| Orchestra or Band | Freiburg Baroque Orchestra |
| Conductors | Pablo Heras-Casado (Proms debut atist) |
| Set List | 'Overture The Hebrides (Fingals Cave)' Mendelssohn,
'Violin Concerto in E Minor', Mendelssohn
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.5 in D Major, Reformation, Mendelssohn
ENCORE
'Traüme', Wagner |
| Performance Notes | The dynamic Freiburg Baroque Orchestra brings authentic period-instrument colour to three of Mendelssohns best-loved orchestral works in a Proms matinee directed by rising young conductor Pablo Heras-Casado.
Violinist Isabelle Faust makes her second appearance this season, as soloist in Mendelssohns Violin Concerto the composers last completed orchestral work, and perhaps the loveliest of all the Romantic violin concertos.
The 500th anniversary of the Reformation continues to be marked with Mendelssohns Fifth Symphony, whose final movement quotes movingly from Luthers chorale Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, while the concert opens with the composers glorious overture The Hebrides, inspired by a visit to Fingals Cave on the Scottish Isle of Staffa. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/112),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/28, 32) |