| Set List | 'Mad Rush', P Glass,
'A Globe Itself Infolding', S Moussa |
| 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.
James McVinnie is a chameleon among organists who has held titles at Westminster Abbey and St Pauls Cathedral, yet also worked with Philip Glass and The Nationals Bryce Dessner.
In a Prom that explores the organ in a contemporary light, he navigates the time-warping oscillations of Philip Glasss Minimalist Mad Rush, before giving the UK premiere of Canadian composer Samy Moussas A Globe Itself Infolding with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Anna-Maria Helsing.
UK premiere of 'A Globe Itself Infolding', Samy Moussa.
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/) |