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20 Jul 2015, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2015 Prom 5: Haydn, HK Gruber & Stravinsky

Prom 5: Haydn, HK Gruber & Stravinsky
Prom 5: Haydn, HK Gruber & Stravinsky
19:30 Mon 20 Jul 2015 Royal Albert Hall
The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic’s programme spans more than two centuries, opening with Haydn’s ‘La reine’ Symphony and closing with Stravinsky’s fairy-tale ballet 'Petrushka'. Selected pieces will be broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Four on Thursday 6 August.
The Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic’s programme spans more than two centuries, opening with Haydn’s ‘La reine’ Symphony and closing with Stravinsky’s fairy-tale ballet 'Petrushka'. Selected pieces will be broadcast on Â鶹ԼÅÄ Four on Thursday 6 August.

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Petrushka, with its bustling Shrovetide fair and colourful carnival characters, launches a week dominated by the music of Stravinsky. All three of the composer’s great scores for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes are performed this season – bright, folkloric textures gradually giving way to new musical brutality. Haydn’s ‘Paris’ Symphony set the City of Light talking over a century earlier. The second movement of ‘La reine’ (The Queen) shares Stravinsky’s sophisticated approach to folk music, while Viennese maverick HK Gruber’s into the open … echoes the ballet’s vivid scoring with instruments from Thailand, Africa and South America. Former Â鶹ԼÅÄ Young Musician of the Year Colin Currie joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Philharmonic under its Principal Guest Conductor John StorgÃ¥rds.