Performances of Frank Zappa at BBC Music
(See all works in BBC Music by Frank Zappa)Sat 18 Jul 2026
- 19:30Royal 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
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
- Fanfare for the Common Man(8 mins)adapt. ELP, arr. Robert Ames
- Living in the Past(4 mins)arr. Sam Gale
- Out-Bloody-Rageous(5 mins)arr. Sam Gale
- A Trick of the Tailarr. Adam Dennis
- I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)arr. Sam Gale
- Northern Lights(5 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- Nights in White Satin(5 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- Refugees(6 mins)arr. Adam Dennis
- And You and I – Close to the Edge – Siberian Khatru(11 mins)arr. CHAINES
- Tubular Bells, Part One(8 mins)excerpts
- interval
- Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2(5 mins)arr. Robert Ames
- Komfo(5 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- Peaches en Regalia(4 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- Sylvia(4 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- 21st Century Schizoid Man - I Talk to the Wind - Court of the Crimson King(10 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- Reasons for Waiting(5 mins)
- Entangled(7 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- On Reflection(6 mins)arr. Sam Gale
- Maker of Islands(7 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- Great Gig in the Sky(5 mins)arr. Fiona Brice
- Crime of the Century(6 mins)arr. Christian Balvig
- The Great Gates of Kiev(7 mins)adapted from Mussorgsky, arr. Robert Ames
Performers
- Carl Palmerdrums
- Peter Hammillvocals
- Stuart Maconiepresenter
- Robert Amesconductor
Part ofProms 2026
Seats from £19.34 to £71.36 (including booking fee)
