| Main Performers | Andrew Watts - vocal,
Emily Benyon - flute |
| Set List | 'Sinfonia da Requiem', Britten,
'Symphony', R Yiu,
INTERVAL
'Flute Concerto', Nielsen,
'Sinfonietta', Janacek |
| Performance Notes | BBC commission and world premiere of 'Symphony', Raymond Yiu.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Proms regular Edward Gardner continues this years Nielsen anniversary celebrations with the Flute Concerto a work that expresses what Nielsen perceived as the instruments Arcadian quality. This gentle, pastoral quality battles, however, with darker forces, characterfully symbolised by the bass trombone. Both Janáceks Sinfonietta and Brittens Sinfonia da Requiem are also vivid expressions of contrast in mood, texture and colour. The five movements of the Sinfonietta are all scored for a different and sometimes unlikely combination of instruments, while the three episodes in Brittens elegiac Sinfonia da Requiem paint different stages of mourning, from grief, to anger and finally an uneasy acceptance |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/112),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37),
Digital Photographs |