We took The Duchess (Janie’s mum) with us to this one – the only Prom we did with The Duchess that year. She was partial to youth orchestras, so this Saturday evening concert was the obvious pick for The Duchess that year.
Janie and I lived to tell the tale.
Here is the BBC Proms stub for that concert.
We heard:
- Andrew March – Marine – a Travers les Arbres
- Alban Berg – Seven Early Songs
- Richard Strauss – An Alpine Symphony, Op 64
I don’t think the pre-interval pieces went down so well with us, but we were all there really for The Alpine Symphony.
Hillevi Martinpelto gave the songs some proper soprano wellie.
It was a joy to see Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the European Union Youth Orchestra.
Here is The Telegraph review of that visit:
Prom 63 1998 07 Sep 1998, Mon The Daily Telegraph (London, Greater London, England) Newspapers.com