Main Performers | Martin James Bartlett - piano, Leonard Elschenbroich - cello |
Orchestra or Band | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
Choirs | BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Singers |
Set List | 'Blow It Up, Start Again', J Newman 'The River Cam', E Whitacre, 'Cloudburst', E Whitacre 'Rhapsody in Blue', Gershwin, orch. Grofe INTERVAL 'Quiet City', Copland, 'Equus', E Whitacre, 'Deep Field', E Whitacre |
Performance Notes | European premiere of 'Blow It Up, Start Again', Jonathan Newman. BBC co-comission and European premiere of 'Deep Field', Eric Whitacre. Proms premieres of 'The River Cam' and 'Equus', E Whitacre.
Korngold performance recorded for broadcast on BBC Four on 13 August 2015. Prokofiev performance recorded for broadcast on BBC Four on 30 August 2015.
Eric Whitacres new work Deep Field is inspired by images taken from the Hubble Space Telescope and offers the audience a chance to participate in a novel way. In his popular Cloudburst, too, you can help create the sound of rain falling. Plus, American classics by Copland and Gershwin.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. |
Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60), Programme (RAHE/1/2015/90), Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37), Digital Photographs |