The Welsh Proms
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
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
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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 |