BBC Proms 2014 - Oriental Promise

Prom 16: Oriental Promise , , Royal Albert Hall Tonight’s visitors from Istanbul make their Proms debut, bringing the intoxicating East as filtered through Western ears. Sneak into Mozart’s harem and witness the magnificent Queen of Sheba (in views by Handel and Respighi). Balakirev and Holst offer folk colourings from further afield. Programme Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev Islamey - oriental fantasy (orch. Lyapunov) (9 mins) Gustav Holst Beni Mora (15 mins)