Sakari Oramo conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall for a Proms concert that included the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Festen Suite, an orchestral distillation of his opera based on Thomas Vinterberg's 1998 film. The suite condenses the dark drama of a family gathering where incestuous abuse is exposed, and the review praises it as musically satisfying and clever even without the opera's narrative framework, predicting it will become a frequently performed work.

The eight-movement suite moves between lyrical passages, such as "Blue or Green" and "Grandma's Song", and darker, tension-laden sections like "Conga" and "The Fight", vividly capturing the atmosphere of denial and eventual confrontation. The programme also featured Britten's cello symphony, performed by soloist Guy Johnston in a faithful but understated reading, and closed with Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, which Oramo led with clarity and built to a joyful, grand finale.