Wednesday 13 August 2025 at 7:30pm - 11:30pm

The Rite of Spring

Royal Albert Hall

BBC Proms presents: Boléro and The Rite of Spring

Feel the beat. From the primal, hypnotic dances of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring to the sensual throb of Ravel’s Bole´ro and the edgy thrum and twitch of Vare`se’s Inte´grales, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Eva Ollikainen get the musical pulse racing.

They’re joined by ‘stupendous’ German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser for the UK premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Before we fall – a work that teeters on the edge of ‘a multitude of opposites’, torn between lyricism and distorted energy. 

Programme

Varèse Intégrales 12’

Anna Thorvaldsdottir Before we fall (Cello Concerto) 26’

BBC co-commission: UK Premiere

Ravel Bole´ro 13’

Interval

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring 33’

Johannes Moser cello

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Eva Ollikainen conductor