| Main Performers | Patricia Kopatchinskaja - violin |
| Orchestra or Band | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Violin Concerto No.2', Bartok |
| Performance Notes | In 2021, the BBC Proms returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a summer of live music, as it has done every year since 1941. With 52 concerts over 44 days, featuring 30 orchestras and ensembles and more than 2,000 musicians, this ambitious season promises a celebration of live music on a scale not seen since before the pandemic. From the power of a symphony orchestra to the sheer joy of a single performer on the Halls magnificent organ, this summer we look forward to coming together through music. Every Prom will be live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds.
In a memorable Prom in 2019, violinist Pekka Kuusisto took Sibeliuss Violin Concerto back to its roots in Finnish folk music. Now the dazzling, fearless Patricia Kopatchinskaja takes up the challenge, tracing the same evolution from traditional Hungarian songs and dances to Bartoks Violin Concerto No. 2. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard explore the rough hewn rhythms and the lyrical melodies that unite Bartoks Violin Concerto with the Magyar music that so fascinated the composer.
The season was shortened to six, rather than eight, weeks because of the financial risk to the BBC not knowing audience sizes due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Related Archival Material | Prospectus (RAHE/1/2021/5),
Programme (RAHE/1/2021/),
Digital Photographs |