Performances of London Philharmonic Choir at BBC Proms

Thu 23 Jul 2026

• 19:30

  Afterlife: Visions of the Beyond

  Royal Albert Hall

  For their first Prom of the 2026 season, Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform spiritually charged works by Lili Boulanger, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Strauss, each reflecting on death and the afterlife

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  For their first Prom of the 2026 season, Ryan Bancroft and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform spiritually charged works by Lili Boulanger, Szymanowski, Messiaen and Strauss, each reflecting on death and the afterlife

  Programme

  • • • Lili Boulanger
      • Vieille prière bouddhique(7 mins)
    • • Karol Szymanowski
      • Stabat mater(28 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Olivier Messiaen
      • L’Ascension – four symphonic meditations(27 mins)
    • • Richard Strauss
      • Death and Transfiguration(23 mins)

  Performers

  • Mari Eriksmoen

    soprano
    soprano
  • Paula Murrihy

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • James Way

    tenor
    tenor
  • Szymon Mechliński

    baritone
    baritone
  • BBC National Chorus of Wales
  • London Philharmonic Choir
  • BBC National Orchestra of Wales
  • Ryan Bancroft

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Lili Boulanger
  • Karol Szymanowski
  • Olivier Messiaen
  • Richard Strauss

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  Part of

  Proms 2026 Choral music and opera