The First Night of BBC's Promenade Concerts included a new composition but for once it did nothing to attract controversy Bohdana Frolyak's Let there be light was less challenging than a Sibelius rarity, Snöfrid. It looks as if this is part of the pattern of the rest of the series, old favourites, works favouring Ukraine and several tonal rediscoveries. I am particularly looking forward to one of these, Grace Williams' violin concerto, which features in Prom 32 on 8th August. Unless I am missing something, there is no representative of the Second Viennese School for which I personally am glad but which some musical high priests may see as "dumbing down".
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