| Main Performers | Chloe Hanslip - violin,
Diego Espinosa Cruz Gonzalez, |
| Orchestra or Band | BBC National Orchestra of Wales |
| Set List | 'La Péri Fanfare and Poème Dansé', Dukas,
'Violin Concerto', M Berkeley
INTERVAL
'Romeo and Juliet', Prokofiev |
| Performance Notes | Paul Dukass brief, intoxicating ballet La Péri opens tonights Prom, before Chloë Hanslip gives the world premiere of a new Violin Concerto by Michael Berkeley. Jac van Steen conducts excerpts from one of the most dramatic and colourfully scored of all ballets, Prokofievs Romeo and Juliet, a highlight of our series marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare.
BBC commission and world premiere of 'Violin Concerto', Michael Berkeley. The violin concerto was dedicated to Berkeley's late wife, the literary agent Deborah Rogers, who died suddenly in 2014.
"Hanslip's poetic touch kept every note she played alive and fresh whatever the violin, acoustic or electric; so did the subtle table tattoo of Diego Espinosa Cruz Gonzales. The conductor Jac van Steen and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales contributed their own finesse to this music of consequence and feeling."
(The Times, 28 July 2016) |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2016/50),
Programme (RAHE/1/2016/65),
Mini-Guide (RAHE/6/2016/45),
Digital Photographs |