Record

Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth Season - Prom 49 - Russian Fairy Tales
Performance Date23 August 2014
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:33
Main PerformersAnu Komsi - vocal
Orchestra or BandBBC Symphony Orchestra
ConductorsSakari Oramo
Set List'Mother Goose – Ballet', Ravel,
'Voice Verser', J Tiensuu
INTERVAL
'Songs of a Fairy Princess', Szymanowski, orch. S Oramo,
'Scheherazade', Rimsky-Korsakov
Performance NotesSakari Oramo returns together with soprano, Anu Komsi, to perform Szymanowski's atmospheric Songs of a Fairy Princess.

Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade sees the orchestra turn storyteller and the curtain rises with Ravel's deftly coloured fairy-tale ballet.

UK premieres of 'Voice verser', Jukka Tiensuu and 'Songs of a Fairy Princess', Szymanowski, with three additional songs orchestrated by Sakari Oramo.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/100),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide
Ticket Prices£5.00-£38.00
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/asZa92axd0dX
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2014/100BBC Proms 2014 - Prom 4923 August 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/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/969Oramo; Sakari Marcus; OBE; Finnish conductor
DS/UK/20010Komsi; Anu (fl 2000s-); Finnish soprano
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