BBC Proms: Vaughan Williams’ ‘A London Symphony’
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This event took place on Sunday 7 September 2025.
- Sunday 7 September 2025
- Royal Albert Hall
BBC Proms: Vaughan Williams’ ‘A London Symphony’
Sun 7 Sept 2025
Need to know
Repertoire
- Respighi Pines of Rome
- Milhaud Le Boeuf Sur Le Toit (For Violin and Orchestra)
- Vaughan Williams Symphony No.2, 'London'
Features
- Vasily Petrenko Conductor
- Arabella Steinbacher Violin
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore,
South Kensington,
London SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
Rome, Paris, London: Vasily Petrenko takes us on a musical tour of Europe. Children play in the gardens of Rome's Villa Borghese, while a nightingale sings at night in high branches; Respighi’s sun-soaked outdoor portrait of Italy’s capital contrasts with both the smoky thrum and after-hours jazz rhythms of Milhaud’s Le boeuf sur le toit – a musical homage to Paris – and the impressionistic colours of Vaughan Williams’s A London Symphony, in which Big Ben’s chimes and a busker’s harmonica break through the urban bustle.