| Main Performers | Elizabeth Llewellyn,
Jess Dandy,
Allan Clayton,
Michael Mofidian - vocals,
Daniel Hyde - organ |
| Set List | 'Serenade to Music', Vaughan Williams,
'Organ Concerto', Poulenc,
'When Soft Voices Die', Sir James MacMillan,
'Allegretto', Sibelius |
| 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.
Dalia Stasevska, the BBC Symphony Orchestras Principal Guest Conductor, leads a First Night featuring Vaughan Williamss ravishing Serenade to Music written to celebrate Proms founder-conductor Henry Woods 50 years on the podium and premiered by him at his jubilee concert in the Royal Albert Hall in 1938. Poulencs Organ Concerto is a piquant foil, showcasing the instrument in a vivid play of light and shade, and Sir James MacMillan offers a new work to launch the new season.
BBC co-commission with Help Musicians: world premiere 'When Soft Voices Die', Sir James MacMillan.
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/1/2021/6),
Digital photographs |