| Main Performers | Barry Douglas - piano,
Mlada Khudoley,
Yulia Matochkina,
Mikhail Vekua,
Yuri Vorobiev - vocals,
Thomas Trotter - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | London Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor', Brahms
INTERVAL
'Glagolitic Mass', Janacek, original version, reconstr. P Wingfield |
| Performance Notes | 'In the tenor solo I hear a high priest,' Janácek said of his Glagolitic Mass, 'in the soprano solo a girlish angel and in the chorus our people.' These elements, combined with organ and orchestra, yield a huge, passionate secular oratorio celebrating life, nationhood and peace.
In the first half Barry Douglas, whose relationship with the Proms goes back almost 20 years, returns with Brahms's elemental First Piano Concerto a work that distils all the conflict of the composer's relationship with the troubled Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.
The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/62),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide |