Prom 1: First Night of the Proms
Fri 14 Jul 2023 Royal Albert Hall
Experience the buzz of live performance at its finest at the launch of the world’s greatest classical music festival.
Programme
Jean Sibelius
Finlandia (8 mins)
Bohdana Frolyak
Let There Be Light (5 mins) BBC commission: world premiere
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor (30 mins)
Jean Sibelius
Snöfrid (14 mins)
Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (18 mins)
Performers
Paul Lewis piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dalia Stasevska conductor
About This Event
The 2023 BBC Proms season gets off to a whirlwind start with a series of Nordic delights – from Grieg’s passionate Piano Concerto to Sibelius’s rousing statement of national identity, Finlandia. Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra introduces each section of the orchestra from strings to timpani and is packed with earworms for all ages. Plus, a world premiere from Ukrainian composer, Bohdana Frolyak.