Proms 2012 Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain - BBC Proms

4 Aug 2012, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 4 Aug 2012 Next Event

Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

19:30 Sat 4 Aug 2012 Royal Albert Hall

Curve-ball pieces from Varèse and Anna Meredith and Messiaen’s ecstatic Turangalîla Symphony from the National Youth Orchestra.

Programme

- - Edgard Varèse
  - Tuning Up(5 mins)
- - Nico Muhly
  - Gait(20 mins)BBC Commission London premiere
- - interval
- - Olivier Messiaen
  - Turangalîla Symphony(77 mins)
- - Anna Meredith
  - HandsFree(12 mins)

Performers

Cynthia Millar
ondes martenot
ondes martenot
Joanna MacGregor
piano
piano
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Vasily Petrenko
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

Messiaen’s ecstatic, Eastern-influenced celebration of love is framed by a BBC commission from one of America’s rising talents and Anna Meredith’s acclaimed tour de force of clapping, stamping, singing and body percussion, first performed earlier this year by NYO members and commissioned for the PRS for Music Foundation's New Music 20x12 programme as part of the Cultural Olympiad.

Varèse’s Tuning Up is a tongue-in-cheek parody based on the familiar orchestral strains usually heard on stage only before the conductor arrives.

Discover the Music Download a short audio guide published on the day about a key work in tonight’s Prom: Andrew McGregor talks about Messiaen's Turangalila.