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The Welsh Proms

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Founded by Owain Arwel Hughes, The Welsh Proms takes place in Cardiff each summer at the national concert hall of Wales, St David's Hall. The festival annually features some of the world's top orchestras, soloists and conductors and continues to be one of the focal points in the cultural calendar of the Welsh capital.

Taking place from 19 to 26 July, the 2014 Welsh Proms included a wide variety of performances including a number of free events, family performances as well as large scale orchestral concerts from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the magnificent Last Night of the Welsh Proms.


Details of the 2014 orchestral concerts that were conducted by Welsh Proms Artistic Director Owain Arwel Hughes can be found below.  Information on the 30th anniversary 2015 Welsh Proms will be unveiled in due course, with tickets on sale from Welsh Proms venue St David's Hall from Spring 2015 on 029 2087 8444 or online via www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk 


For further information on The Welsh Proms visit the official website at www.welshproms.com



Welsh Proms Orchestral Series 2014 

*For details of the 30th Anniversary 2015 Welsh Proms, visit www.welshproms.com

Classical Extravaganza Prom

Saturday 19 July 7:30pm

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Owain Arwel Hughes CBE Conductor


Coates
Dambusters March

Rossini
Overture, The Thieving Magpie

Tchaikovsky
Waltz & Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)

Holst
Jupiter (The Planets)

Gershwin
Overture, Girl Crazy

Delibes
Flower Duet (Lakmé)

John Williams
Flying Theme (E.T.)

Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves

Khachaturian
Adagio (Spartacus)

Mascagni
Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana)

Elgar
Pomp & Circumstance March No 4

Bernstein
Overture, Candide

Johann Strauss II
Tritsch Tratsch Polka

Karl Jenkins
Palladio


Romantic Prom


Wednesday 23 July 7:30pm

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Owain Arwel Hughes CBE Conductor

Chloë Hanslip, Violin


Smetana
Overture, The Bartered Bride

Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto

Dvořák
Symphony No 7


Russian Prom


Friday 25 July 7:30pm

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Owain Arwel Hughes CBE

Conductor

Glinka
Overture, Ruslan and Ludmilla

Mussorgsky
Night on a Bare Mountain

Rachmaninoff
Vocalise

Borodin
Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 5


Last Night of the Proms


Saturday 26 July 7:30pm

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Owain Arwel Hughes CBE

Conductor

Shostakovich                           Festival Overture

Delibes

Prelude & Mazurka (Coppélia)

Mathias

Dance Overture

Smetana

Comedians' Dance and Polka (The Bartered Bride)

Waldteufel

The Skaters' Waltz

Saint-Saëns

Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

Elgar

Pomp & Circumstance March No 1

Karl Jenkins

Passacaglia

Offenbach

Overture, Orpheus in the Underworld

Gareth Wood

Songs of Wales
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