Prom 30: Saturday 6th August ay 6.30 p.m. (NYO)

[Tristan Klingsor]

It was definitely not a BBC commission. As for "meriting" a performance at the Proms, Roger Wright would probably say that the Proms likes to take risks and "push the envelope". And the name "Gabriel Prokofiev" was surely going to garner curiosity anyway wasn't it?

More likely an initiative of NYO's shallow and opportunistic management.

[Stanfordian]

It was definitely not a BBC commission. As for "meriting" a performance at the Proms, Roger Wright would probably say that the Proms likes to take risks and "push the envelope". And the name "Gabriel Prokofiev" was surely going to garner curiosity anyway wasn't it?

I am most hearten that the truly awful Concerto for Turntable and Orchestra was not a BBC commission. I would certainly hope that a valuable slot in a prestigious BBC Prom concert would be allocated owing to a composer’s talent and not for mere "curiosity" value. If that was an example of "pushing the envelope" I fear it would alienate far more of the audience than would attract.