Prom 40 (12.08.12): National Youth Wind Orchestra and National Youth Brass...

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Sunday 12 August at 3.30 p.m.
Royal Albert Hall

Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Glorious John (3 mins)
Holst: Suite No. 2 in F (11 mins)
Gavin Higgins: Der Aufstand (c10 mins) - BBC Commission, World Premiere
Martin Ellerby: Paris Sketches (14 mins)
Walton: Crown Imperial (8 mins)
Lucas: Chorale and Variations (7 mins)
John Pickard; Wildfire (12 mins)
Gavin Bryars; After the Underworlds (c6 mins) - BBC Commission, World Premiere
George Benjamin: Altitude (8 mins)
Derek Bourgeois: Blitz (12 mins)

National Youth Wind Orchestra
James Gourlay conductor

National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain
Bramwell Tovey conductor

Youth and a celebration of national ensembles are major strands at this year's Proms and they come together in this concert. Two ensembles share the bill and each introduces a brand-new work in the context of mixed programmes of British music. And a suitably patriotic touch in this Jubilee year comes in the form of Walton's Crown Imperial and Derek Bourgeois's virtuosic Blitz.

[PJPJ]

An interesting collection of works very well performed by the two groups. Thoroughly enjoyed at home.

[BBMmk2]

It's a shame that not many boarders here have posted on this Prom. Thoroughly enjoyed this Prom! People should get this on i9player nad have a goods listen to0 what these youngster achieved!

[bluestateprommer]

I caught this Prom on iPlayer just before the time ran out. I'm normally not a brass band fan or a wind ensemble aficionado, but I agree that this was a fine, fine, quite enjoyable Prom. There were some shaky moments at the start of the 2nd half (trumpets, if memory serves), but things settled down quite quickly. The "happy clappers" were out in force in the 1st half, but not in the 2nd half that I could tell. Overall, among the newer works, the Martin Ellerby and Derek Bourgeois selections struck me as the biggest crowd-pleasers. Both composers were certainly new to me.