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Prom 54: Organ Recital with Isabelle Demers

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2023

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Canadian organist Isabelle Demers makes her Proms debut with a recital of works by Bach, Reger, William Grant Still and Canadian composer Rachel Laurin.

Live at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Canadian organist Isabelle Demers makes her Proms debut with a recital of works by Bach, Reger, Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still – plus a world premiere from Canadian composer Rachel Laurin.

Presented by Penny Gore, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Prelude to Act 1 (transcr. Demers)
Rachel Laurin: Prelude and Fugue in G major (world premiere)
Bach: Cantata No. 146, β€˜Wir mΓΌssen durch viel TrΓΌbsal’ – Sinfonia (arr. DuprΓ©)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Three Impromptus
Max Reger: Chorale Fantasia on β€˜Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’
William Grant Still: Elegy
Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts, transcr. Demers)

Isabelle Demers, organ

Canadian organist Isabelle Demers makes her Proms debut, putting the Royal Albert Hall’s mighty 9,999-pipe organ through its paces. The rigour of Bach and Reger (born 150 years ago) contrasts with lighter pieces by Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still and a world premiere from Canadian composer Rachel Laurin. This is all framed with the drama of excerpts from stage-works by Wagner and Prokofiev.

02:50 Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
14:30 Rachel Laurin: Prelude and Fugue in G major
23:20 JS Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata No 146
32:34 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Three Impromptus
47:15 Max Reger: Chorale Fantasia on β€˜Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’
29:10 William Grant Still: Elegy
01:19:02 Sergey Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet

1 hour, 59 minutes

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Sat 26 Aug 2023 14:00
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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg - Opera In 3 Acts ; Prelude

    Performer: Isabelle Demers.

  • Rachel Laurin

    Prelude And Fugue In G Major

    Performer: Isabelle Demers.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia

    Performer: Isabelle Demers.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    3 Impromptus Op.78

    Performer: Isabelle Demers.

  • Max Reger

    Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott - Chorale Fantasia Op.27

    Performer: Isabelle Demers.

  • William Grant Still

    Elegy

    Performer: Isabelle Demers.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo And Juliet - Ballet Op.64

    Performer: Isabelle Demers.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Quartet in A flat major for piano and strings

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    24 PrΓ©ludes Op. 2: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Chopin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    12 Etudes, Op. 25 - No. 3 in F Major

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Chopin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Aug 2023 14:00
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