Prom 52: Beyond the Score庐: Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 New World Symphony

23 Aug 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 23 Aug 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 52: Beyond the Score庐: Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 New World Symphony

19:30 Wed 23 Aug 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Presenter Gerard McBurney takes you 鈥楤eyond the Score庐鈥� in a multimedia concert that explores the history of Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 enduringly popular 鈥楴ew World鈥� Symphony. Afterwards, Sir Mark Elder and the Halle give a complete performance of the work.

Programme

- - Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
  - Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 鈥楩rom the New World鈥�

Performers

Hall茅 Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder
conductor
conductor
Gerard McBurney
creative director
creative director
Mike Tutaj
projection design
projection design
Toby Jones
actor
actor
Henry Goodman
actor
actor
Rodney Earl Clarke
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
Tamzin Griffin
actor
actor
Robert Pickavance
actor
actor
Jonathan Scott
piano
piano

Composers

Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

About This Event

Have you ever wondered about the story behind Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 haunting Symphony No. 9, with its yearning Largo and its ebullient, dancing Scherzo? Originally devised by Gerard McBurney and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, this newly remounted Beyond the Score庐 performance combines actors, projections and live musical examples to explore the history of this enduringly popular orchestral classic.

In the second half, Sir Mark Elder and the Hall茅 give a complete performance of the symphony. A fascinating, dramatic insight into one of the great works of the symphonic repertoire.

Beyond the Score庐 is a production of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

There will be one interval