RNCM at the BBC Proms

RNCM alumni feature heavily in this year’s BBC Proms.

From pianists and singers to conductors and composers, there’s plenty to look forward to over the next few weeks, including a world première at the Last Night of the Proms. Scroll down for a snapshot:

AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Prom 24
Tuesday 2 August
Steven Osborne (1994) performs Britten’s Piano Concerto

Prom 33
Tuesday 9 August
BBC Philharmonic perform Israfel by JRNCM alumnus Mark Simpson

Prom 41
Tuesday 16 August
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano, 1993, pictured below) joins the Hallé for a programme of Berlioz, Matthews and Mahler

Prom 50
Tuesday 23 August
Stephen Hough (1981), plays Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Prom 53
Thursday 25 August
The RLPO performs the world première of Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) by Emily Howard (composition, 1990)

Prom 65
Friday 2 September
Baldur Brönnimann (1996, pictured below) conducts the BBC Singers and Ensemble intercontemporain

Prom 75: Last Night of the Proms
Saturday 10 September
The world première of Raze by Tom Harrold (2014) opens the famous Last Night of the Proms, which also features vocal alumni Benjamin Lewis (bass), Bradley Travis (bass-baritone), and Alison Rose (soprano)

FOR THE PROMS AT…SERIES

Proms at… The Chapel, Old Royal Naval College
Saturday 6 August
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano, 2011) performs Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle with the BBC Singers

Proms at… Roundhouse, Camden
Saturday 20 August
Andrew Gourlay (trombone, 2005) conducts the London Sinfonietta

FOR THE CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

PCM 7 Cadogan Hall
Monday 29 August
Sally Beamish (viola, 1974) looks forward to the première of Merula perpetu for viola and piano

26 July 2016