Performances of Evelyn Glennie at BBC Proms

Tue 11 Aug 2026

• 22:15

  Evelyn Glennie and the Fantasia Orchestra

  Royal Albert Hall

  Grammy Award-winning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and BBC Singers for a genre-busting programme that features music by Vaughan Williams, Radiohead, John Coltrane and Caroline Shaw

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  Grammy Award-winning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the Fantasia Orchestra and BBC Singers for a genre-busting programme that features music by Vaughan Williams, Radiohead, John Coltrane and Caroline Shaw

  Programme

  • • • John Coltrane
      • Welcomearr. Harry Baker
    • • Duke Ellington
      • It Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got That Swing)(5 mins)arr. Harry Baker
    • • Héloïse Werner
      • The Wood Pigeon(5 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Vincent Ho
      • Sandman’s Castle(7 mins)excerpt
    • • Morton Feldman
      • Rothko Chapel(6 mins)excerpt
    • • Caroline Shaw
      • Partita – Sarabande(5 mins)
    • • Antonín Dvořák
      • Czech Suite, Op. 39 – Finale (Furiant)(5 mins)
    • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • Serenade to Music(14 mins)arr. R. Douglas
    • • Evelyn Glennie
      • Philip Sheppard
      • Orologeria aureola(5 mins)
    • • Radiohead
      • Pyramid Song(5 mins)arr. Simon Hale
    • • Meredith Monk
      • Panda Chant II(2 mins)

  Performers

  • Evelyn Glennie

    percussion
    percussion
  • BBC Singers
  • Fantasia Orchestra
  • Tom Fetherstonhaugh

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • John Coltrane
  • Duke Ellington
  • Héloïse Werner
  • Vincent Ho
  • Morton Feldman
  • Caroline Shaw
  • Antonín Dvořák
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Evelyn Glennie
  • Philip Sheppard
  • Radiohead
  • Meredith Monk

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  Part of

  Proms 2026 British Sign Language-interpreted Proms Late Night Proms Choral music and opera