Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023: Tuesday - BBC Proms - Adams, Copland and Skye

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Tuesday - BBC Proms - Adams, Copland and Skye

BBC Proms 2023

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The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Adams, Copland and Skye at the BBC Proms.

Ryan Bancroft conducts the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the BBC Proms in music by Adams, Copland and Skye, and there's music by JS Bach from Regensburg Early Music Days.

Introduced by Penny Gore, with another chance to hear the BBC National Orchestra and its principal conductor, Ryan Bancroft, at the BBC Proms, performing the music of John Adams, Aaron Copland, and the world premiere of a new work by Derrick Skye. 

Penny also returns to the German festival Regensburg Early Music Days, for more music by J S Bach.

Including:

Brahms orch. Berio: Clarinet sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1 (Vivace)
Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet
Orchestre National de Lille
Alexandre Bloch, conductor

Monteverdi: Mentre io mirava fiso
La Compagnia del Madrigale

c. 2.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Monday 31st July)
Presented by Ian Skelly

Derrick Skye: Nova plexus
Copland: Clarinet Concerto

Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, conductor

c.3.00pm
Proms Artist Choice: Annelien Van Wauwe

Schubert: Octet in F major, D 803 (Adagio)
Jörg Widmann (clarinet), Dag Jensen (bassoon), Sybille Mahni (French horn), Isabelle van Keulen (violin), Veronika Eberle (violin), Rachel Roberts (viola), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Yasunori Kawahara (double bass)

c. 3.15pm
BBC Proms (first broadcast live on Monday 31st July)
Presented by Ian Skelly

John Adams: Harmonium
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ryan Bancroft, conductor

Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K 511
Elisabeth Brauss, piano

c.4.00pm
JS Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 (cantata)
Hannah Ely, soprano
Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, countertenor
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Romain Bockler, bass
Ensemble Alia Mens
Olivier Spilmont, conductor

Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso Op 66
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox, conductor

Afternoon Concert: BBC Proms 2023

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Every day during the summer, Afternoon Concert includes performances from a recent Prom.

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