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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2014, New Works Episodes

Back up to: 2014

  1. Tavener - Requiem Fragments

    The prescient Requiem Fragments was composed shortly before Tavener’s death

  2. Tavener - Ikon of Light

    A musical meditation by the English composer who died in 2013

  3. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Strathclyde Concerto No.4

    A piece for clarinet and orchestra that demands virtuosity from soloist and ensemble

  4. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Concert Overture 'Ebb of Winter'

    A work that captures the rugged, rough-hewn beauty of Davies’s Orkney home

  5. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - Caroline Mathilde

    A suite from the Maxwell Davies ballet 'Caroline Mathilde'

  6. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies - An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise

    We see a different side of island life in the joyous ebullience of this much-loved piece

  7. Sir Harrison Birtwistle - Sonance Severance 2000

    A brief work from a Prom featuring 20th century orchestral showpieces.

  8. Sir Harrison Birtwistle - Night's Black Bird

    Juanjo Mena conducts Night's Black Bird, an atmospheric work by Sir Harrison Birtwistle

  9. Roxanna Panufnik - Three Paths to Peace

    Roxanna Panufnik’s premiere Three Paths to Peace tells the story of Abraham and Isaac.

  10. Qigang Chen - Joie éternelle

    Britain’s queen of the trumpet, Alison Balsom, performs in Qigang Chen's trumpet concerto

  11. Kareem Roustom's Ramal and Ayal Adler's Resonating Sounds

    Two works composed to explore the musical junctions of East and West

  12. Jörg Widmann - Flûte en suite

    Flûte en suite was commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra for its flautist Joshua Smith

  13. Jonathan Dove - Gaia Theory

    Jonathan Dove’s new orchestral work Gaia Theory explores environmental ideas.

  14. John McLeod - The Sun Dances

    John McLeod’s The Sun Dances is inspired by a folk legend from the West of Scotland

  15. John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Adams's orchestral miniature Short Ride in a Fast Machine pulses with anarchic life

  16. Helen Grime - Near Midnight

    Helen Grime’s Near Midnight explores a nocturnal theme

  17. Gabriel Prokofiev - Violin Concerto

    Gabriel Prokofiev's new violin concerto commemorates the First World War centenary.

  18. Behzad Ranjbaran - Seemorgh

    Behzad Ranjbaran’s Seemorgh is inspired by the mythical Persian bird of its title

  19. Ayal Adler - Resonating Sounds

    Composed to explore the musical junctions of East and West