Performances of Michael Dunford at BBC Concert Orchestra

Sat 18 Jul 2026

• 19:30

  Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man

  Royal Albert Hall

  The Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others

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  The Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others

  Programme

  • • • Aaron Copland
      • Fanfare for the Common Man(6 mins)arr. ELP, orch. Robert Ames
    • • Ian Anderson
      • Living in the Past(4 mins)orch. Sam Gale
    • • Mike Ratledge
      • Out-Bloody-Rageous – Part 1(4 mins)orch. Sam Gale
    • • Tony Banks
      • A Trick of the Tail(5 mins)orch. Adam Dennis
    • • Genesis
      • I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)(4 mins)orch. Sam Gale
    • • Michael Dunford
      • Northern Lights(5 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
    • • Justin Hayward
      • Nights in White Satin(5 mins)orch. Fiona Brice
    • • Peter Hammill
      • Refugees(7 mins)orch. Adam Dennis
    • • Yes
      • And You and I(8 mins)orch. Peter Riley
    • • Mike Oldfield
      • Tubular Bells, Part One(5 mins)excerpt; orch. Adam Dennis
    • • interval
    • • Keith Emerson
      • Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2(2 mins)orch. Robert Ames
    • • Thijs van Leer
      • Sylvia(4 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
    • • Osibisa
      • Komfo(4 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
    • • Frank Zappa
      • Peaches en Regalia(3 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
    • • King Crimson
      • 21st Century Schizoid Man - I Talk to the Wind - Court of the Crimson King(10 mins)orch. Fiona Brice
    • • Tony Banks
      • Steve Hackett
      • Entangled(7 mins)orch. Fiona Brice
    • • Kerry Minnear
      • Derek Shulman
      • Ray Shulman
      • On Reflection(4 mins)orch. Sam Gale
    • • Mike Heron
      • Maker of Islands(6 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
    • • Richard Wright
      • Great Gig in the Sky(5 mins)orch. Fiona Brice
    • • Rick Davies
      • Roger Hodgson
      • Crime of the Century(6 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
    • • Modest Mussorgsky
      • Pictures at an Exhibition – The Great Gate of Kyiv(5 mins)arr. Keith Emerson, orch. Robert Ames

  Performers

  • Guy Garvey
  • Jane Weaver
  • Gruff Rhys
  • Carl Palmer

    drums
    drums
  • Peter Hammill

    vocals
    vocals
  • Stuart Maconie

    presenter
    presenter
  • BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Robert Ames

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Aaron Copland
  • Ian Anderson
  • Mike Ratledge
  • Tony Banks
  • Genesis
  • Michael Dunford
  • Justin Hayward
  • Peter Hammill
  • Yes
  • Mike Oldfield
  • Keith Emerson
  • Thijs van Leer
  • Osibisa
  • Frank Zappa
  • King Crimson
  • Steve Hackett
  • Kerry Minnear
  • Derek Shulman
  • Ray Shulman
  • Mike Heron
  • Richard Wright
  • Rick Davies
  • Roger Hodgson
  • Modest Mussorgsky

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