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Last Year, our Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela participated at the Proms 2007. But, what was this Proms 2007? ... Well, according to Wikipedia:
The Proms (also more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC) is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London, United Kingdom.
This was the program that wonderful night:
- Shostakovich
- Symphony No. 10 in E minor (45 mins)
- Bernstein
- West Side Story - Symphonic Dances (22 mins)
- Moncayo
- Huapango (8 mins)
- Márquez
- Danzón No. 2 (9.5 mins)
- Ginastera
- Estancia - Suite (12 mins)
Interval
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Let's listen to Dudamel talk about the orchestra:
Reading the reviews of the show, I found the following comment:
The most talked about Prom of the season, however, came from the incandescent young conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela (Prom 48), whose unreserved joy and exuberance possibly distilled the essence of the Proms. These young musicians demonstrated just how accessible and enjoyable classical music can be, and it was impossible for anyone, from absolute amateur to academic, to resist being swept up in the tumult of exhilaration, and will remain my most enduring of Proms memories.
This is where the show in the video took place. For more information on this great event, visit the following links:
- Proms 2007
- Here you can find two excellent articles that tell about the orchestra, Dudamel and Jose Antonio Abreu, the Father of the orchestra: Land of hope and glory and Orchestral manoeuvres. Also, you can visit Dudamel's site
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