{"id":45572,"date":"2024-07-26T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T08:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/59c84ff0-5bcd-41ce-a8b6-27a278d4ba23"},"modified":"2024-07-26T11:07:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T09:07:17","slug":"todays-unmissable-bbc-prom-britten-elgar-and-a-former-bbc-young-musician-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/todays-unmissable-bbc-prom-britten-elgar-and-a-former-bbc-young-musician-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Today’s unmissable BBC Prom: Britten, Elgar and a former BBC Young Musician of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Friday, 26 July 2024 at 08:18 AM<\/p>

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Here’s your brief guide to the BBC Proms concert taking place at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, 26 July 2024. Want to stay across all the 2024 Proms? Head to our full BBC Proms 2024 listings<\/a><\/strong> to find every concert and every performer.<\/p>

What’s on at the Proms today?<\/h2>
Today’s Prom, Prom 10, features the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ryan Wigglesworth in performances of the Symphonic Suite from Benjamin Britten<\/a><\/strong>‘s\u00a0Gloriana and <\/em>\u00a0Edward Elgar<\/a><\/strong>‘s upbeat and emotional\u00a0Symphony No. 2 in E flat major. They’re then joined by the brilliant cellist Laura van der Heijden for a performance of\u00a0\u2018Earth, Sea, Air\u2019<\/em>, the cello concerto dedicated to her by contemporary British composer Cheryl Frances-Hoad<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>
<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-gloriana-by-benjamin-britten\">What is <em>Gloriana<\/em> by Benjamin Britten?<\/h2><p><em>Gloriana <\/em>is an opera by Benjamin Britten, composed for the Royal Opera House\u2019s celebration of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/queen-elizabeth-ii-coronation-music\">Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II<\/a><\/strong> in 1953. The opera follows the life story of the Queen\u2019s predecessor, Elizabeth I. \u2018Gloriana\u2019 was a nickname bestowed on her by the 16th-century poet Edmund Spenser. Though the opera was a critical failure, and rarely performed today, a series of Courtly Dances celebrating the Queen\u2019s virtues are often performed as a concert piece.<\/p><p><em>Gloriana’s<\/em> main narrative thrust is the relationship between Queen Elizabeth and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Devereux,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Robert<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Devereux,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex\"><strong> Devereux, Earl of Essex<\/strong><\/a>. Depicting Elizabeth I as a somewhat flawed queen, Gloriana was not a success for Britten. However, a symphonic suite was taken from it, which remains very popular and which you’ll hear today. Its Courtly Dances, in particular, are well loved.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embedwrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Benjamin Britten - Courtly Dances from 'Gloriana'\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ceBRaV12OME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-about-elgar-s-symphony-no-2\">What about Elgar’s Symphony No. 2?<\/h2><p>Begun a couple of years after his acclaimed First Symphony, Elgar’s Symphony No. 2 is in many ways a more thoughtful work than its boisterous, confident predecessor. However, it has many wonderful moments: the opening movement is warm-hearted and high-spirited, with some unforgettable melodies, while the <em>Larghetto <\/em>second movement is one of the great slow movements in the British symphonic repertoire, right up there with the <em>Romanza<\/em> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/ralph-vaughan-williams\">Vaughan Williams<\/a><\/strong>‘s Fifth Symphony. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embedwrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elgar - Symphony No 2 in E flat major, Op 63 - Harding\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CY7vaUhxhDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/best-british-composers\">The 25 best British composers of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-is-laura-van-der-heijden\">Who is Laura van der Heijden?<\/h2><p>Laura van der Heijden is one of the most talented and incisive cellists performing today. She memorably <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/news\/cellist-wins-bbc-young-musician-2012\">won the 2012 BBC Young Musician of the Year<\/a><\/strong> at the age of 15, with arguably one of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/articles\/six-best-bbc-young-musician-performances\">best Young Musician performances of all time<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><p>She’s also exceptionally thoughtful and articulate about music, and about her own musical journey, as you can discover in our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/laura-van-der-heijden\">interview with Laura van der Heijden<\/a><\/strong>. You can also listen to a special episode of our podcast, in which Laura talks to our editor Charlotte Smith about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/listen\/podcast\/all-the-right-notes-podcast-how-do-musicians-cope-with-pressure\">how musicians cope with pressure<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Friday, 26 July 2024 at 08:18 AM Here’s your brief guide to the BBC Proms concert taking place at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, 26 July 2024. Want to stay across all the 2024 Proms? Head to our full BBC Proms 2024 listings to find every concert and every performer. 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