BBC Proms 2026: Copland and Stravinsky

BBC Proms 2026 continues on 17 August at the Royal Albert Hall with a vibrant programme featuring music by Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky and contemporary American composer Gabriel Kahane. Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales for an evening of colour, rhythm and storytelling.

The concert centres around two iconic 20th-century ballet scores: Stravinsky’s Petrushka, bursting with folk-inspired energy and modernist brilliance, and Copland’s Billy the Kid Suite, evoking the landscapes and legends of the American West. The evening also includes the European premiere of Kahane’s Clarinet Concerto, ‘If love will not swing wide the gates’, performed by acclaimed clarinettist Anthony McGill.

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