Proms 2019
Proms 2019 Calendar
By Date
Tue 10 Sep 2019
- 17:15Imperial College Union
A discussion about the function of letters in literature and life with best-selling crime novelist Ruth Ware and epistolary historian Shaun Usher.
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- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 8 鈥� the most personal of the composer鈥檚 many confrontations with the horror of war. Love dominates the first half, in music from the operas Eugene Onegin and The Bartered Bride.
Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 8 鈥� the most personal of the composer鈥檚 many confrontations with the horror of war. Love dominates the first half, in music from the operas Eugene Onegin and The Bartered Bride.
Programme
- The Bartered Bride 鈥� overture
- The Bartered Bride 鈥� Three Dances(19 mins)
- Eugene Onegin 鈥� Letter Scene(12 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1892
- interval
- Symphony No 8 in C minor(65 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1944
Performers
- Elena Stikhinasoprano
- Semyon Bychkovconductor
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Multi-talented guitarist and composer Jonny Greenwood curates a Late Night Prom featuring his new work for solo violin and strings, as well as a range of pieces broadly picking up on the themes of patterning and Minimalism.
Multi-talented guitarist and composer Jonny Greenwood curates a Late Night Prom featuring his new work for solo violin and strings, as well as a range of pieces broadly picking up on the themes of patterning and Minimalism.
Programme
- Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas No. 16 鈥� Passacaglia in G minor(6 mins)
- Sinfonietta for strings 鈥撀燰ivace(5 mins)
- Three Miniatures from Water 鈥� No. 3(5 mins)
- 88 (No. 1)(7 mins)
- Pulse(15 mins)
- Horror vacui 鈥� for solo violin and 68 strings(27 mins)91热爆 commission: world premiere
Performers
- Jonny Greenwoodbass guitar/tanpura
- Daniel Pioroviolin
- Katherine Tinkerpiano
- 91热爆 Proms Youth Ensembleensemble
- Hugh Bruntconductor
