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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2012 - One Hundred and Eighteenth Season - Prom 56 - Goehr, Knussen, Grime and Debussy
Performance Date25 August 2012
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersClaire Booth,
Clare McCaldin,
Polly May - vocals
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ChoirsNew London Chamber Choir,
BBC National Chorus of Wales
ConductorsOliver Knussen
Set List'Metamorphosis / Dance', A Goehr,
'Symphony No.3', Oliver Knussen
INTERVAL
'Night Songs', H Grime,
'The Martyrdom of St Sebastian', Debussy [complete incidental music, without narration]
Performance NotesAfter an 80th-birthday revival of Goehr’s imaginary ballet, Knussen’s Third Symphony prefaces Helen Grime’s 60th-birthday tribute to him. Debussy’s incidental music for a mystery play appears complete for the first time in Proms history.

BBC Commission and World Premiere of 'Night Songs', by Helen Grime.
First Performance at the Proms of 'The Martyrdom of St Sebastian', Debussy.

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2012/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/2012/114),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2012/39),
Poster (RAHE/2/2012/24)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/VqvVWCVqtM4YC
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2012/114BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2012 - One Hundred and Eighteenth Season - Prom 56 - Goehr, Knussen, Grime and Debussy25 August 2012
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work7673BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2012 - One Hundred and Eighteenth Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1290Goehr; Alexander (1932-); English composer, academic
DS/UK/1069Knussen; Oliver (1952-2018); British composer, conductor
DS/UK/1291Grime; Helen (1981-); Scottish composer
DS/UK/479Debussy; Claude-Achille (1862-1918); French composer
DS/UK/1033New London Chamber Choir; 1981-; English choir
DS/UK/1022British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC National Chorus of Wales; 1970s-; Welsh choir
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/1292Booth; Claire (fl 2004-2012); Welsh soprano
DS/UK/1293McCaldin; Clare (fl 2000-2012); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/1294May; Polly (fl 2012); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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