Thu 7 Aug 2014

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Literary

  Royal College of Music

  Poet and playwright Tony Harrison talks about his passionate commitment to the classics, poetic language and political writing.

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• 19:30

  Prom 28: Beethoven & Stravinsky

  Royal Albert Hall

  Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers in one of the great 20th-century dramatic showpieces – Stravinsky’s vivid and visceral ‘opera-oratorio’ Oedipus rex. The concert opens with Beethoven’s beloved Egmont overture.

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  Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Chorus and BBC Singers in one of the great 20th-century dramatic showpieces – Stravinsky’s vivid and visceral ‘opera-oratorio’ Oedipus rex. The concert opens with Beethoven’s beloved Egmont overture.

  Programme

  • • • Ludwig van Beethoven
      • Egmont - overture(9 mins)
    • • Brett Dean
      • Electric Preludes(25 mins)UK premiere
    • • Ivan Fedele
      • Suite Francese No. 6b(2 mins)Corrente No. 2 (encore)
    • • interval
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • Oedipus rex(51 mins)

  Performers

  • Francesco D'Orazio

    electric violin
    electric violin
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor
  • Rory Kinnear

    narrator
    narrator
  • Allan Clayton

    tenor (Oedipus)
    tenor (Oedipus)
  • Hilary Summers

    mezzo-soprano (Jocasta)
    mezzo-soprano (Jocasta)
  • Juha Uusitalo

    baritone (Creon)
    baritone (Creon)
  • Brindley Sherratt

    bass (Tiresias)
    bass (Tiresias)
  • Duncan Rock

    baritone (Messenger)
    baritone (Messenger)
  • Samuel Boden

    tenor (Shepherd)
    tenor (Shepherd)
  • BBC Singers

    men's voices
    men's voices
  • BBC Symphony Chorus

    men's voices
    men's voices

  Composers

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Brett Dean
  • Ivan Fedele
  • Igor Stravinsky

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  Choral music and opera