Classic FM Live!
Royal Albert Hall
Performers
Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth conductor
Alison Balsom trumpet
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano
Esther Abrami violin
Alan Titchmarsh MBE presenter
Margharita Taylor MBE presenter
Classic FM Live! returned to the Royal Albert Hall in April 2022, featuring the Royal Choral Society, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Star soloists Alison Balsom, Esther Abrami and Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha performed alongside musicians from the Royal Air Force and a full orchestra and chorus, all on the great Royal Albert Hall stage, all under the baton of Barry Wordsworth.
The concert was a celebration of music composed for royalty, performed by artists with historic ties to the British royal family. Handel’s Zadok The Priest, Parry’s Jerusalem and I Was Glad, Walton’s Crown Imperial – all feature. Alison Balsom performed the world premiere of a new piece by Classic FM’s Composer in Residence, Debbie Wiseman, commissioned by Classic FM to commemorate Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, as well as Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in E-flat.
With over 250 performers on stage, and a spectacular lights-and-fireworks finale to the stirring music of Edward Elgar, this was one of the biggest nights in 2022's classical music calendar!