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Proms 2014 Prom 72: English Music

Prom 72: English Music
Prom 72: English Music
19:30 Wed 10 Sep 2014 Royal Albert Hall
An evening of 20th-century English music that looks beyond pastoral stereotypes. The nostalgic idyll of Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ is soon abandoned for the brutality of his Symphony No. 4 and Birtwistle’s Exody – a terrifying musical labyrinth. Walton’s much-loved Viola Concerto is played here by rising star and 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lise Berthaud.
An evening of 20th-century English music that looks beyond pastoral stereotypes. The nostalgic idyll of Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ is soon abandoned for the brutality of his Symphony No. 4 and Birtwistle’s Exody – a terrifying musical labyrinth. Walton’s much-loved Viola Concerto is played here by rising star and 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 New Generation Artist Lise Berthaud.

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Andrew Litton joins the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra for an evening of 20th-century British music that looks beyond the pastoral stereotypes.

The idyll of Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ is soon abandoned in the composer’s dark and questioning Symphony No. 4 and Birtwistle’s Exody, an overwhelming musical labyrinth of sound.

This year’s composer focus on William Walton continues with his much-loved Viola Concerto – a work that had its premiere at the Proms, conducted by the composer and featuring composer and violist Paul Hindemith as soloist.

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