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Prom 23: Jörg Widmann, Schumann, Sibelius and Nielsen
19:30 Mon 1 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall
John Storgårds conducts a varied programme, opening with the UK premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Armonica and including Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5.
John Storgårds conducts a varied programme, opening with the UK premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Armonica and including Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5.

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Listen: Prom Interval Talk: Shipwrecks and Shaekespeare
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Listen: Prom Interval Talk: Shipwrecks and Shaekespeare
Sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston looks at shipwrecks and sea captains in Shakespeare.
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John Storgårds was the first Finnish violinist to record Schumann’s unusual Violin Concerto, but he now steps to the podium, making way for Austrian violinist Thomas Zehetmair.

Surrounding Schumann’s gem of a concerto are the first UK performance of Jörg Widmann’s ethereal Armonica, the storm-tossed Prelude from Sibelius’s eerie depiction of Shakespeare’s island realm and Carl Nielsen’s landmark symphonic vision of good’s triumph over evil.

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