Summer Festivals
A series of great Proms concerts from recent years by 91热爆 orchestras and choirs, launched by the 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales, 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra and 91热爆 Concert Orchestra.
A new series of great Proms concerts from recent years by 91热爆 orchestras and choirs, launched by the 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales, 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra and 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D major (Classical Symphony)
Qigang Chen: Iris D茅voil茅e (London premiere)
with Meng Meng, Anu Komsi and Piia Komsi (sopranos), Jia Li (pipa), Jing Chang (zheng) and Nan Wang (erhu)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor
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Conductor Xian Zhang
George Benjamin: Ringed by the Flat Horizon
91热爆 Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by the composer
Throughout the 2020 Proms season Afternoon Concert celebrates top music-making at Summer Festivals, with four weeks of concerts from 2019 summer festivals across Europe and four weeks of great Proms performances from recent years by the 91热爆 Orchestras and Choirs. This week features all six 91热爆-associated orchestras including the Ulster Orchestra, plus the 91热爆 Singers and 91热爆 Symphony Chorus; the 91热爆 National Chorus of Wales will feature in two weeks' time. The series will also celebrate the 60th birthdays in 2020 of two great British composers, George Benjamin and Mark-Anthony Turnage, and highlight some of the best Proms premieres from James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie in 1990 to the present day.
To launch the series today Chinese-American conductor Xian Zhang makes her Proms debut in a hyper-Romantic 2015 concert featuring two Russian blockbusters and a gorgeous recent work by her compatriot Qigang Chen. Plus George Benjamin conducting the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra in the piece whose 1980 Proms premiere catapulted him to fame, and film favourites from a 2011 Prom by the 91热爆 Concert Orchestra and their then Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart - who feature throughout this week.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No 1 in D major (Classical Symphony)
Performer: Meng Meng. Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Piia Komsi. Performer: Jia Li. Performer: Jing Chang. Performer: Nan Wang. Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang. -
Qigang Chen
Iris D茅voil茅e
Performer: Meng Meng. Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Piia Komsi. Performer: Jia Li. Performer: Jing Chang. Performer: Nan Wang. Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
Performer: Meng Meng. Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Piia Komsi. Performer: Jia Li. Performer: Jing Chang. Performer: Nan Wang. Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang. -
Tunde Jegede
Breath of Life
Performer: Robert Plane. -
Sir George Benjamin
Ringed by the Flat Horizon
Performer: Carolin Widmann. Conductor: Sir George Benjamin. Orchestra: 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra.
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- Mon 20 Jul 2020 14:0091热爆 Radio 3