Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales

23 Aug 2014, Royal Albert Hall

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麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra at the Proms Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales

Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales

19:30 Sat 23 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall

Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert

Programme

- - Maurice Ravel
  - Mother Goose (ballet)
- - Jukka Tiensuu
  - Voice verserUK premiere
- - Karol Szymanowski
  - Songs of a Fairy Princess
- - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  - Scheherazade

Performers

Anu Komsi
soprano
soprano
麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
conductor
conductor

Composers

Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales

Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert. The 麻豆约拍 Symphony Orchestra is joined by soprano Anu Komsi to perform Szymanowski鈥檚 atmospheric Songs of a Fairy Princess. Rimsky-Korsakov鈥檚 Scheherazade sees the orchestra turn storyteller.