rapt, intimate intercessions of Szymanowski’s Stabat mater. Unearthly beauty is revealed in Messiaen’s L’Ascension, before a dying man is raised to heaven in Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration.
Seats from £14.24 to £48.92 (including booking fee*)
