Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season - Prom 47 - BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo
Performance Date21 August 2015
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:03
Main PerformersStephen Farr - organ
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSakari Oramo
Set List'Tapiola', Sibelius,
'Organ Concerto', Leifs
INTERVAL
'Beast Sampler', A Hillborg,
'Symphony No.7 in A Major', Beethoven
ENCORE
'Organ Sonata', Hallgrimson
Performance NotesThere’s no denying the potent rhythmic urgency of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Its giddying, propulsive movement finds contrast in the mysterious stillness of Sibelius’s Tapiola, inspired by the spirit of Finland’s dusky forests, its wood-sprites and magic secrets. Jón Leifs’s Organ Concerto harnesses the full power and scope of the Royal Albert Hall’s organ in its massive musical gestures, while Anders Hillborg’s Beast Sampler promises to strip away all we know of the symphony orchestra, transforming it into a ‘sound animal’.

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

Proms premiere of 'Organ Concerto', Leifs.
UK premiere of 'Beast Sampler, Anders Hillborg.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2015/60),
Programme (RAHE/1/2015/105),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2015/37)
Ticket Prices£5-£38.00
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/jUNjQLwj9zHUG
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2015/105BBC Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season - Prom 4721 August 2015
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10256BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2015 - One Hundred and Twenty First Season76
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/969Oramo; Sakari Marcus; OBE; Finnish conductor
DS/UK/20709Farr; Stephen (fl 1980s-); British organist
DS/UK/31Britain; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); 18 October 1922-; British public service broadcaster
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