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Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Carl Nielsen – Maskarade: overture
Gary Carpenter – Dadaville: BBC commission: world premiere
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466
~ Interval ~
Jean Sibelius – Belshazzar's Feast, suite
William Walton – Belshazzar's Feast
Performers
Sakari Oramo – Conductor
Lars Vogt – piano
Christopher Maltman – baritone
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Singers
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Chorus
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Programme Note
Two Nordic anniversaries launch this year’s BBC Proms: Denmark’s Carl Nielsen and Finland’s Jean Sibelius both celebrate their 150th-birthday years. Two exotic musical retellings of the story of the Babylonian king Belshazzar include the first of this summer’s feast of choral works. Celebrated German pianist Lars Vogt is soloist in the first of six late great Mozart piano concertos, and British composer Gary Carpenter spearheads the 32 premieres this season - a musical taste of things to come.