A little known fact about Kensington House Hotel, is that it is only eight minutes’ walk from the Royal Albert Hall. This year the schedule for the BBC Proms 2016 is as eclectic as London itself and with rates starting at just £138 per room at Kensington House Hotel* everyone will be happy. This great value package includes; overnight accommodation, continental buffet breakfast and a bottle of cava.
Here is our top pick:
Saturday 20th August 2016 – Prom 46: Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder And Mozart’s Mass In C Minor – Mozart’s unfinished Mass in C minor is a mix of the chamber and the operatic, the dancing and the devotional – a work ripe for the resonance of the Royal Albert Hall.
Tuesday 23rd August 2016 – Prom 50: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov And Prokofiev– Alexander Vedernikov conducts it here after Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov’s devilish and ever-entertaining ‘Paganini’ Variations, and the final instalment of fellow Russian Tchaikovsky’s three Shakepeare overtures.
Tuesday 30th August 2016 – Prom 61: Late Night With Kamasi Washington – Thrilling California-based saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington has been described as the biggest thing to hit jazz for years.
Thursday 8th September 2016 – Prom 72: Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann And Nikolaj Znaider – the Staatskapelle Dresden and its Chief Conductor Christian Thielemann open with Beethoven’s most radiant, smiling work, his sublime Violin Concerto, in the sure hands of Nikolaj Znaider.
Saturday 10th September – Prom 75: The Last Night Of The Proms 2016 – Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez is the star soloist in a Last Night that also showcases a hand-picked selection of young singers in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music.