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Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man

Live at the Âé¶¹Éç Proms: the Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames celebrate prog rock with Âé¶¹Éç Radio 6 Music presenter Stuart Maconie and special guests.

Live at the Âé¶¹Éç Proms: the Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames celebrate prog rock with Âé¶¹Éç Radio 6 Music presenter Stuart Maconie and special guests.

Presented by Elizabeth Alker live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Copland, arr Robert Ames: Fanfare for the Common Man
Ian Anderson arr Sam Gale: Living in the Past
Mike Ratledge, arr Gale: Out-Bloody-Rageous
Tony Banks, arr Adam Dennis: A Trick of the Tail; arr. Sam Gale: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe); arr. Christian Balvig: Northern Lights(5 mins)
Justin Hayward, arr. Fiona Brice: Nights in White Satin
Peter Hammill, arr. Adam Dennis: Refugees
Yes, arr. CHAINES: And You and I – Close to the Edge – Siberian Khatru
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells, Part One (excerpts)

c.8.25pm
Interval: David Baddiel grew up listening to Genesis. He talks about his musical tastes and recent projects including writing a family memoir and the Radio 4 series about the meaning of Englishness and football fandom: Sixty Years of Hurt.

c.8.45pm
Keith Emerson, arr. Robert Ames: Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2
Osibisa, arr. Christian Balvig: Komfo
Frank Zappa, arr. Christian Balvig: Peaches en Regalia
Thijs van Leer, arr. Christian Balvig: Sylvia
King Crimson, arr. Fiona Brice: 21st Century Schizoid Man - I Talk to the Wind - Court of the Crimson King
Ian Anderson: Reasons for Waiting
Tony Banks, arr. Fiona Brice: Entangled; arr Sam Gale: On Reflection
The Incredible String Band, arr. Christian Balvig: Maker of Islands
Richard Wright, arr. Fiona Brice: Great Gig in the Sky
Rick Davies, arr. Christian Balvig: Crime of the Century
Greg Lake, adapted from Mussorgsky, arr. Robert Ames: The Great Gates of Kiev

Guy Garvey
Jane Weaver
Gruff Rhys
Carl Palmer, drums
Peter Hammill, vocals
Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra
Robert Ames, conductor

Prog rock exploded the tight boundaries of pop music, amplifying it with new symphonic scope, ambition and influences and creating spectacular visual and musical statements. The Proms celebrates this pioneering, British-driven movement in a concert celebrating classic tracks on an orchestral scale. Award-winning broadcaster and Âé¶¹Éç Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie presents brand new orchestral arrangements of music by ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others.

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2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Jul 2026 19:30

Music Played

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Carl Palmer

    Fanfare For The Common Man

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Gruff Rhys

    Living In The Past

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    Out Bloody Rageous

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames, Guy Garvey & The Staves

    I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Jane Weaver

    Northern Lights

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Jane Weaver

    Nights In White Satin

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Peter Hammill

    Refugees

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & The Staves

    And You And I

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    Tubular Bells, Part One

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    Non-Uk Prog Rock Medley

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames, Guy Garvey, Gruff Rhys & The Staves

    21st Century Schizoid Man/I Talk to the Wind/In the Court of the Crimson King

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames, Guy Garvey & Jane Weaver

    Entangled

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    On Reflection

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Gruff Rhys

    Maker Of Islands

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Vanessa Haynes

    Great Gig In The Sky

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & The Staves

    Crime Of The Century

  • Âé¶¹Éç Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Carl Palmer

    Great Gates Of Kiev

  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata in G major

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Janine Jansen: Beau Soir: Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 11-13.
  • Henri Dutilleux

    Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Jul 2026 19:30

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