| Orchestra or Band | Iceland Symphony Orchestra |
| Set List | 'Magma', Haukur Tómasson,
'Piano Concerto in A Minor', Schumann
INTERVAL
'Geysir', Leifs,
'Symphony No.5 in C Minor', Beethoven
ENCORES
1st Half
'Kinderszenen' - Der Dichter Spricht, Schumann,
2nd Half
'Consolation', Leifs,
'Sprengisandur', trad. |
| Performance Notes | Ilan Volkov directs the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (of which he is Music Director) in the ensemble's Proms debut.
Together they bring works from two major Icelandic composers, both inspired by the power and drama of their native country's geology. There's a slow-growing, primal force to Leifs's Geysir that balances the shifting tectonics of Tómasson's Magma.
Jonathan Biss makes his second appearance this season with Schumann's Piano Concerto, written for the composer's wife Clara, and the concert closes with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, whose darkness-to-light scenario culminates in a blaze of glory.
UK premiere of 'Magma', Haukur Tómasson.
The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/99),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide |