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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season - Prom 28: Rachmaninov, Borodin and Huw Watkins
Performance Date8 August 2019
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersNatalya Romaniw,
Oleg Dolgov,
Iurii Samoilov - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC National Orchestra of Wales
ChoirsBBC National Chorus of Wales,
Philharmonia Chorus
ConductorsTadaaki Otaka
Set List'Twill by Twilight 13’', Takemitsu,
'The Moon c20’', Huw Watkins - BBC commission: world premiere
INTERVAL
'The Bells 37’', Rachmaninov - Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1921
'Prince Igor Polovtsian Dances 14’', Borodin - Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1897
Performance NotesSleigh bells, wedding bells, warning bells and mourning bells all peal through Rachmaninov’s choral symphony The Bells – which sets a text by Edgar Allan Poe with broad brushstrokes and bright colours.

Borodin’s exotically seductive Polovtsian Dances also features, alongside a world premiere by Huw Watkins inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first manned mission to the Moon.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2019/),
Programme (RAHE/1/2019/),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2019/),
Digital Photographs,
Posters (RAHE/2/2019/)
Ticket Prices£7.50-£105, £6 gallery and arena standing
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/2y92YNT2ULW4w
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/6/2019/31BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season Mini-Guide19 July - 14 September 2019
RAHE/1/2019/67BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season - Prom 28: Rachmaninov, Borodin and Huw Watkins8 August 2019
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11719BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2019 - One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Season 75
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1071Otaka; Tadaaki (1947-); CBE; Japanese conductor
DS/UK/3536Philharmonia Chorus; 1957-; English choir
DS/UK/1022British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC National Chorus of Wales; 1970s-; Welsh choir
DS/UK/1019British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC National Orchestra of Wales; 1935-; Welsh orchestra
DS/UK/23193Romaniw; Natalya; Welsh soprano
DS/UK/23400Dolgov; Oleg (1972-); Russian tenor
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