Proms 2019
Proms 2019 Calendar
By Date
Sun 11 Aug 2019
- 11:00Royal Albert Hall
The sumptuous beauty of Berlioz’s song-cycle Les nuits d’été is set against the craggy drama of Strauss’s monumental An Alpine Symphony. The National Youth Orchestra of the USA is joined by Sir Antonio Pappano and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
The sumptuous beauty of Berlioz’s song-cycle Les nuits d’été is set against the craggy drama of Strauss’s monumental An Alpine Symphony. The National Youth Orchestra of the USA is joined by Sir Antonio Pappano and mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
Programme
- Occidentalis(5 mins)European premiere
- Les nuits d'été(30 mins)
- interval
- An Alpine Symphony(50 mins)
Performers
- Joyce DiDonatomezzo-soprano
- Brass of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
- Sir Antonio Pappanoconductor
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- 18:15Imperial College Union
Children’s concepts of innocence and experience - with author Patrice Lawrence and New Generation Thinker Emma Butcher.
Also part ofFree Events - 20:00Royal Albert Hall
Semyon Bychkov traces the journey of Austro-German music. Bright with sleigh bells and wonder, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony glances back to Classical models, while Glanert takes Brahms into the 21st century in his lyrical Weites Land.
Semyon Bychkov traces the journey of Austro-German music. Bright with sleigh bells and wonder, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony glances back to Classical models, while Glanert takes Brahms into the 21st century in his lyrical Weites Land.
Programme
- Weites Land ('Musik mit Brahms' for orchestra)(12 mins)UK premiere
- Einsamkeit for soprano and orchestra (orch. D. Glanert)(21 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in G major(55 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1905
Performers
- Christina Ganschsoprano
- Semyon Bychkovconductor
