Part of the BBC Proms. In the second of his two Proms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Swiss-born Thierry Fischer introduces a new work by another of his compatriots: celebrating his 70th birthday this year, oboist-composer Heinz Holliger's punningly entitled (S)irató is an 'angry' lament for his teacher, the Hungarian composer Sándor Veress. We continue our Mendelssohn bicentenary celebrations with a pairing of his rarely heard First Symphony (completed when he was only 15, and later dedicated to the London Philharmonic Society) and his ever-popular Violin Concerto, played by Isabelle Faust in her Proms debut. To end, a selection from Prokofiev's richly Romantic Shakespearean ballet, Romeo and Juliet.| 4 Aug 09 | Royal Albert Hall Inner London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive |
