Photo, Chris Christodoulou
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prelude to Act 1 (transcr. Demers)
Rachel Laurin: Prelude and Fugue in G major (world premiere)
Bach: Cantata No. 146, ‘Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal’ – Sinfonia (arr. Dupré)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Three Impromptus
Max Reger: Chorale Fantasia on ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’
William Grant Still: Elegy
Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts, transcr. Demers)
A word of praise for R3 presenter Penny Gore’s introductions – not only dignified but also mercifully free of trailers and the irritating “home of the proms” tagline: wonderful to not hear. May her colleagues follow suit, please.