Proms 2026
Performances of The Staves at BBC Proms
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(6 mins)arr. ELP, orch. Robert Ames
- Living in the Past(4 mins)orch. Sam Gale
- Out-Bloody-Rageous – Part 1(4 mins)orch. Sam Gale
- I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)(4 mins)orch. Sam Gale
- Northern Lights(5 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
- Nights in White Satin(5 mins)orch. Fiona Brice
- Refugees(7 mins)orch. Adam Dennis
- And You and I(8 mins)orch. Peter Riley
- Tubular Bells, Part One(5 mins)excerpt; orch. Adam Dennis
- interval
- Karn Evil 9: First Impression, Part 2(2 mins)orch. Chester Tribley/Bronte Tucker
- Sylvia(4 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
- Komfo(4 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
- Peaches en Regalia(3 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
- Greg Lake
- Robert Fripp
- Ian McDonald
- Michael Giles
- 21st Century Schizoid Man – I Talk to the Wind – Court of the Crimson King(10 mins)orch. Fiona Brice
- Entangled(7 mins)orch. Fiona Brice
- On Reflection(4 mins)orch. Sam Gale
- Maker of Islands(6 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
- The Great Gig in the Sky(5 mins)orch. Fiona Brice
- Crime of the Century(6 mins)orch. Christian Balvig
- Pictures at an Exhibition – The Great Gate of Kyiv(5 mins)arr. Keith Emerson, orch. Robert Ames
Performers
- Guy Garveyvocals
- Peter Hammillvocals
- Vanessa Haynesvocals
- Carl Palmerdrums
- Gruff Rhysvocals
- Jane Weavervocals
- Stuart Maconiepresenter
- Robert Amesconductor
Composers
- Robert Fripp
- Ian McDonald
- Michael Giles
Part ofProms 2026
