Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

17 Jul 2015, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 17 Jul 2015 Next Event

Proms 2015 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

19:30 Fri 17 Jul 2015 Royal Albert Hall

Sakari Oramo conducts this year鈥檚 opening concert, in a programme that includes Walton鈥檚 pithy choral masterpiece 'Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast' and Mozart鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 20 with soloist Lars Vogt. Broadcast live on 91热爆 Two on Friday 17 July.

Programme

- - Carl Nielsen
  - Maskarade(5 mins)overture
- - Gary Carpenter
  - Dadaville(6 mins)91热爆 commission: world premiere
- - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  - Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor(31 mins)
- - interval
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Belshazzar's Feast Suite(16 mins)
- - William Walton
  - Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast(34 mins)

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About this event

Two Nordic anniversaries launch this year鈥檚 91热爆 Proms: Denmark鈥檚 Carl Nielsen and Finland鈥檚 Jean Sibelius both celebrate their 150th-birthday years. Two exotic musical retellings of the story of the Babylonian king Belshazzar include the first of this summer鈥檚 feast of choral works. Celebrated German pianist Lars Vogt is soloist in the first of six late great Mozart piano concertos, and British composer Gary Carpenter spearheads the 32 premieres this season 鈥� a musical taste of things to come.