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Thu 8 Aug 2019

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Authors Elizabeth Lowry and Iain Sinclair join Matthew Sweet to discuss American gothic and horror writer Edgar Allan Poe, whose poetry inspired Rachmaninov’s The Bells.

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• 19:00

  Prom 28: Rachmaninov, Borodin & Huw Watkins

  Royal Albert Hall

  Rachmaninov’s choral symphony The Bells is a spectacular musical statement for large-scale forces. Soloists Natalya Romaniw and Oleg Dolgov join Tadaaki Otaka and 91Èȱ¬ NOW for a concert that also includes Borodin’s vivacious Polovtsian Dances.

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  Rachmaninov’s choral symphony The Bells is a spectacular musical statement for large-scale forces. Soloists Natalya Romaniw and Oleg Dolgov join Tadaaki Otaka and 91Èȱ¬ NOW for a concert that also includes Borodin’s vivacious Polovtsian Dances.

  Programme

  • • • Toru Takemitsu
      • Twill by Twilight(13 mins)
    • • Huw Watkins
      • The Moon(20 mins)91Èȱ¬ commission: world premiere
    • • interval
    • • Sergey Rachmaninov
      • The Bells(37 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1921
    • • Alexander Borodin
      • Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances(14 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1897

  Performers

  • Iurii Samoilov

    baritone
    baritone
  • Natalya Romaniw

    soprano
    soprano
  • Oleg Dolgov

    tenor
    tenor
  • 91Èȱ¬ National Chorus of Wales
  • Philharmonia Chorus
  • 91Èȱ¬ National Orchestra of Wales
  • Tadaaki Otaka

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Toru Takemitsu
  • Huw Watkins
  • Sergey Rachmaninov
  • Alexander Borodin

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