Wed 22 Aug 2018

• 10:30

  Proms Inspire Day

  Imperial College Union

  The BBC Proms Inspire scheme provides a friendly environment to share ideas, participate in workshops, meet other young composers and develop your musical creativity.

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• 17:00

  Inspire Concert

  BBC Broadcasting House

  Christopher Stark conducts the Aurora Orchestra in the winning pieces of the 2018 BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition.

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• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Musicologists Jeremy Barham and Laura Tunbridge introduce Mahler's Fourth Symphony.

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• 19:30

  Prom 54: Iván Fischer & Budapest Festival Orchestra (I)

  Royal Albert Hall

  The intoxicatingly energetic Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra return to the Proms for the first of two concerts. Here they pair Mahler’s best-loved Symphony – the vivacious Fourth – with music by Bartók and Enescu.

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  The intoxicatingly energetic Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra return to the Proms for the first of two concerts. Here they pair Mahler’s best-loved Symphony – the vivacious Fourth – with music by Bartók and Enescu.

  Programme

  • • • George Enescu
      • Suite No. 1 – Prélude à l’unisson(9 mins)
    • • Béla Bartók
      • Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta(28 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Gustav Mahler
      • Symphony No. 4 in G major(57 mins)

  Performers

  • Anna Lucia Richter

    soprano
    soprano
  • Budapest Festival Orchestra
  • Iván Fischer

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • George Enescu
  • Béla Bartók
  • Gustav Mahler

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