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Revolutionary Music

As the Proms marks 100 years since the Russian Revolution, devel deeper into how subversive, progressive and revolutionary ideals were reflected in the music of 20th-century Russia.
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  • Wed 26 Jul 2017

    • 19:30
      Prom 16: Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
      Royal Albert Hall

      Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.

      Drama is at the heart of a Prom that moves from the psychological drama of Liszt’s Hamlet to the vivid portraits of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Plus Steven Osborne joins Ilan Volkov and the BBC SSO for a Julian Anderson world premiere.

      Programme

          • Hamlet(10 mins)
          • The Imaginary Museum(25 mins)BBC co-commission with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra: world premiere
            • interval
            • From the Cradle to the Grave(14 mins)
            • Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)(34 mins)

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        Prom 16: Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition