Prom 71: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique perform Berlioz

5 Sep 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 5 Sep 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 71: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique perform Berlioz

19:30 Wed 5 Sep 2018 Royal Albert Hall

An all-Berlioz programme from Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his orchestra. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato takes the role of Dido in scenes from the composer鈥檚 opera Les Troyens, while violist Antoine Tamestit is the soloist for the glorious Harold in Italy.

Programme

- - Hector Berlioz
  - Overture 鈥楲e corsaire鈥�(8 mins)
  - La mort de Cl茅op芒tre(21 mins)
  - The Trojans 鈥� Royal Hunt and Storm(10 mins)
  - The Trojans 鈥� Dido鈥檚 death scene(7 mins)
- - interval
- - Hector Berlioz
  - Harold in Italy(42 mins)

Performers

Antoine Tamestit
viola
viola
Joyce DiDonato
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
conductor
conductor

Composers

Hector Berlioz

About This Event

Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique continue their cycle of Berlioz performances, which will reach its climax next season in the 150th-anniversary year of the composer鈥檚 death. Some of Berlioz鈥檚 most colourful and dramatic works come together here in a programme that draws not only from concert works including the filmic overture Le corsaire and the magnificent symphony with solo viola Harold in Italy, but also from Berlioz鈥檚 great opera The Trojans. Star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joins the orchestra to sing Dido鈥檚 heartbreaking final scene.

Image: Joyce DiDonato