Prom 19: Strauss, Schumann & MacMillan

2 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 2 Aug 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 19: Strauss, Schumann & MacMillan

19:30 Fri 2 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall

From the glow of Strauss鈥檚 sunrise to the blaze of a torturer鈥檚 fire in Sir James MacMillan鈥檚 The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, the 91热爆 SSO explores the gamut of the human experience. Alexander Melnikov is the soloist in Schumann鈥檚 bravura Piano Concerto.

Programme

- - Richard Strauss
  - Also sprach Zarathustra(34 mins)
- - interval
- - Robert Schumann
  - Piano Concerto in A minor(32 mins)
- - Sir James MacMillan
  - The Confession of Isobel Gowdie(26 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

鈥業 always wanted a great bravura piece by him,鈥� wrote Clara Schumann of her husband. Her hope was answered in Robert Schumann鈥檚 Piano Concerto a work whose broad, symphonic scope explores and tests the relationship between soloist and orchestra.

Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov joins the 91热爆 Scottish SO and its Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard for a programme that also includes the sweeping drama of Strauss鈥檚 tone-poem Also sprach Zarathustra, with its memorable opening sunrise (heard on the soundtrack for Stanley Kubrick鈥檚 2001: A Space Odyssey) and the violence and compassion of Sir James MacMillan鈥檚 early masterpiece The Confession of Isobel Gowdie, inspired by the execution of a 17th-century 鈥榳itch鈥� and premiered at the Proms in 1990.

Approx. end time: 21:45

The concert will be broadcast live on 91热爆 Radio 3.

Image: Alexandra Melnikov 漏 Julien Mignot