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BBC Proms Features World Premiere of Huw Watkins' Violin Concerto

Jul. 08, 2010

This summer the BBC Proms features a number of works from the Schott Music, Universal Edition and Faber Music catalogues. On August 17, Huw Watkins’  Violin Concerto is premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Edward Gardner with violinist Alina Ibragimova, for whom the piece was written. The concerto emerged as a result of the composer's growing collaboration with the violinist, the two first having worked together when, as a BBC New Generation Artist, she invited Watkins to write her a solo work. A concerto was the natural next step for the young, dynamic award-winning violinist and indeed this is the first concerto Ibragimova has had written especially for her. The concert will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 4 TV. Another performance not to be missed is the world premiere of Tansy Davies' Wild Card by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiří Bělohlávek on September 8.

Below is a listing of selected performance of works from the Schott/EAM family with links for further details on each.

    Prom 1: July 16
    Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral; Choristers of Westminster Abbey; Choristers of Westminster Cathedral; BBC Symphony Chorus; Crouch End Festival Chorus; Sydney Philharmonia Choirs; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor
    Gustav Mahler–Symphony No. 8

      Prom 15, July 28
      BBC Symphony Orchestra; Oliver Knussen, conductor; Leila Josefowicz, violin
      Luke Bedford      –Outblaze the Sky
      Colin Matthews–Violin Concerto
      Bernd Alois Zimmermann–Rheinische Kirmestänze

      Prom 18, July 30
      Australian Youth Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder, conductor; Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano
      Mahler–Wunderhorn-Lieder

      Proms Chamber Music 3, August 2
      Malin Christensson, soprano; Hans Eijsackers, piano;
      Berg–7 frühe Lieder

      Prom 22, August 2
      BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jonathan Nott, conductor; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
      György Ligeti–Musica ricercata–No. 2: Mesto, rigido e ceremoniale
      George Benjamin–Duet

      Prom 24, August 4
      BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor; Edinburgh Festival Chorus; Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
      Gustav Mahler–Symphony No. 3

      Prom 26, August 5
      World Orchestra for Peace; Valery Gergiev, conductor; Camilla Tilling, soprano
      Gustav Mahler–      Symphony No. 4

      Prom 28, August 6
      Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; George Benjamin, conductor
      Luke Bedford–Or Voit Tout En Aventure
      Oliver Knussen–Two Organa
      George Benjamin–Three Inventions

        Prom 29, August 7
        National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain; Semyon Bychkov, conductor
        Julian Anderson–Fantasias

        Prom 32, August 9
        European Union Youth Orchestra; Colin Davis, conductor
        Leoš Janáček–Taras Bulba

          Prom 34, August 10
          Deutches Symphonie Orchester Berlin; Ingo Metzmacher, conductor;  Leonidas Kavakos, violin
          Franz Schreker          –Der ferne Klang– Nachtstück
          Erich Wolfgang Korngold–Violin Concerto

            Prom 35, August 11
            Danish National Vocal Ensemble; Danish National Concert Choir; Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
            György Ligeti            –Night; Morning; Lux aeterna

            Prom 41, August 16
            London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; Valery Gergiev, conductor
            Igor Stravinsky–The Firebird

            Prom 42, August 17
            BBC Symphony Orchestra; Edward Gardner, conductor; Alina Ibragimova, violin
            Huw Watkins            –Violin Concerto
            Arvo Pärt            –Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

            Prom 43, August 17
            Endymion; BBC Singers; David Hill, conductor
            Arvo Pärt–St. John Passion

            Prom 46, August 20
            Philharmonia Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
            Alexander Wassiljewitsch Mossolow–Iron Foundry 

            Prom 47, August 20
            BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ilan Volkov, conductor
            Morton Feldman–Piano and Orchestra

            Prom 48, August 21
            Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra,Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Simon Keenlyside, baritone
            Gustav Mahler–Rückert Lieder

            Prom 62, September 1
            Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra; Herbert Blomstedt, conductor; Christian Gerhaher, baritone
            Paul Hindemith            –Symphony Mathis der Mahler
            Gustav Mahler – Lieder eines fahrenden Gesselen               

            Proms Saturday Matinee 5, September 4
            BBC Singers; Arditti Quartet; Endymion; David Hill, conductor
            Jonathan Harvey– Dum transisset

            Prom 72, September 8
            BBC Symphony Orchestra; Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor
            Tansy Davies–Wild Card (BBC Commission: World Premiere)

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