Prom 66 - Part 1
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Louise Fryer presents the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Tadaaki Otaka in Grace Williams's Sea Sketches and Elgar's Sea Pictures.
From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Louise Fryer.
A Prom that begins with a nautical theme as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform music by Welsh composer Grace Williams. A pupil of Vaughan Williams and a friend of Britten, her Sea Sketches catch the different moods of the Bristol Channel, as seen from her hometown of Barry. This is followed by Former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Christine Rice singing Elgar's ever-popular Sea Pictures.
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
Grace Williams: Sea Sketches
Elgar: Sea Pictures.
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- Thu 4 Sep 200819:00BBC Radio 3
