Prom 19: R. Strauss & Elgar

31 Jul 2014, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 31 Jul 2014 Next Event

Proms 2014 Prom 19: R. Strauss & Elgar

19:30 Thu 31 Jul 2014 Royal Albert Hall

Two rarely heard masterpieces continue our 150th-anniversary celebrations of Richard Strauss: the mighty Festival Prelude and the Deutsche Motette (practically a concerto for choir). We move to more familiar musical territory with Strauss鈥檚 Four Last Songs, whose late-Romantic nostalgia is shared by Elgar鈥檚 Second Symphony.

Programme

- - Richard Strauss
  - Festival Prelude.(11 mins)
  - Deutsche Motet(19 mins)
  - Four Last Songs(24 mins)
- - interval
- - Edward Elgar
  - Symphony No. 2 in E flat major(57 mins)

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About this event

Two rarely heard works continue our 150th-anniversary celebration of Richard Strauss. Scored for organ and an orchestra calling for no fewer than 10 trumpets (six offstage), the Festival Prelude packs symphonic weight into its brief duration.

It is matched for impact by the Deutsche Motette 鈥� a concerto for choir by any other name: its vocal lines trace the same expansive arcs and arabesques as the composer鈥檚 exquisite, autumnal Four Last Songs. Maintaining the mood of late-Romantic nostalgia, Elgar鈥檚 Second Symphony delights in flexible chromaticism, its shifting moods coloured in delicate shades.

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