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The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

BBC Proms: 2014 Season: Prom 51

BBC Proms: 2014: Prom 51: Part 2: Prom 51 (part 2): Free Prom - Dvorak, Grieg, Bax and Bill Whelan

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Part 2 Part 2: Prom 51 (part 2): Free Prom - Dvorak, Grieg, Bax and Bill Whelan

2014

Prom 51 (part 2): Free Prom - Dvorak, Grieg, Bax and Bill Whelan

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Jac van Steen conducts the Ulster Orchestra in music by Bax and Bill Whelan.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Jac van Steen conducts the Ulster Orchestra in Bax's Roscatha and the UK premiere of Bill Whelan's Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite.

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.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Katie Derham

The Ulster Orchestra and Jac Van Steen live at the BBC Proms

Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in C major, Op. 46 No. 1
Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72 No. 2
Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46 No. 8 
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor

4.00pm Interval

4.20pm
Bax: Roscatha
Bill Whelan: Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite (UK premiere)

Zhang Zuo (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Jac Van Steen (conductor)



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. 


This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 9th September at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2014

BBC Proms: 2014: Prom 51

Prom 51

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All broadcasts from the 120th season of the BBC Proms.

Jac van Steen conducts the Ulster Orchestra in music by Dvorak, Grieg, Bax and Bill Whelan

The annual Free Prom, with Jac van Steen conducting the Ulster Orchestra in a trio of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances, plus music by Grieg, Bax and Bill Whelan

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