Prom 26: British Composers

Afternoon on 3 - with Jonathan Swain

Another chance to hear Chloë Hanslip, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Tadaaki Otaka at the BBC Proms in an all-British programme including music by Walton, Elgar and Grace Williams.

Presented from the Royal Albert Hall by Christopher Cook

2pm:
Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

2:05pm:
Vaughan Williams: Concerto accademico

2:25pm:
Grace Williams: Fairest of Stars

2:40pm:
Elgar: Overture 'Froissart', Op 19

2:55pm:
Walton: Symphony No. 2

Chloë Hanslip (violin)
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

Elgar's Froissart overture throbs with national pride and swagger, while Walton's Second Symphony sustains an altogether darker, more contemplative mood. British violinist Chloë Hanslip is the soloist in Vaughan Williams's rarely heard Concerto accademico - a work whose lyrical slow movement and dancing finale are anything but 'academic'. The concert also features Welsh composer Grace Williams's ecstatic, neo-Straussian Fairest of Stars for soprano and orchestra, a musical celebration of Milton's poetry.

[First heard on 5th August]

Followed by:

Pierné: Symphonic Poem for piano and orchestra
Jean Efflam-Bavouzet, piano
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor

Poulenc: Aubade, choreographic poem for piano and 18 instruments
Louis Lortie, piano
BBC Philharmonic
Edward Gardner, conductor.