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4 Aug 2021, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2021 Vaughan Williams, Respighi and Mendelssohn

Prom 7
Vaughan Williams, Respighi and Mendelssohn
19:30 Wed 4 Aug 2021 Royal Albert Hall
Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji teams up with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Respighi’s vivacious Concerto gregoriano, whose plainsong-inspired melodies hark back to an ancient musical tradition.
Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji teams up with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Respighi’s vivacious Concerto gregoriano, whose plainsong-inspired melodies hark back to an ancient musical tradition.

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Conductor Vasily Petrenko appears for the first time at the Proms in his new role as Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. They are joined by Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji for Respighi’s Concerto gregoriano – a spiritual serenade in which the soloist becomes a wordless cantor, whose plainsong-inspired melodies soar over the orchestra. Two more tributes to the musical past complete the programme: Vaughan Williams’s haunting Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis takes inspiration from Tudor polyphony, while Mendelssohn’s youthful ‘Reformation’ Symphony climaxes in Martin Luther’s stirring chorale ‘A mighty fortress is our God’.

Image: Vasily Petrenko

Booking opens for this concert at 9am on Saturday 26 June.

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