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Proms 2024
21 Jul 2022, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2022 Prom 9: The Two Scheherazades

Prom 9
Prom 9: The Two Scheherazades
19:00 Thu 21 Jul 2022 Royal Albert Hall
Harpist Catrin Finch is the soloist as Ariane Matiakh conducts the Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales in tales of musical wonder by Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov and Sally Beamish.
Harpist Catrin Finch is the soloist as Ariane Matiakh conducts the Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales in tales of musical wonder by Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov and Sally Beamish.

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For composers in the 19th century, the pages of the One Thousand and One Nights were a portal to a new imaginative world: a place where fantastic stories and exotic images inspired sounds more sensuous, more colourful and more magical than anything that had been heard before. Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov both drew inspiration from the tales of the beautiful Scheherazade, and both created music that lets a full symphony orchestra weave pure enchantment: a glorious showcase for the Â鶹ԼÅÄ National Orchestra of Wales and its charismatic French guest conductor Ariane Matiakh. Sally Beamish, meanwhile, finds stories closer to home, in a beehive-inspired premiere for ‘Queen of Harps’ Catrin Finch.

Image: Ariane Matiakh © Marco Borggreve

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