Synopsis
In a change to the originally advertised programme, John Storgårds, the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Guest Conductor, joins the orchestra for its 'Proms at ... Salford Quays' concert. The programme opens with Haydn's overture to Philemon und Baucis, a puppet opera written in 1773 for the Esterhazy court, before Britten's Nocturne - one of the treasured song-cycles he wrote for his partner, Peter Pears. Nocturne explores a rich world of night-time images and dreams, setting words by poets including Shakespeare, Tennyson and Keats. The soloist is leading British tenor and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Allan Clayton. Act IV Entr’acte – Elegy from Hamlet is the first of two Tchaikovsky pieces, before his lush and tuneful masterpiece for string orchestra - Serenade for Strings – brings the orchestra’s live BBC Prom to a close. Live from MediaCityUK, Salford, presented by Tom McKinney.