Main Performers | Daniel Lozakovich - violin |
Set List | 'Le Roi dYs Overture, Lalo, 'Violin Concerto in D Major, Brahms INTERVAL 'Symphony in D Minor, Franck |
Performance Notes | Franz Liszt declared César Francks organ works to be worthy of a place beside the masterpieces of Bach, and its the organs thick sonorities and glowing weight that seem to lie behind the composers mature Symphony in D minor a work of contrasts, which opens in almost Wagnerian grandeur and closes with a radiant finale.
Music by Francks French contemporary Édouard Lalo opens the concert the stirring, filmic overture to his medieval Breton opera Le roi dYs.
At just 21, the Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich is a major new talent, and makes his Proms debut as soloist in one of the great Romantic violin concertos. Fabien Gabel conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. |
Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2022/26), Programme (RAHE/1/2022/ ), Digital Photographs |