Performance

VenueRoyal Albert Hall
Other spaces: Elgar Room
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From12th August 2014
To12th August 2014
When19:00
PricesFrom £7.50. To £38.00.
What is currently on at Royal Albert Hall (V221)

Prom 35

Prom 35T1707263404
Part of the BBC Proms.


Archive :: production:T1707263404, concert:S360, venue:V221

Sibelius, Walton & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Commissioned by Jascha Heifetz, Walton's concerto extended the possibilities of what could be achieved on the violin, while at the same time maintaining a striking intimacy and emotional directness. Sondergard and the BBC NOW open with a suite from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's ballet Caroline Mathilde, in which the English princess is sent to an unhappy marriage in Denmark, and continue with two great orchestral works by Sibelius. A painting of a flight of swans hung on the wall of the composer's study, and these birds inspired both the majestic 'swan theme' apotheosis of Sibelius's Fifth Symphony and the more serene and mystical tone-poem The Swan of Tuonela. Finish time approx. 21:20

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Company

Performer Mary Bevan (soprano)
Performer Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano)
Performer James Ehnes (violin)
Company BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Thomas Sondergard
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