Anna-Maria Helsing       conductor
Clare Hammond               piano

Carwithen                           Men of Sherwood Forest: Overture
Kelly                                    Lace Machine Music (BBC Proms Commission)
Rachmaninov                      Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Korngold                             The Adventures of Robin Hood (excerpts)
Sibelius                                Symphony No. 3

We’re thrilled to be presenting our first ever BBC Prom here in Nottingham with the BBC Concert Orchestra performing a varied and vibrant programme inspired by local history and legends and featuring Nottingham artists.

Nottingham’s legendary hero, Robin Hood, provides the concert’s opener, with the overture to Doreen Carwithen’s colourful score to the 1954 movie, The Men of Sherwood Forest and Erich Korngold’s Oscar-winning music to The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn.

Nottingham’s industrial past is the focus of Lace Machine Music, a new Proms Commission from Dr Elizabeth Kelly, Associate Professor in Music Composition at the University of Nottingham, whilst Nottingham pianist, Clare Hammond, provides the virtuoso thrills in Sergei Rachmaninov’s perennially popular Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Completing the line-up is Jean Sibelius’s atmospheric and purposeful Third Symphony, which marked a decisive shift in the composer’s style towards a more concentrated soundworld.

FREE PRE-CONCERT TALK
Join us for a free pre-concert talk at 2.30pm on the Level 4 Foyer. Hear the stories that lie behind the BBC Proms commission, Dr Elizabeth Kelly’s Lace Machine Music, which receives its world première at the BBC Concert Orchestra performance. Places are limited and must be booked in advance below.