BBC Proms 2021 : Vaughan Williams & Poulenc

First Night of the Proms 2021 , , Royal Albert Hall The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Dalia Stasevska kick off the 2021 Proms with a programme featuring Vaughan Williams, Poulenc and a world premiere by Sir James MacMillan. Programme Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (15 mins) Francis Poulenc Organ Concerto (22 mins) Performers Elizabeth Llewellyn soprano Jess Dandy contralto Allan Clayton tenor Michael Mofidian bass-baritonebass Daniel Hyde organ BBC Singers BBC Symphony Orchestra Dalia Stasevska conductor About This Event Dalia Stasevska leads a First Night featuring Vaughan Williams’s ravishing Serenade to Music – written to celebrate Proms founder-conductor Henry Wood’s 50 years on the podium and premiered by him at his jubilee concert in the Royal Albert Hall in 1938. Sir James MacMillan offers a new companion piece to the Serenade and Poulenc’s Organ Concerto is a piquant foil, showcasing