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Proms 2026
29 Jul 2026, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2026 Elgar’s First

Prom 17
Elgar’s First
19:00 Wed 29 Jul 2026 Royal Albert Hall
Ryan Wigglesworth and the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar’s sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir’s Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s The World’s Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duffy
Ryan Wigglesworth and the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra pair Elgar’s sweeping First Symphony with two contemporary works: Judith Weir’s Moon and Star and the world premiere of Brett Dean’s The World’s Wife, setting words by Carol Ann Duffy

Programme

      • Moon and Star(15 mins)
      • The World’s Wife(20 mins)Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ co-commission: world premiere
        • interval
        • Symphony No. 1 in A flat major(50 mins)

    Elgar’s First

    ‘Human life … and a massive hope in the future’: this – no less – is Elgar’s sweeping subject for his First Symphony – a work once nicknamed ‘Brahms’s Fifth’ for its close relationship with the German tradition. Exuberant and filled with orchestral colour, an ‘immediate and phenomenal success’ at its premiere, it’s the work of a composer steeped in musical history but looking to the future. Two contemporary works open this concert by Ryan Wigglesworth and the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Scottish Symphony Orchestra: the world premiere of The World’s Wife by Brett Dean – setting words by Carol Ann Duffy – and Judith Weir’s Moon and Star – capturing the vastness and strangeness of space through the eyes of New England poet Emily Dickinson.

    Recorded for broadcast on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ TV and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ iPlayer

    Claire Booth © Sven Arnstein