BBC Proms 2022 : Vaughan Williams, Watkins, Bax, Walton & Elgar

Prom 2: John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London , Royal Albert Hall Following their sensational concert debut at last year’s Proms, John Wilson conducts his Sinfonia of London in an all-British programme of Elgar, Walton, Bax, Vaughan Williams and Huw Watkins. Programme Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (15 mins) Huw Watkins Flute Concerto (19 mins) Arnold Bax Tintagel (14 mins) William Walton Partita for Orchestra (15 mins) Edward Elgar ‘Enigma’ Variations (29 mins) Performers Adam Walker flute Sinfonia of London John Wilson conductor About This Event British conductor John Wilson has long been a Proms favourite, but last year’s debut appearance of his new super-orchestra the Sinfonia of London caused a sensation. ‘Astonishing,’ wrote The Times. For The Spectator, this was ‘an orchestra so thrillingly alive with the sheer glory of it all that hearing them play felt like bei