Wednesday 23 July 2025 at 6:30pm - 10:30pm

French Night

Royal Albert Hall

BBC Proms presents: French Night with the Orchestre National de France

Praised by the The New York Times for his ‘exquisite tone and virtuosity’, American violinist Randall Goosby makes his Proms debut in pioneering 18th-century composer Joseph Bologne’s graceful Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8, and Chausson’s Poe`me, a passionate musical love letter.

Cristian Ma?celaru conducts the Orchestre National de France in a French- themed programme, including two orchestral masterpieces by Ravel – the colourful Rapsodie espagnole and the haunting ghost-waltz La valse – as well as Charlotte Sohy’s rhapsodic Danse mystique. 

Programme

Ravel Rapsodie espagnole 16’

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8 22’

Interval

Sohy Danse mystique 13’ 

UK Premiere

Chausson Poe`me 17’

Ravel La valse 12’

Randall Goosby violin 

Orchestre National de France

Cristian Macelaru conductor