Vaughan Williams鈥檚 鈥楩antasia鈥� and Symphony No. 9

4 Sep 2026, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Fri 4 Sep 2026 Next Event

Proms 2026 Vaughan Williams鈥檚鈥楩antasia鈥� and Symphony No. 9

Vaughan Williams鈥檚鈥楩antasia鈥� and Symphony No. 9

19:00 Fri 4 Sep 2026 Royal Albert Hall

Andrew Manze conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a celebration of English music, featuring works by Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten

Programme

- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis(15 mins)
- - Benjamin Britten
  - Violin Concerto(32 mins)
- - interval
- - Carmel Smickersgill
  - A Brick Thrown with Love(10 mins)麻豆社 co-commission: world premiere
- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - Symphony No. 9 in E minor(33 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

Andrew Manze conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a celebration of English music, including a commission from Carmel Smickersgill exploring resilience in the face of tragedy. The starkly beautiful landscape of Thomas Hardy鈥檚 Wessex haunts the score of Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Symphony No. 9 鈥� pastoral yearning tinged with darker wartime memories and fears, a contrast to the radiant spiritual affirmation of the composer鈥檚 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, with its shimmering clouds of strings. 鈥楨loquent鈥� Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma makes her Proms debut in Benjamin Britten鈥檚 Violin Concerto, another work steeped in thoughts of war and hopes of peace.

Simone Lamsma 漏 Otto van den Toorn