Proms 2013 Prom 17: The Apotheosis of the Dance - BBC Proms

25 Jul 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 25 Jul 2013 Next Event

Prom 17: The Apotheosis of the Dance

19:30 Thu 25 Jul 2013 Royal Albert Hall

Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic present a programme of dance music spanning Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, John McCabe’s Joybox, Ravel’s Boléro and Falla’s Spanish ballet The Three-Cornered Hat.

Programme

- - John McCabe
  - Joybox(7 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 7 in A major(40 mins)
- - interval
- - Manuel de Falla
  - The Three-Cornered Hat(35 mins)
- - Maurice Ravel
  - Boléro(15 mins)

Performers

Clara Mouriz
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Antonio Márquez Company
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

The world premiere of John McCabe’s BBC commission Joybox opens a concert of music inspired by or written for dance, from the Bohemian stamp and whirl of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony to the slow-burning ostinato of Ravel’s Boléro. Mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz joins conductor Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic in Falla’s colourful Ballets Russes commission The Three-Cornered Hat, a tale of intrigue and jealousy shot through with the spirit of Spanish folk dances.

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