Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Prom 37 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thomas Sondergard
Performance Date12 August 2016
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:32
Main PerformersPaul Watkins - cello
Orchestra or BandBBC National Orchestra of Wales
ConductorsThomas Søndergård
Set List'Partita', Walton,
'Cello Concerto', H Watkins
INTERVAL
'Passacaglia', Webern,
'Symphony No.4 in E Minor', Brahms
Performance NotesThomas Søndergård conducts his BBC National Orchestra of Wales in a Prom exploring the idea of the orchestral ‘passacaglia’ and some of the most delicious and subtle orchestral sonorities ever conjured. Brahms’s fourth and final symphony feels like the composer’s supreme orchestral achievement; its finale, a radiant passacaglia, is the summation of the composer’s quest to wed discipline and emotion. After Walton’s boisterous Partita comes the world premiere of the latest Proms cello concerto, a piece written by Huw Watkins and played by his brother.

BBC commission and world premiere of 'Cello Concerto', Huw Watkins.

"It was easy to enjoy Huw Watkins's Cello Concerto, premiered on Friday with the composer's brother Paul Watkins gracefully leaping through heaps of perfect fifths, soulfully poetic in his customary way. Extra lustre in this beautiful, gently questioning work came from the composer's absolute grasp of instrumental balance."
(The Times, 15 August 2016)

Post-show signing by Paul Watkins in Door 6.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2016/50),
Programme (RAHE/1/2016/86),
Mini-Guide (RAHE/6/2016/45)
Ticket Prices£6-£38.00
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/mupmxQxmuDC-Cv
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/2016/45BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 Mini Guide15 July-10 September 2016
RAHE/1/2016/86BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Prom 3712 August 2016
RAHE/1/2016/50BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Proms Guide15 July-10 September 2016
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10540BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6359Sondergard; Thomas (1969-); Danish conductor
DS/UK/6325Watkins; Paul (1970-); Welsh cellist and composer
DS/UK/1019British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC National Orchestra of Wales; 1935-; Welsh orchestra
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