Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in C major, Op. 46/1 5'
Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op. 72/2 6'
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op. 46/8 5'
Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor 28'
interval
Bax
Roscatha 11'
Bill Whelan
Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite 25'
UK premiere
Zhang Zuo piano
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen conductor
This year's Free Prom is a Bank Holiday matinee bursting with dance rhythms and colour – the perfect chance to experience the Proms for the first time.
A trio of Dvořák's colourful, folk-inspired Slavonic Dances opens the concert and Grieg's Piano Concerto, with its lively dance-themed finale and Norwegian folk echoes, continues the mood; the soloist is BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Zhang Zuo, making her Proms debut.
The concert ends in the Ulster Orchestra's Irish musical heartland with Bax's tone-poem Roscatha and Bill Whelan's new Riverdance suite – adapted from his music for the ever-popular stage show.