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Penny Gore presents great 麻豆官网首页入口 Prom concerts from recent years by 麻豆官网首页入口 orchestras and choirs - today the 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic with music by P盲rt, Rachmaninov and Gliere, from a 2007 Prom. The climax of their concert with conductor Vassily Sinaisky is the Proms premiere of the monumental Third Symphony by Russian composer Reinhold Gliere, inspired by legendary folk hero Ilya Muromets. Plus ecstatic music by Welsh composer Grace Williams from a 2015 Prom given by the 麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales.

2.00pm
Arvo P盲rt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
with Nelson Goerner (piano)
2.30pm
Gliere: Symphony No 3 in B minor, Op 42 (Ilya Muromets) (Proms premiere)
麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic
Conductor Vassily Sinaisky

3.55pm
Grace Williams: Fairest of Stars
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
麻豆官网首页入口 National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Throughout the 2020 Proms season Afternoon Concert celebrates top music-making at Summer Festivals, with four weeks of concerts from 2019 summer festivals across Europe and four weeks of great Proms performances from recent years by the 麻豆官网首页入口 orchestras and choirs. This week features all six 麻豆官网首页入口-associated orchestras including the Ulster Orchestra, plus the 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers, 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Chorus and 麻豆官网首页入口 National Chorus of Wales. The series also celebrates the 60th birthdays in 2020 of two great British composers, George Benjamin and Mark-Anthony Turnage (on Thursday this week), and highlights some of the best Proms premieres from James MacMillan's The Confession of Isobel Gowdie in 1990 to the present day.