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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2025 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season - Prom 17: Rachmaninov and Copland
Performance Date31 July 2025
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time18:30
Main PerformersMartin Fröst - clarinet
Orchestra or BandBBC Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsJoshua Weilerstein
Set List'Symphony No.2', Barraine,
'Clarinet Concerto', 'Copland,
'Clarinet Concerto', A. Shaw

INTERVAL

'Symphonic Dances', Rachmaninov
Performance NotesThe thrum of urban America – jazz clubs and bustling sidewalks, pulsing Latin rhythms and night-time lights – runs through this Prom given by Joshua Weilerstein and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Rachmaninov’s enigmatic final masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances, blends Russian soul with bold colours from the composer’s adopted homeland.

Copland’s Clarinet Concerto draws on the virtuoso skills of jazz legend Benny Goodman, while bandleader Artie Shaw wrote his Clarinet Concerto for his own considerable skills as a player.

Elsa Barraine’s tautly lyrical Symphony No. 2 opens the programme.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2025/30),
Programme (RAHE/1/2025/
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work13506BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Thirtieth Season72
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