Prom 30 – The Tredegar Band Joins BBC Now

Part of the BBC Proms.

A diabolical Witches’ Sabbath, a ball, an unrequited passion and a march to the gallows make up the musical fever-dream of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. Inspired by the French composer’s own romantic infatuation with a young Irish actress, the score is a cinematic fantasy full of tragedy and passion, a work teeming with orchestral drama and by turns gorgeous and grotesque. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales is joined by one of the country’s leading brass bands, the Tredegar Band, for a new Concerto Grosso by Gavin Higgins that celebrates the brass band as part of Britain’s cultural heritage.