Performances of Thomas Adès at BBC Proms

Sat 8 Aug 2026

• 19:30

  Berlioz’s ‘Symphonie fantastique’

  Royal Albert Hall

  Thomas Adès conducts The National Youth Orchestra in a thrilling musical journey to Hell and back, featuring Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Purgatorio, the central panel of Adès’s own Dante-inspired ballet

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  Thomas Adès conducts The National Youth Orchestra in a thrilling musical journey to Hell and back, featuring Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Purgatorio, the central panel of Adès’s own Dante-inspired ballet

  Programme

  • • • Franz Liszt
      • Mephisto Waltz No. 1(11 mins)
    • • Thomas Adès
      • Dante – Part 2: Purgatorio(24 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Hector Berlioz
      • Symphonie fantastique(49 mins)

  Performers

  • National Youth Orchestra
  • Thomas Adès

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Franz Liszt
  • Thomas Adès
  • Hector Berlioz

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