Performances of City of London Sinfonia at BBC Music

Thu 27 Aug 2026

• 22:15

  Ultimate Calm

  Royal Albert Hall

  Scottish composer Erland Cooper and special guests perform an intimate late-night concert of classical and ambient music inspired by Radio 3 Unwind’s Ultimate Calm series. A uniquely escapist night-time experience.

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  Scottish composer Erland Cooper and special guests perform an intimate late-night concert of classical and ambient music inspired by Radio 3 Unwind’s Ultimate Calm series. A uniquely escapist night-time experience.

  Programme

  • • • Erland Cooper
      • Music for Growing Flowers (Nocturne)(15 mins)world premiere of this arrangement
    • • Isobel Waller-Bridge
      • Solitudes(10 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Belle Chen
      • Moonrise(5 mins)
      • Three Birds (after Ravel)(6 mins)
    • • Lucinda Chua
      • I Left the Earth(5 mins)
      • Something Other Than Years(4 mins)
    • • Alice Boyd
      • Symbiosis(4 mins)
    • • Claude Debussy
      • Suite bergamasque – Clair de lune(3 mins)arr. Erland Cooper
    • • Jóhann Jóhannsson
      • A Pile of Dust(5 mins)
    • • Jean Sibelius
      • Andante Festivo(5 mins)
    • • Gerald Finzi
      • Romance for string orchestra(4 mins)excerpt
    • • Josef Rheinberger
      • Abendlied(3 mins)

  Performers

  • Alice Boyd

    soundscapes/synthesizers/vocals
    soundscapes/synthesizers/vocals
  • Belle Chen

    piano/synthesizers
    piano/synthesizers
  • Lucinda Chua

    cello/vocals
    cello/vocals
  • Erland Cooper

    presenter/piano
    presenter/piano
  • Katherine Tinker

    piano/synthesizers
    piano/synthesizers
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    piano
    piano
  • BBC Symphony Chorus
  • City of London Sinfonia
  • Alexandra Wood

    director/violin
    director/violin

  Composers

  • Erland Cooper
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge
  • Belle Chen
  • Lucinda Chua
  • Alice Boyd
  • Claude Debussy
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson
  • Jean Sibelius
  • Gerald Finzi
  • Josef Rheinberger

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  Proms 2026 Late Night Proms

  

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