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Prom 53 (part 1): Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Prokofiev

Yannick Nezet-Seguin leads the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. Wagner, orch Mottl: Wesendonck-Lieder (Anna Caterina Antonacci: soprano).

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms with music by Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Prokofiev.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
Wagner, orch. Mottl: Wesendonck-Lieder

7.45pm Interval

8.05pm
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin (conductor)

Tonights Prom features the Rotterdam Philharmonic and opens with a tale of doomed love in Tchaikovsky's Fantasy-Overture 'Romeo and Juliet', conducted by the orchestra's charismatic Canadian Music Director Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin. They are then joined by Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci for Wagner's 'Wesendonck Lieder', a song-cycle written by the composer while he was infatuated with Mathilde Wesendonck, the author of the poems, and the wife of Wagner's patron. The second half of the concert is devoted to Prokofiev's bright and energetic Fifth Symphony in B flat major.

An edited version of this Prom will be broadcast on Thursday 29th August at 2pm.

2 hours, 15 minutes

Last on

Thu 22 Aug 2013 19:00

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck-Lieder, arr. Mottl for voice & orchestra

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Aug 2013 19:00

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