Horrible Science: The Big Bang Proms Experiment, BBC Proms 2026
Join Albert Einstein and Marie Curie as they present CBBC’s hit sketch show Horrible Science live at the Royal Albert Hall with some scientifically proven bangers from the classical canon, including Holst’s The Planets and John Williams’s Star Wars.
Performers
Richard David Caine
James McNicholas
Jessica Ransom
Inel Tomlinson
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Karen Ní Bhroin, conductor
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Chetham's Symphony Orchestra
Watkins, Fanfare for the Hallé *
Ruth Gipps, Song for Orchestra *
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2 *
Mahler, Symphony No. 1
*Conducted by AOD Student
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Programme to include West Side Story, Princess and the Frog, Route 66, Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Hoedown
The Lark Ascending – Sinfonia Viva
Purcell Chacony
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Tom Coult La Folia (after Vivaldi)
Bridge Valse Intermezzo à cordes
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Discover Peter and the Wolf & The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra with NSOI
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Karen Ní Bhroin, conductor
Jessie Grimes, presenter
Maeve Clancy & Neasa Ní Chuanaigh, shadow puppetry
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf with shadow puppetry
National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf with shadow puppetry
Friday Night Is Music Night BBC Concert Orchestra
Programme
Soloist, Clare Hammond
Mozart, Marriage of Figaro Overture
Beethoven 7, II
Bizet, Carmen - Habanera
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto 2, II
Anne Dudley, Suite from Elle
Mozart, Clarinet Concerto, II
Prokofiev, Dance of the Nights
Portman, Chocolat - Main theme
Mozart, Piano Concerto 22, III
Clara Schumann, Polonaise No. 4
Strauss, Blue Danube
New Japan Philharmonic
Bacewicz Overture for Orchestra
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78
New Japan Philharmonic
Bacewicz Overture for Orchestra
Clara Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78