Beethoven鈥檚 鈥楥horal鈥� Symphony is a celebration of human endeavour, as is his ballet score The Creatures of Prometheus. Andris Nelsons gives his final concert as Music Director of the CBSO before returning (see Proms 49 and 51) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, of which became Music Director last season. John Woolrich鈥檚 dark, sardonic contra-bassoon concerto was written for the CBSO鈥檚 own contra-bassoonist Margaret Cookhorn.

Dmytro Popov, the advertised tenor, has had to withdraw. The 成人快手 Proms is very grateful to Pavel 膶ernoch for taking his place at short notice.