91Èȱ¬

Live from Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham. 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra and Chief conductor Anna-Maria Helsing with pianist Clare Hammond in music by Sibelius, Korngold and Rachmaninov. Plus the world premiere of a Proms commission from Elizabeth Kelly.

Presented by Elizabeth Alker.

Carwithen The Men of Sherwood Forest - Overture
Elizabeth Kelly Lace Machine Music (91Èȱ¬ Proms Commission, World Premiere)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini *

Prom Interval: Poet Sarah Jackson takes medievalist Daisy Black on a city tour of underground Nottingham

Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood – Symphonic Suite
Sibelius Symphony No. 3

Clare Hammond (piano)
91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra
Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing

There’s a strong local feel to the first visit by the Proms to one of the country’s finest acoustics, the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. Anna-Maria Helsing leads the 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra in music that celebrates the derring-do of local hero Robin Hood, as imagined in film scores by both Erich Korngold and Doreen Carwithen. Nottingham native Clare Hammond takes on Rachmaninov’s devilish Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and we hear a brand-new work by composer Elizabeth Kelly, Head of the University of Nottingham’s Music Department. All that is rounded off by a symphony of ecological awakening from Helsing’s Finnish compatriot Jean Sibelius.