Doreen Carwithen The Men of Sherwood Forest – Overture
Elizabeth Kelly Lace Machine Music (BBC Proms Commission, World Premiere)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Adventures of Robin Hood – Symphonic Suite
Sibelius Symphony No.3
“There’s a strong local feel to the first visit by the Proms to one of the country’s finest acoustics, the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham. Anna-Maria Helsing leads the BBC Concert Orchestra in music that celebrates the derring-do of local hero Robin Hood, as imagined in film scores by both Erich Korngold and Doreen Carwithen. Nottingham native Clare Hammond takes on Rachmaninov’s devilish Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and we hear a brand-new work by composer Elizabeth Kelly, Head of the University of Nottingham’s Music Department. All that is rounded off by a symphony of ecological awakening from Helsing’s Finnish compatriot Jean Sibelius.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022jym
Wonderful piano performance by Clare Hammond, clearly loved by the audience
I’m a great admirer of Clare Hammond, and while her Rachmaninov was impeccable it also lacked fire, and the accompaniment was lacklustre. Very disappointed with the new work, bland and anonymous, another naff BBC commission using OUR money. The overselling and repetitive presenter – such is radio 3 these days sadly – might like to tell us what Chopin work is based on Paganini’s 24th Caprice???