BBC Proms 2019 Prom 12 - National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (320kbps .mp3)

Live at BBC Proms: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain with Mark Wigglesworth and Nicola Benedetti in works by Auerbach, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.

01. Lera Auerbach - Icarus (London premiere)
01a. General introduction to BBC Proms 2019 Prom 12
02. Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D major
02a. Introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major
02b. Nicola Benedetti addresses the audience
03. Wynton Marsalis - Fiddle Dance Suite - As The Wind Goes (encore)
04. Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet - suite (excerpts)
05. Bernstein - West Side Story Suite - Mambo (encore)

Nicola Benedetti (violin)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)

Explosive energy and enthusiasm are the hallmarks of every performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, made up of the UK’s most talented musicians aged from 13 to 18. The ensemble’s annual visit to the Proms is always a festival highlight.

This year Mark Wigglesworth conducts the orchestra in a suite from Prokofiev’s passionate ballet Romeo and Juliet and they are joined by violinist Nicola Benedetti for Tchaikovsky’s warmly lyrical Violin Concerto.

The concert opens with Lera Auerbach’s bracing symphonic poem Icarus, inspired by the myth of the heroic but ill-fated son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun.


06. BBC Proms 2019 Prom 12 Interval commentary
Katie Derham looks at the work of the NYO and meets some of its players

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Katie Derham
Broadcast: 27 July 2019