First Night of the Proms

New British music, Brahms, Liszt and a lavish choral work blaze a trail for some of 2011's Proms musical strands. Benjamin Grosvenor made his Proms debut, and there's Janáček's extraordinary celebration of Slavic culture, the Glagolitic Mass.

Friday 15 July
7.30pm – c. 9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Choral music and singing events, Piano music

Judith Weir
Stars, Night, Music and Light (c4 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture (11 mins)
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major (20 mins)
INTERVAL
Janáček
Glagolitic Mass (45 mins)

Benjamin Grosvenor piano
Hibla Gerzmava soprano
Dagmar Pecková mezzo-soprano
Stefan Vinke tenor
Jan Martiník bass
David Goode organ
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiří Bělohlávek conductor

Episodio siguiente

S2011E06 - Weber, Brahms & Stravinsky