| Orchestra or Band | BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Minds in Flux', G Lewis,
'Concert Aria Ah! Perfido, Beethoven,
'Symphony No.2 in D Major', Beethoven |
| Performance Notes | In 2021, the BBC Proms returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a summer of live music, as it has done every year since 1941. With 52 concerts over 44 days, featuring 30 orchestras and ensembles and more than 2,000 musicians, this ambitious season promises a celebration of live music on a scale not seen since before the pandemic. From the power of a symphony orchestra to the sheer joy of a single performer on the Halls magnificent organ, this summer we look forward to coming together through music. Every Prom will be live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov pair Beethovens dramatic concert aria Ah! perfido with the Second Symphony a work whose vitality and smiling mood belie the private struggles and despair of a composer wrestling with hearing loss with a new commission from celebrated American composer George Lewis.
This world premiere blends a conventional orchestra with spatialised electronics, exploiting the unique space of the Royal Albert Hall to create, in Lewiss words, a medium for meditation on what processes of decolonisation might sound like.
BBC commission and world premiere of 'Minds in Flux', G Lewis.
The season was shortened to six, rather than eight, weeks because of the financial risk to the BBC not knowing audience sizes due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Related Archival Material | Prospectus (RAHE/1/2021/5),
Programme (RAHE/1/2021/) |