Boosey & Hawkes at the 2011 BBC Proms: Rachmaninoff to Birtwistle

(July 2011)

Boosey & Hawkes is much in evidence at the 2011 BBC Proms, with a range of 20th century orchestral favourites and exciting new works.

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In addition to music by Rachmaninoff, Strauss, Stravinsky, Prokofieff, Bartók, Shostakovich and Britten, the 2011 BBC Proms season introduces the following contemporary works published by Boosey & Hawkes:

28 July 7.00 pm
Carter Flute Concerto (UK premiere)
Emmanuel Pahud/BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thierry Fischer
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Elliott Carter wrote this concerto in 2008 for leading flautist Emmanuel Pahud, who has performed the work in Jerusalem and Berlin and now brings it to London. Like many of Carter's recent scores, the compact concerto follows a conversational course with lively repartee between soloist and orchestra.
> View the Online Score of Flute Concerto
> Watch video interviews with Elliott Carter

4 August 7.00 pm
Holloway Fifth Concerto for Orchestra (world premiere)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Donald Runnicles
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Robin Holloway's Fifth Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned by the BBC, receives its premiere at the Proms on 4 August. The 25-minute work traverses five movements with distinct colours and moods, combining constructivism with the composer's customary orchestral virtuosity .
> View the Online Score of Fifth Concerto for Orchestra
> Read an interview with Robin Holloway

10 August 10.15 pm
Reich Electric Counterpoint / Music for 18 Musicians
Synergy Vocals/Ensemble Modern
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This late-night Prom devoted to Steve Reich celebrates the composer's 75th birthday year. The composer will attend the concert including Electric Counterpoint for electric guitarist pitted against multiple alter egos on tape, and the 1970s classic Music for 18 Musicians viewed as one of minimalism's finest achievements.
> View the Online Score of Music for 18 Musicians
> Watch a video interview with Steve Reich

20 August 3.00 pm Cadogan Hall
Birtwistle Angel Fighter (UK premiere)
Andre Watts/Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts/BBC Singers/London Sinfonietta/David Atherton
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Harrison Birtwistle's dramatic cantata Angel Fighter retells the Genesis story of Jacob wrestling with the Angel. Scored for chamber chorus, tenor, countertenor and ensemble, the 30-minute work was premiered at the Leipzig Bach Festival last year and receives its UK premiere at Cadogan Hall.
> View the Online Score of Angel Fighter

7 September 7.00 pm
Birtwistle Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (European premiere)
Christian Tetzlaff/BBC Symphony Orchestra/David Robertson
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Harrison Birtwistle's new Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was premiered in Boston in March and soloist Christian Tetzlaff brings it to the BBC Proms on 7 September. Cast in a single 25-minute span, the concerto is Birtwistle's first for a stringed instrument. It reinvents the classical concept of dialogue, either between the violinist and the orchestra in a role as 'chorus' or with a sequence of instrumentalists emerging from the tutti.
> View the Online Score of the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
> Read more on the concerto
> Read reviews from the Boston premiere

10 September 7.30 pm
Last Night of the Proms
Maxwell Davies Musica benevolens (world premiere)
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Edward Gardner
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As the curtain-raiser to the Last Night festivities, Peter Maxwell Davies has been commissioned by the Musicians Benevolent Fund to create a miniature work for chorus and orchestra. In Musica Benevolens the Master of the Queen's Music pays tribute to the Promenaders' fundraising efforts throughout the season of over 80 concerts.

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