Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man
19:30 Sat 18 Jul 2026 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
- Fanfare for the Common Man(8 mins)ELP/Copland, arr. Robert Ames
- Living in the Pastarr. Sam Gale
- Out Bloody Rageous Pt 1(5 mins)
- 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)
- Tubular Bells Part 1(8 mins)excerpts
- interval
- Evil 9 First 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 Gate of Kiev(7 mins)Emerson, Lake & Palmer/Mussorgsky, arr. Robert Ames
Performers
- Carl Palmerdrums
- Stuart Maconiepresenter
- Robert Amesconductor
About This Event
Prog rock exploded the tight boundaries of pop music, amplifying it with new symphonic scope, ambition and influences, and creating spectacular visual and musical statements. The Proms celebrates this pioneering, British-driven movement in a concert celebrating classic tracks on an orchestral scale. Award-winning broadcaster and BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie presents brand-new orchestral arrangements of music by ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others.
There will be one interval
Guy Garvey © Peter Neill
