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Performances of Modest Mussorgsky at BBC Proms

(See all works in BBC Proms by Modest Mussorgsky)

Sat 13 Sep 2025
- 19:00
  Last Night of the Proms 2025
  Royal Albert Hall
  The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 BBC Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites
  The biggest night in classical music is back! After eight weeks and over 80 concerts, the 2025 BBC Proms celebrates with a Last Night spectacular, packed with musical surprises, star turns and all the traditional favourites
  Programme
  Modest Mussorgsky
  A Night on the Bare Mountain (original version, 1867)(12 mins)
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  Trumpet Concerto in E flat major(19 mins)
  Arthur Benjamin
  Storm Cloud Cantata (from ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’)(8 mins)(arr. Hermann)
  Franz Lehár
  The Merry Widow – Vilja Song(5 mins)
  Charles Gounod
  Faust – ‘Ah, je ris de me voir’ (Jewel Song)(5 mins)
  Camille Pépin
  Fireworks(6 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Paul Dukas
  The Sorcerer’s Apprentice(12 mins)
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Festive Overture(7 mins)
  Rachel Portman
  The Gathering Tree(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
  Trad.
  Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood
  Thomas Arne
  Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(3 mins)
  Edward Elgar
  Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’(8 mins)
  Hubert Parry
  Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
  Trad.
  The National Anthem(2 mins)(arr. Britten)
  Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)(arr. P. Campbell)
  Performers
  Louise Alder
  soprano
  soprano
  Alison Balsom
  trumpet
  trumpet
  BBC Singers
  BBC Symphony Chorus
  BBC Symphony Orchestra
  Elim Chan
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  Arthur Benjamin
  Franz Lehár
  Charles Gounod
  Camille Pépin
  Paul Dukas
  Dmitry Shostakovich
  Rachel Portman
  Trad.
  Thomas Arne
  Edward Elgar
  Hubert Parry
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Proms on TV
Wed 20 Aug 2025
- 19:30
  Bruce Liu Plays Tchaikovsky
  Royal Albert Hall
  Bruce Liu makes his Proms debut with Tchaikovsky’s rarely performed Second Piano Concerto. He s the Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who also perform works by Gabriela Ortiz and Mussorgsky
  Bruce Liu makes his Proms debut with Tchaikovsky’s rarely performed Second Piano Concerto. He s the Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, who also perform works by Gabriela Ortiz and Mussorgsky
  Programme
  Gabriela Ortiz
  Antrópolis(10 mins)
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major(44 mins)
  interval
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)(35 mins)
  Performers
  Bruce Liu
  piano
  piano
  Philharmonia Orchestra
  Santtu-Matias Rouvali
  conductor
  conductor
  Composers
  Gabriela Ortiz
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Modest Mussorgsky
  Part of
  Proms 2025 Classical for starters
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  Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)
  Seats from £11 to £56 (plus booking fee)