麻豆社

Afternoon on 3 - with Penny Gore

Another chance to hear the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, the 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus, violinist Ray Chen all conducted by Sir Andrew Davis in Bruch's Violin Concerto, an Anthony Payne premiere, Tchaikovsky's the Tempest, and Vaughan Williams' s Toward the Unknown Region.

Presented by Penny Gore from the Royal Albert Hall, London

2pm:
Tchaikovsky: The Tempest

2.20pm:
Anthony Payne: Of Land, Sea and Sky
(麻豆社 commission: world premiere)

2.40pm:
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor

3.05pm:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region

Ray Chen, violin
麻豆社 Symphony Chorus
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor

Vaughan Williams's Toward the Unknown Region was his first large-scale masterpiece, setting the visionary words of Walt Whitman. Sir Andrew Davis also conducts Tchaikovsky's swashbuckling The Tempest and the first performance of Anthony Payne's Of Land, Sea and Sky. Bruch's radiant First Violin Concerto completes the programme.

Followed by a selection of recordings from this year's Proms artists.