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Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man

Live at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms: the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames celebrate prog rock with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 6 Music presenter Stuart Maconie and special guests.

Live at the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms: the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra and conductor Robert Ames celebrate prog rock with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 6 Music presenter Stuart Maconie and special guests.

Presented by Elizabeth Alker live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Copland, arr Robert Ames: Fanfare for the Common Man
Ian Anderson arr Sam Gale: Living in the Past
Mike Ratledge, arr Gale: Out-Bloody-Rageous
Tony Banks, arr Adam Dennis: A Trick of the Tail; arr. Sam Gale: I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe); arr. Christian Balvig: Northern Lights(5 mins)
Justin Hayward, arr. Fiona Brice: Nights in White Satin
Peter Hammill, arr. Adam Dennis: Refugees
Yes, arr. CHAINES: And You and I – Close to the Edge – Siberian Khatru
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells, Part One (excerpts)

c.8.25pm
Interval: David Baddiel grew up listening to Genesis. He talks about his musical tastes and recent projects including writing a family memoir and the Radio 4 series about the meaning of Englishness and football fandom: Sixty Years of Hurt.

c.8.45pm
Keith Emerson, arr. Robert Ames: Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2
Osibisa, arr. Christian Balvig: Komfo
Frank Zappa, arr. Christian Balvig: Peaches en Regalia
Thijs van Leer, arr. Christian Balvig: Sylvia
King Crimson, arr. Fiona Brice: 21st Century Schizoid Man - I Talk to the Wind - Court of the Crimson King
Ian Anderson: Reasons for Waiting
Tony Banks, arr. Fiona Brice: Entangled; arr Sam Gale: On Reflection
The Incredible String Band, arr. Christian Balvig: Maker of Islands
Richard Wright, arr. Fiona Brice: Great Gig in the Sky
Rick Davies, arr. Christian Balvig: Crime of the Century
Greg Lake, adapted from Mussorgsky, arr. Robert Ames: The Great Gates of Kiev

Guy Garvey
Jane Weaver
Gruff Rhys
Carl Palmer, drums
Peter Hammill, vocals
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra
Robert Ames, conductor

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 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie presents brand new orchestral arrangements of music by ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance and others.

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2 hours, 59 minutes

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Sat 18 Jul 2026 19:30

Music Played

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Carl Palmer

    Fanfare For The Common Man

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Gruff Rhys

    Living In The Past

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    Out Bloody Rageous

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames, Guy Garvey & The Staves

    I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Jane Weaver

    Northern Lights

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Jane Weaver

    Nights In White Satin

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Peter Hammill

    Refugees

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & The Staves

    And You And I

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    Tubular Bells, Part One

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Part 2

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    Non-Uk Prog Rock Medley

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames, Guy Garvey, Gruff Rhys & The Staves

    21st Century Schizoid Man/I Talk to the Wind/In the Court of the Crimson King

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames, Guy Garvey & Jane Weaver

    Entangled

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra & Robert Ames

    On Reflection

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Gruff Rhys

    Maker Of Islands

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Vanessa Haynes

    Great Gig In The Sky

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & The Staves

    Crime Of The Century

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Concert Orchestra, Robert Ames & Carl Palmer

    Great Gates Of Kiev

  • Maurice Ravel

    Violin Sonata in G major

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Janine Jansen: Beau Soir: Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 11-13.
  • Henri Dutilleux

    Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 Jul 2026 19:30

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