Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms statement
Following the very sad news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen, as a mark of respect we will not be going ahead with Prom 71 on Friday 9 September, or the Last Night of the Proms on Saturday 10 September.
Programme
- The Isle of the Dead(20 mins)
- ±Ê´Çè³¾±ð(16 mins)
- Introduction and Rondo capriccioso(10 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 1 in E minor(38 mins)
Performers
- Lisa Batiashviliviolin
- Yannick Nézetâ€Séguinconductor
About This Event
Rachmaninov worked closely with The Philadelphia Orchestra, captivated by its famously beautiful sound. So his eerie tone-poem The Isle of the Dead is part of the Philadelphia tradition, as well as a marvellously atmospheric upbeat to a pair of Romantic violin showpieces from 19th-century France. No-one plays them with more panache than former Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lisa Batiashvili. And then comes the first Proms performance of the impassioned First Symphony by the African American composer Florence Price. ‘Nézet-Séguin and his Philadelphia Orchestra are body and soul into the joy and resolve of this music,’ wrote Gramophone magazine of their recent, Grammy-nominated recording.
Image: Lisa Batiashvili © André Josselin