Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales
19:30 Sat 23 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall
Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert
Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert
Programme
- Mother Goose (ballet)
- Voice verserUK premiere
- Songs of a Fairy Princess
- Scheherazade
Performers
- Anu Komsisoprano
- Sakari Oramoconductor
Prom 49: Russian Fairy Tales
Ice-maidens, pirates and princesses form the cast of this fairy-tale concert. The BBC Symphony Orchestra is joined by soprano Anu Komsi to perform Szymanowski’s atmospheric Songs of a Fairy Princess. Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade sees the orchestra turn storyteller.
