On Saturday, 7 August, Jonathon Heyward makes his BBC Proms debut conducting the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and violinist Nicola Benedetti.
The BBC Proms write, “Rising star Jonathon Heyward conducts the talented teenagers of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain in one of the all-time symphonic greats. Propelling the symphony into the Romantic age, Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ is a celebration of scope and drama, a musical depiction of heroism that surges with pioneering spirit. Nicola Benedetti is the soloist in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with its song-like slow movement – a work whose sardonic wit is balanced by a new lyricism that would come to dominate the composer’s later works. The Prom also includes a new NYOGB commission by British composer, jazz trumpeter and former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Laura Jurd.”
The concert will be air on BBC Radio 3 from 19:30 on Saturday, 7 August, and be broadcast BBC Four on Sunday, 8 August at 19:00.