Royal Albert Hall, London
Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
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http://www.royalalberthall.com/Paul Dukas’s brief, intoxicating ballet La Péri opens tonight’s Prom, before Chloë Hanslip gives the world premiere of a new Violin Concerto by Michael Berkeley.
Jac van Steen conducts excerpts from one of the most dramatic and colourfully scored of all ballets, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, a highlight of our series marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare.
Chloë Hanslip violin
Diego Espinosa tabla
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen conductor
Paul Dukas : La Péri – Fanfare
Michael Berkeley : Violin Concerto
Sergei Prokofiev : Romeo and Juliet