BBC Proms presents BBC Proms: Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie fantastique’
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP , [Venue Details]Does the Devil really have all the best tunes? When it comes to classical music, he just might. Thomas Adès conducts the National Youth Orchestra – over 150 of Britain’s most talented teenagers – in a thrilling musical journey to Hell and back.
Follow Faust into the irresistible, whirling dance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1; contemplate Purgatory, ‘a sort of pre-dawn, before the sun of Paradise’, in Purgatorio – the central panel of Adès’s own Grammy Award- winning, Dante-inspired ballet; and surrender to the vast soundscapes and phantasmagoria of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, culminating in a horrifying ‘Witches’ Sabbath’.
Broadcast on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer
Programme
Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1 11’
Thomas Adès - Dante – Part 2: Purgatorio 24’
Interval
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique 49’
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Admission: £69.32
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: The National Youth Orchestra, Thomas Adès - conductor
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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BBC Proms presents BBC Proms: Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie fantastique’
Saturday, 8 Aug 2026 @7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2APMore Information
Does the Devil really have all the best tunes? When it comes to classical music, he just might. Thomas Adès conducts the National Youth Orchestra – over 150 of Britain’s most talented teenagers – in a thrilling musical journey to Hell and back.
Follow Faust into the irresistible, whirling dance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1; contemplate Purgatory, ‘a sort of pre-dawn, before the sun of Paradise’, in Purgatorio – the central panel of Adès’s own Grammy Award- winning, Dante-inspired ballet; and surrender to the vast soundscapes and phantasmagoria of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, culminating in a horrifying ‘Witches’ Sabbath’.
Broadcast on BBC TV and BBC iPlayer
Programme
Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1 11’
Thomas Adès - Dante – Part 2: Purgatorio 24’
Interval
Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique 49’
Admission: £69.32
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: The National Youth Orchestra, Thomas Adès - conductor
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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