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BBC Proms Dubai Events
Fri 24 Mar 2017
- 14:00Dubai Opera, Dubai
A choral exploration of the diverse sounds and influences of music in the British Isles, ranging from the archetypal collegiate-choir sound of Stanford’s Three Motets to traditional folk songs and musical settings of great poets.
A choral exploration of the diverse sounds and influences of music in the British Isles, ranging from the archetypal collegiate-choir sound of Stanford’s Three Motets to traditional folk songs and musical settings of great poets.
Programme
- Three Motets, Op. 38
- Four Songs from the British Isles
- Lyre Bird Motet
- Stormy
- Irish Tune from County Derry
- Fascinatin’ Rhythmarr. Bob Chilcott
- Everything Stops for Tea
Performers
- James Burtonconductor
- 20:00Dubai Opera, Dubai
Featuring much-loved classics from Shostakovich and Debussy, Proms soloist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto and the BBC Singers join the orchestra for Handel’s most popular anthem, Zadok the Priest
Featuring much-loved classics from Shostakovich and Debussy, Proms soloist Benjamin Grosvenor performs Saint-Saëns’s Second Piano Concerto and the BBC Singers join the orchestra for Handel’s most popular anthem, Zadok the Priest
Programme
- Festive Overture
- Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
- La mer
- Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the Priest’
- New workworld premiere
- Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
Performers
- Edward Gardnerconductor
- Benjamin Grosvenorpiano
- James Tawadrospercussion
Thu 23 Mar 2017
- 19:30Dubai Opera, Dubai
This concert opens with the world premiere of Dubai-based British composer Joanna Marsh’s Flare.
This concert opens with the world premiere of Dubai-based British composer Joanna Marsh’s Flare.
Programme
- Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
- Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
- ‘Enigma’ Variations
- Flareworld premiere
Performers
- Edward Gardnerconductor
- Benjamin Grosvenorpiano
Wed 22 Mar 2017
- 20:00Dubai Opera, Dubai
The BBC Singers perform a programme of works exploring – in music and text – the tragedy of war, the imminence of death and the encounter of new love.
The BBC Singers perform a programme of works exploring – in music and text – the tragedy of war, the imminence of death and the encounter of new love.
Programme
- My Spirit Sang All Day
- Distant Thunder
- Songs of Farewell
- Different Ways to Pray
- The Bluebird
- To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water
- Dance, Clarion Air
- Negro Spirituals
- Arabesques
- Ev’ry time we say goodbyearr. Rodney Bennett
- By Straussarr. Rodney Bennett
Performers
- James Burtonconductor
Tue 21 Mar 2017
- 20:00Dubai Opera, Dubai
BBC Proms Dubai opens with British composer Gary Carpenter’s fizzing orchestral showpiece Dadaville, written for and premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 2015.
BBC Proms Dubai opens with British composer Gary Carpenter’s fizzing orchestral showpiece Dadaville, written for and premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 2015.
Programme
- Dadaville
- Pax Universalis
- Piano Concerto
- Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
Performers
- Edward Gardnerconductor
- Benjamin Grosvenorpiano
