[BBC Proms 2015] Prom 1 : First Night of the Proms

Rembrandt's depiction of "Belshazzar's Feast" is used on the cover of the vocal score and of many recordings of the cantata @ London National Gallery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belshazzar%27s_Feast_(Walton)

Reference: BBC Prom site

• Nielsen
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  Maskarade

  overture (5 mins)
• Gary Carpenter
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  Dadaville

  BBC commission: world premiere (6 mins)
• Mozart
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  Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (31 mins)
• INTERVAL
• Sibelius
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  Belshazzar's Feast – suite (16 mins)
• Walton
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  Belshazzar's Feast (34 mins)

• Lars Vogt piano
• Christopher Maltman baritone
• BBC Singers 
• BBC National Chorus of Wales 
• BBC Symphony Chorus 
• BBC Symphony Orchestra 
• Sakari Oramo conductor

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About this event

Two Nordic anniversaries launch this year’s BBC Proms: Denmark’s Carl Nielsen and Finland’s Jean Sibelius both celebrate their 150th-birthday years. Two exotic musical retellings of the story of the Babylonian king Belshazzar include the first of this summer’s feast of choral works. Celebrated German pianist Lars Vogt is soloist in the first of six late great Mozart piano concertos, and British composer Gary Carpenter spearheads the 32 premieres this season – a musical taste of things to come.