No, not a leaking roof but one of the most unusual combinations of
instruments ever called for at a BBC Prom!
World-renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie performs
Tan Dun's Water Concerto: For Water Percussion and Orchestra,
taking Prommers on a journey through the amazing colours of sound achieved
through water.
This highly visual and atmospheric percussion performance uses instruments
made from regular items including water basins, sieves, foam paddles
and wooden salad bowls.
The Chinese-American composer Tan Dun won an Oscar for his music for
the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Water Concerto belongs to a series of works highlighting natural materials,
alongside the Water Passion After St Matthew; the opera Tea: A Mirror
Of Soul, which makes use of ceramic, stone and paper instruments; and
Inventions for Paper Instruments and Orchestra.
The Water Concerto is performed in Prom 24 alongside music from Cage,
Shostakovich and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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