Prom 42: Lest We Forget
19:30 Sun 17 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall
Andrew Manze conducts this Prom to commemorate the First World War.
Andrew Manze conducts this Prom to commemorate the First World War.
Programme
- Music for Orchestra (1912)
- Elegy for strings, in memoriam Rupert Brooke
- Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad'orch. P. Brookes
- Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3)
Performers
- Allan Claytontenor
- Roderick Williamsbaritone
- Andrew Manzeconductor
Concert Information
Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad reflects a world on the brink of collapse while Vaughan Williams’s Pastoral Symphony is a vision of war-ravaged France. Like Butterworth, both Rudi Stephan and Frederick Kelly were killed in the First World War; the latter’s exquisite Elegy for strings was performed at his own memorial concert. Stephan’s Music for Orchestra (1912) finds a desperate intensity in its Expressionist colours.
Image © Pietro Spagnoli
