Performances of David Afkham at BBC Proms

Sun 19 Jul 2026

• 19:00

  Boléro: Rhythms of Spain

  Royal Albert Hall

  The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist

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  The Spanish National Orchestra makes its Proms debut with a set of heat-soaked musical postcards that includes Ravel’s hypnotic Boléro and Rodrigo’s much-loved Concierto de Aranjuez with guitar phenomenon Rafael Aguirre as soloist

  Programme

  • • • Maurice Ravel
      • Alborada del gracioso(8 mins)
    • • Manuel de Falla
      • Fantasia baetica(12 mins)orch. Francisco Coll
    • • Joaquín Rodrigo
      • Concierto de Aranjuez(21 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Manuel de Falla
      • The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 1(12 mins)
      • The Three-Cornered Hat – Suite No. 2(12 mins)
    • • Maurice Ravel
      • Boléro(13 mins)

  Performers

  • Rafael Aguirre

    guitar
    guitar
  • Spanish National Orchestra
  • David Afkham

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Maurice Ravel
  • Manuel de Falla
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

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  Part of

  Proms 2026 Classical for starters Proms on TV