Prom 15: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 26-07-2016 19:30 26-07-2016 21:30 36 Prom 15: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis Vaughan Williams’s Toward the Unknown Region was his first large-scale masterpiece, setting the visionary words of Walt Whitman. Sir Andrew Davis also conducts Tchaikovsky’s swashbuckling The Tempest and the first performance of Anthony Payne’s Of Land, Sea and Sky. Bruch’s radiant First Violin Concerto completes the programme. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – The Tempest
Anthony Payne – Of Land, Sea and Sky
~ Interval ~
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Toward the Unknown region
Performers
Sir Andrew Davis – Conductor
Ray Chen – violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Chorus
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Programme Note
Vaughan Williams’s Toward the Unknown Region was his first large-scale masterpiece, setting the visionary words of Walt Whitman.
Sir Andrew Davis also conducts Tchaikovsky’s swashbuckling The Tempest and the first performance of Anthony Payne’s Of Land, Sea and Sky. Bruch’s radiant First Violin Concerto completes the programme.