Proms 2017
Proms 2017 Calendar
By Date
Tue 15 Aug 2017
- 17:15Imperial College Union
Ahead of tonight's premiere of Thomas Larcher's Insomnia, a discussion on the subject of sleep. With novelist AL Kennedy and sports sleep expert Nick Littlehales.
Also part ofProms Extra
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Schumann’s Third Symphony – the climax of a Prom also including Brahms’s Tragic Overture and Thomas Larcher’s Nocturne – Insomnia. Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist in Berg’s Violin Concerto.
Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Schumann’s Third Symphony – the climax of a Prom also including Brahms’s Tragic Overture and Thomas Larcher’s Nocturne – Insomnia. Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist in Berg’s Violin Concerto.
Programme
- Tragic Overture(14 mins)
- Violin Concerto(27 mins)
- interval
- Nocturne – Insomnia(15 mins)UK premiere
- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, ‘Rhenish’(32 mins)
Performers
- Christian Tetzlaffviolin
- Robin Ticciaticonductor
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Blending Glass’s American Minimalism with traditional Hindustani classical music, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar joins the Britten Sinfonia for the first complete live performance of Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar’s 1964 concept album Passages.
Blending Glass’s American Minimalism with traditional Hindustani classical music, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar joins the Britten Sinfonia for the first complete live performance of Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar’s 1964 concept album Passages.
Programme
- Passages(65 mins)(first complete live performance)
Performers
- Alexa Masonsoprano
- Anoushka Shankarsitar
- Ravichandra Kulurbansuri
- Gaurav Mazumdarsitar
- Karen Kamensekconductor
Composers
