Synopsis

For two centuries, the timeless collection of Middle Eastern tales, *The 1001 Nights*, has captivated artists, musicians, and dancers. Tonight’s featured performance from the 1991 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presents Alexander Lazarev conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra in perhaps the most celebrated and beloved musical adaptation of this source: Rimsky-Korsakov's *Sheherazade*. To illuminate tonight’s Prom, percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is deaf, speaks with Yasin Safadi, a renowned auth