Prom 19: Elgar鈥檚 Cello Concerto

3 Aug 2024, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 3 Aug 2024 Next Event

Proms 2024 Prom 19: Elgar鈥檚 Cello Concerto

19:30 Sat 3 Aug 2024 Royal Albert Hall

In Holst鈥檚 150th-anniversary year, the 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus perform his masterpiece The Cloud Messenger. We also hear Elgar鈥檚 ever-popular Cello Concerto, with Senja Rummukainen as soloist, and Jonathan Harvey鈥檚 Tranquil Abiding

Programme

- - Jonathan Harvey
  - Tranquil Abiding(15 mins)
- - Edward Elgar
  - Cello Concerto in E minor(31 mins)
- - interval
- - Gustav Holst
  - The Cloud Messenger(43 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

Deeply in love and enlightened by Sanskrit literature, Gustav Holst embarked upon what many consider his true masterpiece. The Cloud Messenger recounts an ancient tale in which a man sends a message of love to his distant wife via a passing cloud. It drew from the composer a rich and passionate work charting love鈥檚 trials and rewards. This performance, marking 150 years since Holst鈥檚 birth, comes after Elgar鈥檚 ever-popular, bittersweet Cello Concerto and the gentle exhalations of Jonathan Harvey鈥檚 Tranquil Abiding, inspired by Buddhist meditation.

Broadcast live on 麻豆约拍 Radio 3

Senja Rummukainen 漏 Eeva Suutari

Part of

Proms 2024 Classical for starters

麻豆约拍

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