Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Season - Prom 54: Organ Recital with Isabelle Demers
Performance Date26 August 2023
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:00
Main PerformersIsabelle Demers - organ
Set List'The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prelude to Act', Wagner, transcr. Demers,
'Prelude and Fugue in G Major', R Laurin,
'Cantata No.146, ‘Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal’ – Sinfonia 8’', J S Bach, arr. Dupré,
'Three Impromptus', S Coleridge-Taylor,
'Chorale Fantasia on ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Reger,
'Elegy', Still,
'Romeo and Juliet – excerpts', Prokofiev, transcr. Demers
Performance NotesCanadian organist Isabelle Demers makes her Proms debut, putting the Royal Albert Hall’s mighty 9,999-pipe organ through its paces.

The rigour of Bach and Reger (born 150 years ago) contrasts with lighter pieces by Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still and a world premiere from Canadian composer Rachel Laurin.

This is all framed with the drama of excerpts from stage-works by Wagner and Prokofiev.

There was no interval.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
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Programme (RAHE/1/2023/ ),
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Work12976BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eightth Season71
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