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Tue 25 Jul 2017
- 18:30Royal Albert Hall
John Wilson directs the BBC SSO in this all-English programme. Holst’s vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 9 – the last that the composer would write.
John Wilson directs the BBC SSO in this all-English programme. Holst’s vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 9 – the last that the composer would write.
Programme
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor(34 mins)
- interval
- The Planets(50 mins)
Performers
- John Wilsonconductor
- CBSO Youth Chorus (female voices)
Composers
Wed 26 Jul 2017
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.
Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.
Programme
- Hamlet(10 mins)
- The Imaginary Museum(25 mins)BBC co-commission with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra: world premiere
- interval
- From the Cradle to the Grave(14 mins)
- Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)(34 mins)
Performers
- Steven Osbornepiano
- Ilan Volkovconductor
