| Main Performers | Nicola Benedetti - violin |
| Orchestra or Band | National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain |
| Set List | 'Banner', J Montgomery,
'new work', L Judd,
'Violin Concerto No.2 in G Minor', Prokofiev
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.3 in E Flat Major, Eroica', 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.
Rising star Jonathon Heyward conducts the talented teenagers of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in one of the all-time symphonic greats. Propelling the symphony into the Romantic age, Beethovens Eroica is a celebration of scope and drama, a musical depiction of heroism that surges with pioneering spirit. Nicola Benedetti is the soloist in Prokofievs Violin Concerto No. 2 with its song-like slow movement a work whose sardonic wit is balanced by a new lyricism that would come to dominate the composers later works. The Prom also includes a new NYOGB commission by British composer, jazz trumpeter and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Laura Jurd.
UK premiere 'Banner', Jessie Montgomery,
London premiere 'new work', Laura Judd
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/1/2021/15),
Digital Photographs |