Gemma New returns to the BBC Proms for a second season in a row

Photo Credit: Chris Christodoulou

Performance Details:

BBC Proms 2024 Series Friday, August 16, 2024, at 7:30pmRoyal Albert Hall

Program:

Bonis SaloméMozart Clarinet Concerto in A major IntervalMendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music

Anthony McGill clarinetNYCOS Chamber ChoirBBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraGemma New conductor

Gemma New joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for Mendelssohn’s musical retelling of Shakespeare’s story – performed with readings from the play for dramatic context – after equally colorful musical storytelling from forgotten French late-Romantic composer Mel Bonis and the heavenly sounds of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto.