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Summer Festivals

A series of great Proms concerts from recent years by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras and choirs, launched by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra.

A new series of great Proms concerts from recent years by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ orchestras and choirs, launched by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D major (Classical Symphony)
Qigang Chen: Iris Dévoilée (London premiere)
with Meng Meng, Anu Komsi and Piia Komsi (sopranos), Jia Li (pipa), Jing Chang (zheng) and Nan Wang (erhu)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor
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Conductor Xian Zhang

George Benjamin: Ringed by the Flat Horizon
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by the composer

Throughout the 2020 Proms season Afternoon Concert celebrates top music-making at Summer Festivals, with four weeks of concerts from 2019 summer festivals across Europe and four weeks of great Proms performances from recent years by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Orchestras and Choirs. This week features all six ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½-associated orchestras including the Ulster Orchestra, plus the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus; the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales will feature in two weeks' time. The series will also celebrate the 60th birthdays in 2020 of two great British composers, George Benjamin and Mark-Anthony Turnage, and highlight some of the best Proms premieres from James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie in 1990 to the present day.

To launch the series today Chinese-American conductor Xian Zhang makes her Proms debut in a hyper-Romantic 2015 concert featuring two Russian blockbusters and a gorgeous recent work by her compatriot Qigang Chen. Plus George Benjamin conducting the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in the piece whose 1980 Proms premiere catapulted him to fame, and film favourites from a 2011 Prom by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra and their then Principal Conductor Keith Lockhart - who feature throughout this week.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 Jul 2020 14:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major (Classical Symphony)

    Performer: Meng Meng. Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Piia Komsi. Performer: Jia Li. Performer: Jing Chang. Performer: Nan Wang. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang.
  • Qigang Chen

    Iris Dévoilée

    Performer: Meng Meng. Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Piia Komsi. Performer: Jia Li. Performer: Jing Chang. Performer: Nan Wang. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E Minor

    Performer: Meng Meng. Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Piia Komsi. Performer: Jia Li. Performer: Jing Chang. Performer: Nan Wang. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Xian Zhang.
  • Tunde Jegede

    Breath of Life

    Performer: Robert Plane.
  • Sir George Benjamin

    Ringed by the Flat Horizon

    Performer: Carolin Widmann. Conductor: Sir George Benjamin. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Jul 2020 14:00