| Main Performers | Pekka Kuusisto - violin, vocal |
| Orchestra or Band | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Two Eardley Pictures - 1: Catterline in Winter', H Grime,
'Violin Concerto in D Major', Tchaikovsky (Pekka Kuusisto)
INTERVAL
'Petrushka', Stravinsky
ENCORE
'Minun Kultani Kaunis On (My Darling is Beautiful)', trad., arr. Kuusisto (Pekka Kuusisto) |
| Performance Notes | Tonights Prom marks the first instalment of all three of Stravinskys landmark ballets for the Ballet Russes company, all performed this weekend by Scottish orchestras. In the vivid folk tale of a puppet springing to life, Stravinsky had the starting point for his stylistic breakthrough, Petrushka, a ballet that would depict Russia with quick tempos, smells of Russian food, sweat and glistening leather boots. The first part of a new work from major talent Helen Grime prefaces this concerts arrival in Russia via all the despair, passion and determination of Tchaikovskys heart-rending Violin Concerto.
BBC commission and world premiere of ''Two Eardley Pictures - 1: Catterline in Winter', Helen Grime. The piece was inspired by the painter Joan Eardley's Scottish landscapes.
Proms debut of Pekka Kuusisto. Pekka Kuusisto got the audience singing along to the traditional Finnish folk song, 'Minun Kultani Kaunis On (My Darling is Beautiful)', at the end of his Proms debut.
Broadcast on live on BBC Four. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2016/50),
Programme (RAHE/1/2016/76),
Mini-Guide (RAHE/6/2016/45) |