Prom 53


Archive Listings for Prom 53

Stravinsky/Ravel & Tchaikovsky - T1944539181

A great youth orchestra and a distinguished and much-loved conductor. The programme begins with Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements, partly inspired by newsreel footage of the Second World War. A long standing favourite of Sir Colin's, it is a work he first conducted at the Proms all of 50 years ago. The biggest piece is Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, in which the composer grapples with a malign Fate and, in his coruscating finale, makes use of a well-known Russian folk song. Before the interval, Ravel's exotic, ambiguous Shéhérazade is sung by Susan Graham, a supreme interpreter of the cycle. Finish time: approx. 21:00Performer Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano). Company Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. Conductor Colin Davis (Sir).
24 Aug 11The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01600260004

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra - T0769520144

The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra visits with joint Artistic Director Isabelle van Keulen and Principal Guest Director Leif Ove Andsnes, taking charge from their respective instruments. Two contrasting works by Mozart - the sparkling 'Haffner' Symphony and the more dramatic C minor Piano Concerto - frame Scandinavian pieces new and old: Grieg's beloved string-orchestra classic and Danish Bent Sørensen's new piano concerto, La mattina, which the composer regards as containing both his 'darkest and most profound' music.Conductor Per Kristian Skalstad. Director Isabelle van Keulen (director/leader). Company Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
25 Aug 10The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L695013899

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - T14404501

The host of last year's Last Night, Sir Roger Norrington returns to conduct music by all four of this year's major anniversary composers. Purcell's music to Abdelazar gave Britten the theme he used, 250 years later, in his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Prom 13), and American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato performs two Handel arias as well as Haydn's 'mad scene' for the distraught Berenice, who begs the gods to let her join her lover in death. Mendelssohn's evocative 'Scottish' symphony was conceived on the same 1829 holiday as his Hebrides overture (Prom 70). Approx finish time: 21:15. Live on BBC Radio 3 and recorded for broadcast on BBC Two on Sep 5.Performer Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano). Company Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor Roger Norrington (Sir).
25 Aug 09The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0565663132

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - T533909217

Finish time approx. 21:10Music Prokofiev (48 mins)). Music Tchaikovsky (48 mins)). Company Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Daniele Gatti.
25 Aug 08The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L2131441248

T686663259 (PROM07)

Finish time approx. 20:35Conductor Bernard Haitink. Company Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Music Bruckner (Symphony No 8 in C minor - 1890 Nowak edition).
24 Aug 07The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01146805339

T01432482181 (PROM06)

Finish time approx. 21:40Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Company Philharmonia Chorus. Company London Philharmonic Choir. Performer Nikolai Lugansky (piano). Performer Tatiana Monogarova (soprano). Performer Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor). Performer Sergei Leiferkus (baritone). Music Mark-Anthony Turnage (A Relic of Memory - UK premiere). Music Prokofiev (Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor). Music Rakhmaninov (The Bells).
23 Aug 06The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L351518370

T01545137149 (PROM05)

Company European Union Youth Orchestra. Conductor John Eliot Gardiner (Sir). Performer Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano). Music Ravel (Rapsodie espagnole; Sheherazade). Music Walton (Symphony No 1 in B flat minor).
24 Aug 05The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01528785078

T01299253885 (PROM04)

Finish time approx. 21:15Music Dvorak (Serenade in E major for strings). Music Schumann (Piano Concerto in A minor). Music Chopin (Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor). Music Dvorak (Slavonic Dance in E minor Op 72 No 2). Music Dvorak (Legend in G minor Op 59 No 3). Company Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor Christian Zacharias (piano).
25 Aug 04The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0243634486

T41260713 (PROM03)

Company Beethoven (Symphony No 2 in D major). Music Tchaikovsky (Symphony No 4 in F minor). Company Pittsburgh (Symphony Orchestra). Conductor Mariss Jansons.
29 Aug 03The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L02049277368

T01581371134 (PROM02)

Company Crouch End Festival Chorus. Company London Symphony Chorus (men's voices). Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Thomas Ades. Performer Susan Bickley (mezzo soprano). Performer Raimo Laukka (baritone). Music Berlioz (The Trojans - Prologue Lamento and Trojan March). Music Thomas Ades (America). Music Sibelius (Kullervo Symphony).
29 Aug 02The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0434311515

T2085851202 (PROM01)

Music Mendelssohn (A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music). Music Haydn (Cello Concerto in C major). Music Dvorak (Symphony No 9 in E minor from 'The New World'). Performer Truls Mork (cello). Company Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor Herbert Blomstedt.
30 Aug 01The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0671051035

T1355818330 (PROM00)

Music Wagner (Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey from Gotterdammerung). Music Wagner (orch. Motti - Wesendonck Lieder). Music Bruckner (Symphony No 3 in D minor 1889 Nowak edition). Performer Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano). Company Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor Ivan Fischer.
25 Aug 00The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L1441923933

T645873357 (53PROM99)

Music Durante (Concerto No 4 in E minor). Music Vivaldi (Filae maestae Jerusalem). Music Wassenaer (Concerto No 4 in F minor). Music Pergolesi (Stabat Mater). Performer Elisabeth Scholl (soprano). Performer Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor). Company Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director Gottfried von der Goltz.
27 Aug 99The Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L01589615236

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