Ultimate Calm at the Proms
The programme brings together classical and ambient music with soundscapes and electronics. It includes world premieres of new arrangements by Cooper and Waller-Bridge, alongside music by Ravel, Debussy and Jóhann Jóhannsson.
The programme features Cooper’s Music for Growing Flowers (Nocturne), a new arrangement of Isobel Waller-Bridge’s Satie Reinventé, Debussy’s Clair de lune arranged by Cooper, Jóhann Jóhannsson’s A Pile of Dust, and Belle Chen’s Three Birds (after Ravel). The programme also includes works by Sibelius and Rheinberger.
Ólafur Arnalds contributes a specially recorded musical safe-haven to the programme.
Ultimate Calm at the Proms takes place on Thursday 27 August 2026 in the Auditorium of the Royal Albert Hall. Doors open at 9:45pm and the performance starts at 10:15pm. There is no interval.
Tickets are available from the Royal Albert Hall: royalalberthall.com
The performance is broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 3 Unwind.
Programme
Erland Cooper Music for Growing Flowers (Nocturne), world premiere of new arrangement
Isobel Waller-Bridge Satie Reinventé, excerpts, world premiere of new arrangement
Debussy, arr. Erland Cooper Clair de lune
Jóhann Jóhannsson A Pile of Dust
Belle Chen Three Birds (after Ravel)
Sibelius Andante Festivo
Rheinberger Abendlied
There will be no interval.