Performances of Leonard Bernstein at BBC Proms
(See all works in BBC Proms by Leonard Bernstein)Mon 24 Aug 2026
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Marin Alsop leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a barn-storming celebration of American music, with works including Bernstein’s West Side Story, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and Copland’s Appalachian Spring
Marin Alsop leads the Philharmonia Orchestra in a barn-storming celebration of American music, with works including Bernstein’s West Side Story, Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue and Copland’s Appalachian Spring
Programme
- Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman(3 mins)
- Appalachian Spring – suite(23 mins)
- Rhapsody in Blue (orch. Grofé)(16 mins)arr. Marcus Roberts
- interval
- The Big Country – prelude(3 mins)
- Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’(24 mins)
- Three Visions – No. 2: Summerland(5 mins)
- On the Town – Three Dance Episodes(11 mins)
Performers
- Marin Alsopconductor
Sat 12 Sep 2026
- 19:15Royal Albert Hall
Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo
Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo
Programme
- Candide – overture(5 mins)
- Keltic Suite – Lament(5 mins)ii. ‘Lament’
- Rusalka – ‘Vidino divná, přesladká’ (Prince’s Aria)(7 mins)
- Má vlast – Vltava(12 mins)
- DithyrambBBC commission: world premiere
- Piano Concerto(26 mins)
- interval
- 'Jupiter' from The Planets(8 mins)
- Suite for Piano and Orchestra (Jazz Suite)(15 mins)
- Scotch SnapBBC commission: world premiere arr. Stuart Calvert
- Iris of Life(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Guys and Dolls – ‘Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat’(5 mins)arr. Mark Cumberland
- Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood
- Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(3 mins)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)(8 mins)
- Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
- The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(2 mins)
- Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)(arr. P. Campbell)
Performers
- Nicky Spencetenor
- Yuja Wangpiano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
