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Summer Festivals

Penny Gore presents great 91热爆 Proms from recent years given by 91热爆 orchestras and choirs. Today, the 91热爆 Philharmonic perform music by P盲rt, Rachmaninov and Gliere at a 2007 Prom.

Penny Gore presents great 91热爆 Prom concerts from recent years by 91热爆 orchestras and choirs - today the 91热爆 Philharmonic with music by P盲rt, Rachmaninov and Gliere, from a 2007 Prom. The climax of their concert with conductor Vassily Sinaisky is the Proms premiere of the monumental Third Symphony by Russian composer Reinhold Gliere, inspired by legendary folk hero Ilya Muromets. Plus ecstatic music by Welsh composer Grace Williams from a 2015 Prom given by the 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales.

2.00pm
Arvo P盲rt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
with Nelson Goerner (piano)
2.30pm
Gliere: Symphony No 3 in B minor, Op 42 (Ilya Muromets) (Proms premiere)
91热爆 Philharmonic
Conductor Vassily Sinaisky

3.55pm
Grace Williams: Fairest of Stars
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

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, 91热爆 Symphony Chorus and 91热爆 National Chorus of Wales. The series also celebrates the 60th birthdays in 2020 of two great British composers, George Benjamin and Mark-Anthony Turnage (on Thursday this week), and highlights some of the best Proms premieres from James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie in 1990 to the present day.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 3 Aug 2020 14:00

Music Played

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43

    Performer: Nelson Goerner. Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
  • Reinhold Moritzevich Gli猫re

    Symphony No 3 "Ilya Muromets"

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
  • Grace Williams

    Fairest of stars

    Singer: Ailish Tynan. Orchestra: 91热爆 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Murder on the Orient Express (Overture, Waltz, Finale)

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (main theme)

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Aug 2020 14:00