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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concert 2014 - One Hundred and Twentieth Season - Prom 60 - Roman Holiday
Performance Date1 September 2014
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:32
Main PerformersDanny Driver - piano
Orchestra or BandRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsCharles Dutoit
Set List'Overture' from Le Carnaval Romain, Berlioz,
'Sinfonia Concertante (original version)', Walton
INTERVAL
'Roman Festivals', Respighi
'Fountains of Rome', Respighi,
'Pines of Rome', Respighi
Performance NotesVeteran conductor Charles Dutoit takes up an Italian theme with Berlioz's intoxicating Roman Carnival overture and Respighi's Roman trilogy. Rarely heard in full, this triptych of flamboyant orchestral showpieces paints a vivid picture of life in the 'Eternal City'.

Respighi takes us down into the catacombs where plainchant fills the air, through the streets where children play, and we watch as the sun rises and sets over the city's seven hills.

Danny Driver joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as soloist in Walton's early Sinfonia concertante – a piano concerto in all but name.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/111),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/asZa92axd0dX
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2014/111BBC Proms 2014 - Prom 601 September 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/41Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO); 1946-; British orchestra
DS/UK/1082Dutoit; Charles Édouard (1936-); Swiss conductor
DS/UK/20329Driver; Danny (1977-); British classical pianist
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