Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Prom 51 - Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop
Performance Date24 August 2016
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time19:02
Main PerformersGabriela Montero - piano (Proms Debut Artist)
Orchestra or BandSão Paulo Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsMarin Alsop
Set List'Kabbalah', Marlos Nobre,
'Piano Concerto in A Minor', Grieg
INTERVAL
'Bachianas Brasileiras No.4 – Prelude', Villa-Lobos,
'Symphonic Dances', Rachmaninov
Performance NotesThis year’s Proms focus on Latin America in the year the Olympic Games go to Rio de Janeiro heats up with a visit from the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra under its charismatic conductor Marin Alsop. Their concert is bookended by infectious, furious dances from Marlos Nobre and Rachmaninov. In between comes music from the doyen of South American composers, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and a performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto, for which the orchestra is joined by Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero.

UK premiere of 'Kabbalah', Marlos Nobre.
Proms premiere of 'Bachianas Brasileiras No.4 – Prelude', Villa-Lobos.

Broadcast live on BBC Four.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2016/50),
Programme (RAHE/1/2016/100),
Mini-Guide (RAHE/6/2016/45),
Digital Photographs
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/1/2016/50BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Proms Guide15 July-10 September 2016
RAHE/1/2016/100BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2016 - One Hundred and Twenty Second Season - Prom 5124 August 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/1135Alsop; Marin (16 October 1956); American conductor and violinist
DS/UK/1134Sao Paulo State Symphony, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP); 1954-; Brazilian symphony orchestra
DS/UK/20844Montero; Gabriela (1970-); Venezuelan pianist
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