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Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London

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AddressKensington Gore
London
SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
ContainsANAM Quartetthaus
Elgar Room
Google maps51° 30' 5.148" N 0° 10' 39.070" W
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LondonFirst Night of the Proms 2026

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English National Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty: mixed results at the RAH

English National Ballet in Kenneth MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty © Photography by ASH
Video projections in the Royal Albert Hall enhance MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty for English National Ballet but the lack of real set and wings makes the stage seem bare and bleak.
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Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Ray Chen and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © Frances Marshall
Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall. 
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BRB’s The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall is at its best

Riku Ito as The Nutcracker Prince and Katherine Ochoa as Clara in The Nutcracker © Anabel Moeller
Sir Peter Wright’s beautiful Nutcracker ticks every box with Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall.
****1
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A thrusting Daphnis et Chloé at the BBC Proms

John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
John Wilson brings his Sinfonia of London to the BBC Proms to crown the Ravel 150 celebrations with a glowing performance of his hedonistic symphonie chorégraphique.
****1
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Beauty of sound dilutes the passion in the Vienna Phil's Tchaikovsky

Franz Welser-Möst © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Welser-Möst and the Vienna Philharmonic give a masterclass in virtuosic elegance in Mozrt, but lack edge and passion in Tchaikovsky's Pathétique
***11
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Vienna Philharmonic enthrals at the BBC Proms

Franz Welser-Möst © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Franz Welser-Möst and the Vienna Philharmonic enthral at the BBC Proms with magical accounts of Bruckner's last symphony and extracts from Berg's Lulu Suite.
****1
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Charisma and colour from Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic

Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s BBC Proms matinee proves an ideal opportunity to demonstrate their strengths in a programme of Respighi, Milhaud and Vaughan Williams. 
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Collaboration, innovation and defiance: Chineke! at the BBC Proms

Jonathon Heyward conducts Chineke! Orchestra © BBC | Andy Paradise
Jonathon Heyward steps in to conduct Chineke! in two UK premieres and Shostakovich's rip-roaring Tenth Symphony. 


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