Performances of Philharmonia Chorus at BBC Proms

Mon 20 Jul 2026

• 19:00

  Beethoven’s Ninth

  Royal Albert Hall

  Gianandrea Noseda leads massed forces in Beethoven’s monumental ‘Choral’ Symphony. We also hear the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe

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  Gianandrea Noseda leads massed forces in Beethoven’s monumental ‘Choral’ Symphony. We also hear the UK premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s These Righteous Paths with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe

  Programme

  • • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542(11 mins)orch. A. Davis
    • • Jessie Montgomery
      • These Righteous Paths(20 mins)BBC co-commission: UK premiere
    • • interval
    • • Ludwig van Beethoven
      • Symphony No. 9 in D minor, ‘Choral’(65 mins)

  Performers

  • Abel Selaocoe

    cellist
    cellist
  • Leah Hawkins

    soprano
    soprano
  • Stephanie Wake-Edwards

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Martin Muehle

    tenor
    tenor
  • Derek Welton

    bass
    bass
  • Philharmonia Chorus
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Gianandrea Noseda

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Jessie Montgomery
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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  Part of

  Proms 2026 Classical for starters Choral music and opera