Performances of Sheku Kanneh‐Mason at BBC Proms

Sun 6 Sept 2026

• 19:30

  Dvořák’s ‘New World’ Symphony

  Royal Albert Hall

  The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvořák’s famous ‘New World’ Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

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  The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo perform Dvořák’s famous ‘New World’ Symphony alongside a new Triple Concerto by Gwilym Simcock featuring three former BBC Young Musician finalists: Jess Gillam, Ben Goldscheider and Sheku Kanneh-Mason

  Programme

  • • • Benjamin Britten
      • The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra(18 mins)
    • • Gwilym Simcock
      • Triple Concerto for Soprano Saxophone, Horn and Cello(20 mins)BBC co-commission: world premiere
    • • interval
    • • Antonín Dvořák
      • Symphony No. 9 in E minor, ‘From the New World’(40 mins)

  Performers

  • Jess Gillam

    saxophone
    saxophone
  • Ben Goldscheider

    horn
    horn
  • Sheku Kanneh‐Mason

    cello
    cello
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Benjamin Britten
  • Gwilym Simcock
  • Antonín Dvořák

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