Hungary's folk rhythms beat through the heart of this concert as the Budapest Festival Orchestra and founder and conductor Ivan Fischer return to the Proms with an ode to their homeland. Joining them on stage is a trio of the country's folk musicians, and together they showcase why these tunes have been such a rich source of inspiration to composers across history. The Royal Albert Hall resounds with a selection of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies and Brahms's Hungarian Dances, and concludes with Brahms's dramatic First Symphony.

Internationally acclaimed soprano Danielle de Niese presents an evening of music by French orchestral innovator and storyteller Maurice Ravel, performed by the LSO under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle. Magdalena Kozena and Patricia Bardon lead an all-star cast in the magical one-act opera The Child and the Spells. The programme also includes a ballet score full of fantasy and adventure, Mother Goose, and the exotic song cycle Sheherazade.