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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth Season - Prom 16 - Oriental Promise
Performance Date29 July 2014
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time18:32
Main PerformersDaniel Hope - violin
Orchestra or BandBorusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsSascha Goetzel
Set List'Islamey – Oriental Fantasy', Balakirev, orch. Lyapunov,
'Beni Mora', Holst,
'Violin Concerto', G Prokofiev
INTERVAL
'Die Entführung aus dem Serail – Overture', Mozart,
'Solomon – The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba', Handel, arr. Beecham,
'Belkis, Queen of Sheba', Respighi
ENCORE
'Köçekçe', Ulvi Cemal Erkin
Performance NotesTonight's visitors from Istanbul make their Proms debut, bringing the intoxicating East as filtered through Western ears. Sneak into Mozart's harem and witness the magnificent Queen of Sheba (in views by Handel and Respighi). Balakirev and Holst offer folk colourings from further afield.

BBC commission and world premiere of 'Violin Concerto', Gabriel Prokofiev. First appearance by a Turkish orchestra at the Hall.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
The concert was recorded and broadcast on BBC Four on 31 August 2014.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/68),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide,
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£5-£38
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/asZa92axd0dX
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2014/68BBC Proms 2014 - Prom 1629 July 2014
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9894BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
DS/UK/1922Hope; Daniel (1974-); British violinist
DS/UK/19345Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (BIFO); 1993-; Turkish orchestra
DS/UK/19344Goetzel; Sascha (1970-); Austrian conductor
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