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Evelyn Glennie and the Fantasia Orchestra

BBC Proms2026

Live at the BBC Proms: star percussionist Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and BBC Singers for a genre-busting programme ranging from Vaughan Williams to Radiohead.

Live at the BBC Proms: start percussionist Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and BBC Singers for a genre-busting programme ranging from Vaughan Williams to Radiohead.

Presented by Linton Stephens, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

John Coltrane: Welcome arr. Harry Baker
Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing) arr. Harry Baker
Héloïse Werner: The Wood Pigeon (BBC commission: world premiere)
Vincent Ho: Sandman’s Castle (excerpt)
Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel (excerpt)
Caroline Shaw: Partita – Sarabande
Antonín Dvořák: Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Finale (Furiant)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music arr. R. Douglas
Evelyn Glennie and Philip Sheppard: Orologeria aureola
Radiohead: Pyramid Song arr. Simon Hale
Meredith Monk: Panda Chant II

Evelyn Glennie (percussion)
BBC Singers
Fantasia Orchestra
Tom Fetherstonhaugh (conductor)

Grammy Award-winning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and BBC Singers for a genre-busting programme connecting Vaughan Williams’s lyrical Serenade for Music – written for Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood – via Radiohead and the jazz of John Coltrane and Duke Ellington to the exhilarating invention of Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Partita. We also hear a world premiere from French-British soprano and composer Héloïse Werner.

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BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Coltrane

    Welcome

    Music Arranger: Harry Baker. Music Arranger: Harry Baker. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Duke Ellington

    It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing)

    Composer: Duke Ellington. Music Arranger: Harry Baker. Music Arranger: Harry Baker. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Singers. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Héloïse Werner

    The Wood Pigeon

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Vincent Ho

    Sandman's Castle

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh. Choir: BBC Singers.

  • Morton Feldman

    Rothko Chapel

    Choir: BBC Singers. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Partita for 8 voices - ii Sarabande

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite, Op. 39 - Finale (Furiant)

    Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Music Arranger: Roy Douglas. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Orologeria aureola

    Composer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Radiohead

    Pyramid Song

    Music Arranger: Simon Hale. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Meredith Monk

    Panda Chant II

    Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Louis Prima

    Sing, Sing Sing

    Music Arranger: Harry Baker. Orchestra: Fantasia Orchestra. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op 18

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
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Broadcast

  • Tuesday22:15
    BBC Radio 3