Prom Praise in the Royal Albert Hall
Date: 11th May 2025
Author: Mark Eastman
On Saturday 3rd May 2025, Explorer Scout and flutist Paul, along with 9 other young musicians from the Langham Arts Youth Orchestra joined the All Souls Orchestra playing at Prom Praise at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert was a mixture of classical music inc Holst’s Mercury, Haydon’s Creation “Heavens are telling” & John William’s ET flying theme, some massed choir signing song and hymns like ‘All creatures of our God and King” & “Jesus is Lord” and the Apollo 8 crew reading the creation story from Genesis 1 on Christmas Eve 1968. Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the Moon 10 times.
Paul is on a development scheme to allow young orchestral musicians like Paul to combine their gift of orchestral music with their worship of their Christian faith.
During the interval, Paul was interviewed on the you tube livestream that was watched by 200,000+ people online. He was asked how he felt performing on stage of the Royal Albert Hall and said “It felt amazing, to perform here for the first time, a dream come true”
Any young musician, grade 5+ who would like to join Paul at the next Langham Arts Youth Orchestra music making day on Sat 19th July should contact [email protected] for details on how to apply and audition.
