Ultimate Calm
22:15 Thu 27 Aug 2026 Royal Albert Hall
Programme
- Music for Growing Flowers (Nocturne)(15 mins)world premiere of this arrangement
- Solitudes(10 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Moonrise(5 mins)
- Three Birds (after Ravel)(6 mins)
- I Left the Earth(5 mins)
- Something Other Than Years(4 mins)
- Symbiosis(4 mins)
- Suite bergamasque – Clair de lune(3 mins)arr. Erland Cooper
- A Pile of Dust(5 mins)
- Andante Festivo(5 mins)
- Romance for string orchestra(4 mins)excerpt
- Abendlied(3 mins)
Performers
- Alice Boydsoundscapes/synthesizers/vocals
- Belle Chenpiano/synthesizers
- Lucinda Chuacello/vocals
- Erland Cooperpresenter/piano
- Katherine Tinkerpiano/synthesizers
- Isobel Waller-Bridgepiano
- Alexandra Wooddirector/violin
About This Event
You’re invited to slow down, switch off and experience the Proms in a completely different way.
Presenter and composer Erland Cooper is joined by Isobel Waller-Bridge, Belle Chen, Lucinda Chua, Alice Boyd, the City of London Sinfonia and the BBC Symphony Chorus in an immersive late-night Prom, inspired by Radio 3 Unwind’s acclaimed show Ultimate Calm. Featuring world premieres of new arrangements by Cooper and Waller-Bridge, alongside music by Ravel, Debussy and Jóhann Jóhannsson and a specially recorded musical safe-haven from Ólafur Arnalds.
Join us for this uniquely atmospheric programme that blends classical and ambient music with beautiful soundscapes and electronics.
You can listen to Ultimate Calm every evening at 9pm on BBC Radio 3 Unwind. Find it on Digital Radio, Smart Speaker and BBC Sounds.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 3 Unwind
Isobel Waller Bridge © Bob Foster
Erland Cooper © Alex Kozobolis
Belle Chen © Matthew Johnson
