Proms 2026
Performances of Bedrich Smetana at BBC Proms
(See all works in BBC Proms by Bedrich Smetana)Sat 12 Sept 2026
- 19:15Royal Albert Hall
Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo
Classical music’s greatest international party draws the 2026 Proms to a close. Superstar pianist Yuja Wang is joined by Scottish tenor Nicky Spence and massed BBC forces, all marshalled by Sakari Oramo
Programme
- Candide – overture(5 mins)
- Keltic Suite – Lament(5 mins)ii. ‘Lament’
- Rusalka – ‘Vidino divná, přesladká’ (Prince’s Aria)(7 mins)
- Má vlast – Vltava(12 mins)
- DithyrambBBC commission: world premiere
- Piano Concerto(26 mins)
- interval
- To Dolly, With Love(7 mins)9 to 5 – Jolene – I Will Always Love You arr. Fiona Brice
- 'Jupiter' from The Planets(8 mins)
- Suite for Piano and Orchestra (Jazz Suite)(15 mins)
- Scotch SnapBBC commission: world premiere arr. Stuart Calvert
- Iris of Life(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Guys and Dolls – ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin' the Boat’(5 mins)arr. Mark Cumberland
- Fantasia on British Sea-Songs(13 mins)arr. Wood
- Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)(3 mins)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)(8 mins)
- Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)(2 mins)
- The National Anthem (arr. Britten)(2 mins)
- Auld Lang Syne(2 mins)(arr. P. Campbell)
Performers
- Nicky Spencetenor
- Yuja Wangpiano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
