| Main Performers | Sally Matthews,
Natalya Romaniw,
Nardus Williams,
Christine Rice,
Nicky Spence,
Freddie De Tommaso - vocals |
| Set List | 'La Liberazione di Ruggiero - Suite', Caccini,
'Abscheuchlicher!
Komm, Hoffnung, Lass Den Letzten Stern', 'Gott! Welch Dunkel Hier!
In Des Lebens Fru¨Hlingstagen' and 'O Namenlose Freude!' from Fidelio, Beethoven,
'Che farò Senza Euridice?' from Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck,
'Che Gelida Manina
Mi Chiamano Mimì', and 'O Soave Fanciulla' from La Bohème, Puccini,
'La Fleur Que Tu MAvais JEtée' from Carmen, Bizet,
'Io TAbbraccio', from Rodelinda, Handel,
'Der Kleine Sandmann Bin Ich
Abends, Will Ich Schlafen Gehn' and 'Dream Pantomime' from Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck |
| 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.
A host of British opera stars join Ben Glassberg and the BBC Philharmonic for a night rich in emotion and drama. After a year of lockdowns and social distancing, the themes of isolation and loneliness, as well as the joy of reunion, have particular poignancy in excerpts from much-loved operas including Handels Rodelinda, Beethovens Fidelio, Humperdincks Hansel and Gretel and Puccinis La bohème.
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.
An afternoon (13:00) and an evening (18:00) Prom were held at Cadogan Hall, London. The prize-winning young Marmen Quartet, formed in 2013 at Londons Royal College of Music, makes its BBC Proms debut with Haydns vivacious Lark Quartet, which opens with a soaring violin melody that gives the work its nickname. It is also the inspiration for the String Quartet No. 1 by Robert Simpson, performed in this centenary year of his birth. Its opening draws on Haydns own initial theme and its ingeneous coda reflects Haydns elegant simplicity, with a nod to Beethoven thrown in for good measure. |
| Related Archival Material | Prospectus (RAHE/1/2021/5),
Programme (RAHE/1/2021/24),
Digital photographs |