| Orchestra or Band | World Orchestra for Peace |
| Set List | 'Three Paths to Peace', R Panufnik,
'Die Frau ohne Schatten Symphonic Fantasia', R Strauss
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.6 in A Minor', Mahler |
| Performance Notes | The World Orchestra for Peace returns with its conductor Valery Gergiev for its fourth Proms appearance and its only UK appearance this year, the first of three UNESCO 2014 Concerts for Peace in Europe.
This classical supergroup celebrates Strauss's 150th anniversary with the colourful, fairy-tale soundscapes of his operatic masterpiece Die Frau ohne Schatten. Fantasy gives way to reality in the prescient tragedy of Mahler's Sixth Symphony, the glorious agony of its final movement foreshadowing the composer's own personal heartbreaks.
Roxanna Panufnik's Three Paths to Peace, commissioned by tonight's orchestra, meshes Christian, Jewish and Islamic musical traditions to tell the story of Abraham and Isaac.
European premiere of 'Three Paths to Peace', Roxanna Panufnik.
The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
The concert was recorded and broadcast on BBC Four on 14 August 2014.
The event was later released on Blu-Ray and DVD by C Major Entertainment and Select Music & Video Disribution Ltd. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/57),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide,
Digital Photographs |