Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

13 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall

20:15 Fri 13 Jul 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

20:15 Fri 13 Jul 2018 Royal Albert Hall

An all-British concert launches the 2018 season. Vaughan Williams atmospheric Whitman settings and Holst鈥檚 ever-popular 1918 suite The Planets sit alongside a new collaboration by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions.

Performances & Interviews

02:59

Five Telegrams 鈥� Redaction (3rd mvt) 鈥撀爁ilmed inside Royal Albert Hall

A new collaboration by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions.

Jul '18麻豆社 Two

00:46

How the Royal Albert Hall was turned into a giant combination lock

Five Telegrams by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions opens the 麻豆社 Proms 2018.

Jul '18麻豆社 Radio 3

52:02

Headphone mix of Holst's The Planets

Binaural recording of Holst's The Planets. From Prom 1, 2018.

Jul '18麻豆社 Radio 3

Programme

- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - Toward the Unknown Region(13 mins)
- - Gustav Holst
  - The Planets(52 mins)
- - interval
- - Anna Meredith
  - 59 Productions
  - Five Telegrams(22 mins)麻豆社 co-commission with 14鈥�18 NOW and Edinburgh International Festival: world premiere

Performers

Composers

About This Event

An all-British season launch, featuring two major figures who composed responses to the First World War.

Holst鈥檚 much-loved The Planets (premiered in 1918) and Vaughan Williams鈥檚 choral masterpiece Toward the Unknown Region contrast with a new work by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions.

Five Telegrams draws on communications sent by young soldiers in 1918 and features specially produced digital projections, creating a unique spectacle.

Broadcast live on 麻豆社 Two

Image: Sakari Oramo 漏 Mark Allan