BBC Proms: Elgar’s First
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP , [Venue Details]‘Human life … and a massive hope in the future’: this – no less – is Elgar’s sweeping subject for his First Symphony – a work once nicknamed ‘Brahms’s Fifth’ for its close relationship with the German tradition.
Exuberant and filled with orchestral colour, an ‘immediate and phenomenal success’ at its premiere, it’s the work of a composer steeped in musical history but looking to the future.
Two contemporary works open this concert by Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: the world premiere of The World’s Wife by Brett Dean – setting words by Carol Ann Duffy – and Judith Weir’s Moon and Star – capturing the vastness and strangeness of space through the eyes of New England poet Emily Dickinson.
Programme
Judith Weir - Moon and Star 15’
Brett Dean - The World’s Wife c20’
BBC co-commission: world premiere
Interval
Elgar - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major 50’
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Admission
Min: £14.24
Max: £48.92
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Claire Booth - soprano, Ryan Wigglesworth - conductor
Other key names: BBC Singers, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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BBC Proms: Elgar’s First
Wednesday, 29 Jul 2026 @7.00pm
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2APMore Information
‘Human life … and a massive hope in the future’: this – no less – is Elgar’s sweeping subject for his First Symphony – a work once nicknamed ‘Brahms’s Fifth’ for its close relationship with the German tradition.
Exuberant and filled with orchestral colour, an ‘immediate and phenomenal success’ at its premiere, it’s the work of a composer steeped in musical history but looking to the future.
Two contemporary works open this concert by Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: the world premiere of The World’s Wife by Brett Dean – setting words by Carol Ann Duffy – and Judith Weir’s Moon and Star – capturing the vastness and strangeness of space through the eyes of New England poet Emily Dickinson.
Programme
Judith Weir - Moon and Star 15’
Brett Dean - The World’s Wife c20’
BBC co-commission: world premiere
Interval
Elgar - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major 50’
Admission
Min: £14.24
Max: £48.92
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Claire Booth - soprano, Ryan Wigglesworth - conductor
Other key names: BBC Singers, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Doors open: 6:00 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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