| Set List | 'Slavonic Dance in C Major, Op.46/1', Dvorak,
'Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op.72/2', Dvorak,
'Slavonic Dance in G Minor, Op.46/8', Dvorak,
'Piano Concerto in A Minor', Grieg
INTERVAL
'Roscatha', Bax,
'Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite', Bill Whelan
ENCORE
'To the Spring', Grieg,
'Scherzo in E Minor', Mendelssohn |
| Performance Notes | This year's Free Prom is a Bank Holiday matinee bursting with dance rhythms and colour the perfect chance to experience the Proms for the first time.
A trio of Dvorák's colourful, folk-inspired Slavonic Dances opens the concert and Grieg's Piano Concerto, with its lively dance-themed finale and Norwegian folk echoes, continues the mood; the soloist is BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Zhang Zuo, making her Proms debut.
The concert ends in the Ulster Orchestra's Irish musical heartland with Bax's tone-poem Roscatha and Bill Whelan's new Riverdance suite adapted from his music for the ever-popular stage show.
UK premiere of 'Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite', Bill Whelan.
The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/102),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide |