Sat 6 Aug 2011

• 18:30

  Prom 30: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

  Royal Albert Hall

  DJ Switch joins the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain to perform Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra, while BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Benjamin Grosvenor takes on Britten's Piano Concerto. After the interval, Prokofiev's ballet music recounts the doomed love of Verona's most romantic couple.

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  DJ Switch joins the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain to perform Gabriel Prokofiev’s Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra, while BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Benjamin Grosvenor takes on Britten's Piano Concerto. After the interval, Prokofiev's ballet music recounts the doomed love of Verona's most romantic couple.

  Programme

  • • • Gabriel Prokofiev
      • Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra(21 mins)
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Piano Concerto(35 mins)
    • • Morton Gould
      • Boogie Woogie Etude(2 mins)(encore)
    • • interval
    • • Sergey Prokofiev
      • Romeo and Juliet - selection(50 mins)

  Performers

  • DJ Switch

    dj (turntables)
    dj (turntables)
  • National Youth Orchestra
  • Vladimir Jurowski

    conductor
    conductor
  • Benjamin Grosvenor

    piano
    piano

  Composers

  • Gabriel Prokofiev
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Morton Gould
  • Sergey Prokofiev

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  Also part of

  Proms 2011 Classical for Starters 2018-19 Piano music Orchestral music Evening concerts and events