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Friday - The CBSO at the Proms

Ian Skelly introduces music by Rachmaninov, Glinka and Ethel Smyth performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada at this year's Proms.

Ian Skelly introduces music by Rachmaninov, Glinka and Ethel Smyth performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor designate, Kazuki Yamada, at this year's Proms. Plus a choice of music from Ian's Prom Guest and the last of this week's listener suggestions.

Sergey Rachmaninov: 'Lilacs'
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Igor Stravinsky (arr. Piatagorsky): Suite Italienne
Narek Hakhazaryan, cello
Oxana Sheychenko, piano

BBC PROM - Yamada conducts the CBSO Pt 1
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila – overture
Ethel Smyth: Concerto for Violin and Horn
Elena Urioste, violin
Ben Goldscheider, horn
CBSO
Kazuki Yamada, conductor

INTERVAL
Prom artist's choice from Ben Goldscheider of music by Rameau

PROM Pt 2
Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor
CBSO
Kazuki Yamada, conductor

2 hours, 32 minutes

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs, Op 21 No 5, transc. for piano

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Suite italienne, arr. from Pulcinella

    Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan. Performer: Oxana Shevchenko. Music Arranger: Gregor Piatigorsky.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Lyudmila - overture

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Concerto for Violin and Horn

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Boréades, Acte IV, Scène IV: Entrée pour les Muses, les Zéphyres

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Rameau - The Sound of Light.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Nuit

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
  • Trad.

    Bushes and Briars

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Jul 2022 14:00