Thu 26 Jul 2018

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  An exploration of the relationships between birds and humans, with prize-winning authors Tim Birkhead and Helen Macdonald. Hosted by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Lucy Powell.

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• 19:30

  Prom 16: Stravinsky, Debussy & Wagner

  Royal Albert Hall

  Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in Stravinsky's colourful symphonic poem The Song of the Nightingale and the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird. Wagner's Tannhäuser overture opens the Prom, which also features Debussy’s sensual cantata La damoiselle élue.

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  Mark Elder conducts the Hallé in Stravinsky's colourful symphonic poem The Song of the Nightingale and the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird. Wagner's Tannhäuser overture opens the Prom, which also features Debussy’s sensual cantata La damoiselle élue.

  Programme

  • • • Richard Wagner
      • Tannhäuser – overture(14 mins)
    • • Claude Debussy
      • La damoiselle élue(20 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • Song of the Nightingale(20 mins)
      • The Firebird – suite (1945 version)(31 mins)

  Performers

  • Sophie Bevan

    soprano
    soprano
  • Anna Stéphany

    mezzo soprano
    mezzo soprano
  • Hallé Choir

    (female voices)
    (female voices)
  • Hallé Youth Choir

    (female voices)
    (female voices)
  • Hallé
  • Sir Mark Elder

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Richard Wagner
  • Claude Debussy
  • Igor Stravinsky

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  Classical for Starters 2018-19