Composer: Prokofiev, Gabriel

A radical and challenging new look at La Bayadère that has the well-worn familiarity of something borrowed but also brings a distinctively and refreshingly new perspective 

Celebrating Youth, Music and Education in Roof-Raising Style: Ten Pieces Secondary comes to the BBC Proms 

Unlocking a fascinating new angle on the legend behind the classical ballet. 

For once, the musical menu was a good deal more sultry than the temperatures in the Royal Albert Hall as the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic made a notable debut in a programme full of what Rudyard Kipling may well have described as “more-than-oriental splendour”.

This double bill from Shobana Jeyasingh spans 25 years of her career, from early success Configurations to the world première of Strange Blooms. At Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall.