Main Performers | Elizabeth Llewellyn, Andrew Foster-Williams - vocals |
Orchestra or Band | BBC National Orchestra of Wales |
Choirs | BBC Symphony Chorus BBC National Chorus of Wales |
Set List | 'Bishop Rock, D Carwithen, 'Sea Sketches, G Williams INTERVAL ' A Sea Symphony (Symphony No.1), R Vaughan Williams |
Performance Notes | Behold, the sea itself
Home to Sirens and storms, crashing waves and calming swells, the sea is at the centre of this atmospheric programme from Andrew Manze, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and joint BBC choruses.
Vaughan Williams expansive A Sea Symphony, with its arresting choral opening, is prefaced by sea pictures from two neglected 20th-century women composers now enjoying a revival. Theres a filmic energy and vividness to Doreen Carwithens Bishop Rock overture, while Grace Williams Sea Sketches, inspired by her family home on the Welsh coast, captures the seas vivacity and mercurial mood swings. |
Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2022/26), Programme (RAHE/1/2022/41), Digital Photographs |