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T02123944083In association with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, the Royal College of Music - along with the conservatoires of Paris and Orsay - has been involved in a special project to recreate the distinctive sound of the world's first professional orchestra, founded by Louis XIII in 1626. Few of the original instruments have survived but specialist reconstructions allow us to savour the unique texture and rich inner voices as they might have been heard at the French court over 300 years ago. There will be no intervalConductor Roger Norrington (Sir). | |
| 28 Jul 12 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L0366601060 |
Maxwell Davies/Aperghis & Sir Harrison Birtwistle - T01093133300For its second Proms Saturday Matinee, the London Sinfonietta is joined by its founding conductor David Atherton. Greek-born, Paris-based Georges Aperghis is intimately involved with French musical theatre but his new piece takes its title from cinematic techniques of cutting and continuity. Sir Harrison Birtwistle reflects on more ancient traditions in Angel Fighter, a pocket oratorio for voices and ensemble in the tradition of his previous examinations of pivotal myths that resonate down the ages. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's Il rozzo martello, a contemplation on a sonnet by Michelangelo, was composed for the BBC Singers in 1997. There will be no interval. Finish time: approx. 16:30Performer Andrew Watts (counter-tenor). Performer Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor). Performer Nicholas Hodges (piano). Company BBC Singers. Company London Sinfonietta. Conductor David Atherton. | |
| 20 Aug 11 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L1936975383 |
T1336697070The English Baroque Soloists and Sir John Eliot Gardiner continue Bach Day with the second instalment of the complete Brandenburg Concertos. At the centre is No. 5, with its elaborate cadenza for solo harpsichord; No. 3 uses its resources of 10 solo strings to devise ever-changing textures, dancing rhythms and sonorous harmonies; and No. 2 has a dazzling, notoriously challenging trumpet part that exploits the very top of the instrument's range.Conductor John Eliot Gardiner (Sir). Company English Baroque Soloists. | |
| 14 Aug 10 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L829611457 |
T1396115686Finish time approx. 16:30Conductor Jonathan Morton. Performer Michael Collins (clarinet). Company Scottish Ensemble. Music Elgar (Serenade for Strings). Music Finzi (Clarinet Concerto). Music Maconchy (Music for Strings - Proms Firsts World Premiere 1983). Music Grieg (Holberg Suite). | |
| 4 Aug 07 | Cadogan Hall, Inner London :: V1516962103 listing details L787739128 |
BBC Proms Concert - Proms Saturday Matinee
