Relaxed Prom (Bristol)
14:30 Sun 9 Aug 2026 Bristol Beacon
Programme
- Symphony No. 1 – Juba Dance (3rd mvt)(3 mins)arr. Rhian Davies
- Barriers(7 mins)arr. Liam Taylor-West
- The Four Seasons(14 mins)excerpts; arr. Rhian Davies and Ellen O'Brien
- Soaring Through Sparks (Clarion Concerto)(3 mins)arr. Julia Koelmans
- The Orchestra: A Young Person’s Guide(12 mins)arr. Liam Taylor-West; BBC commission
Performers
- Alessandro VazzanaClarion
- Alice Farnhamconductor
About This Event
The National Open Youth Orchestra – the world’s first disabled-led national youth ensemble – and members of BBC NOW perform Charlotte Harding's bold re-imagining of Purcell's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, as well as music spanning the sound-pictures of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons to Florence Price’s toe-tapping Juba Dance and Michael Betteridge’s concerto for Clarion, an accessible instrument.
British Sign Language-interpreted
Relaxed performance
There will be no interval
Recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Performed at Bristol Beacon
