BBC Proms

BBC Proms 2017, Prom 28 - National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (320kbps .mp3)


The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain is conducted by Thomas Adès in works by himself and Francisco Coll, plus Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring.


Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London


Presented by Tom Redmond


00. Introductory commentary

01. Francisco Coll - Mural

01i. Introduction to Polaris and interview with Francisco Coll

02. Thomas Adès - Polaris

03. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

03i. Introduction to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring

04. Interval, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

Tom Redmond and Georgia Mann talk to members of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, past and present


National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Thomas Adès (conductor)


Hear some of the UK's finest young musical talent, directed by composer and conductor Thomas Adès, in a bold programme of works that push the orchestra to its technical and sonic limits. Adès's own Polaris, subtitled 'A Voyage for Orchestra', takes inspiration from the North Star, conjuring a vast interstellar landscape that unfolds from a simple piano theme into a massive sonic spiral. Francisco Coll's Mural, tonight receiving its London premiere, is another richly textured, large-scale work - a 'grotesque symphony, in which Dionysus meets Apollo'. The concert's climax is Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring, whose frenzied rhythms and provocative harmonies prompted a legendary riot at its Paris premiere.


Broadcast: 5 August 2017