New British music, Brahms, Liszt and a lavish choral work blaze a trail for some of 2011's Proms musical strands. Benjamin Grosvenor made his Proms debut, and there's Jan�?ek's extraordinary celebration of Slavic culture, the Glagolitic Mass.
Friday 15 July
7.30pm � c. 9.40pm
Royal Albert Hall
Choral music and singing events, Piano music
Judith Weir
Stars, Night, Music and Light (c4 mins)
BBC Commission, World Premiere
Brahms
Academic Festival Overture (11 mins)
Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major (20 mins)
INTERVAL
Jan�?ek
Glagolitic Mass (45 mins)
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
Hibla Gerzmava soprano
Dagmar Peckov� mezzo-soprano
Stefan Vinke tenor
Jan Martin�k bass
David Goode organ
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ji?� B?lohl�vek conductor
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