There is much to interest friends of Finland in the first night of the 2023 Proms season. Not only will the BBC Symphony Orchestra be conducted by Dalia Stasevska but they they will be playing two works by Sibelius. The concert will open with Finlandia and after the interval the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus will perform Snöfrid. There will also be the world premiere on a new work by the Ukrainian composer Bohdana Frolyak, Grieg’s Piano Concerto (soloist Paul Lewis) and Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.

As always the concert will be shown live on BBC television (from 7.00pm)