The 20th Annual Battle Proms Picnic Concert: A summer celebration with music, fireworks, spitfire, cannons and cavalry!
The Battle Proms at Burghley is held on an impressive elevated parkland position overlooking the grand Elizabethan architecture of the House – the perfect setting for an afternoon of sublime music and dramatic displays.
A firmly established favourite in the local calendar, this party in the park with a difference is attended by thousands of loyal fans every year, who are treated to an extraordinary afternoon and evening of unique entertainment.
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The Longest-running picnic proms series in the uk
The extensive programme of entertainment also includes a toe-tapping warm-up act, thrilling historic cavalry displays, a meticulously choreographed aerial display from a WWII Spitfire, The Red Devils parachute display team, live firing cannons and, of course, spectacular fireworks.
The full 2-hour orchestral concert from the New English Concert Orchestra, led by Douglas Coombes MBE and compered by much-loved BBC presenter Pam Rhodes, will include modern pieces such as The Dam Busters March, The Downton Abbey Theme and Gerswhin's Summertime (performed by star soprano Denise Leigh), complemented by a host classical pieces you know and love such as Elgar's Nimrod and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, with the Battle Proms signature percussion of ground-shaking live cannon fire!
The evening concludes with a ‘last night of the proms’ flag-waving sing-along with favourites such as Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory and more under a sky of breath-taking fireworks.
The Battle Proms is still believed to be the only opportunity in the world to see the signature piece – Beethoven’s ‘Battle Symphony’ – performed as he composed it: with 193 live Napoleonic cannons providing a thunderous percussion!
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Burghley House
Stamford
PE9 3JY
