Prom 33: Mark Simpson, Dutilleux and Elgar

9 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 9 Aug 2016 Next Event

Proms 2016 Prom 33

19:30 Tue 9 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall

Juanjo Mena and the ﾂ鮓ｹﾔｼﾅﾄ Philharmonic celebrate Dutilleux窶冱 centenary with 'Tout un monde lointain 窶ｦ' for cello and orchestra, alongside Mark Simpson窶冱 Israfel and Elgar窶冱 Symphony No. 1.

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Proms interval talk: An Introduction to Elgar's First Symphony

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TV & Radio

Programme

- - Mark Simpson
  - Israfel(12 mins)London premiere
- - Henri Dutilleux
  - 'Tout un monde lointain ...'(28 mins)
- - interval
- - Edward Elgar
  - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major(51 mins)

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Composers

About This Event

In his First Symphony, unveiled in Manchester in 1911, Edward Elgar saw beyond the recession in which Britain was languishing to express a 窶藁assive hope for the future窶�. The symphony窶冱 noble main tune appears fragile at first. But when it returns at the end, it窶冱 carried home by an ecstatic orchestra filled with a spirit of uplifting optimism.

The ﾂ鮓ｹﾔｼﾅﾄ Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor also present the London premiere of a work by its Composer in Association Mark Simpson and the marriage of modernity and beauty that is Dutilleux窶冱 cello concerto 窶狼out un monde lointain 窶ｦ窶�.