91Èȱ¬

Wed 24 Jul 2019

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  A discussion about Bartók with musicologists Erik Levi and Nigel Simeone.

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• 19:30

  Prom 8: Invitation to the Dance

  Royal Albert Hall

  Dance – whether in the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, the exotic pulse of Bartók’s Dance Suite, or the languorous, sensual stretches of Debussy’s faun – runs right through this concert featuring three orchestral classics.

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  Dance – whether in the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, the exotic pulse of Bartók’s Dance Suite, or the languorous, sensual stretches of Debussy’s faun – runs right through this concert featuring three orchestral classics.

  Programme

  • • • Claude Debussy
      • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune(10 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1904
    • • Péter Eötvös
      • Alhambra (violin concerto)(20 mins)91Èȱ¬ co-commission with Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada, Orchestre de Paris and Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker: UK premiere
    • • interval
    • • Béla Bartók
      • Dance Suite(17 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1925
    • • Igor Stravinsky
      • The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)(23 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere (Suite No. 1), 1913

  Performers

  • Isabelle Faust

    violin
    violin
  • 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
  • Péter Eötvös

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Claude Debussy
  • Péter Eötvös
  • Béla Bartók
  • Igor Stravinsky

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