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29 Jul 2011, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2011 Prom 19: Honegger, Bridge, Berg, Castiglioni & Debussy

Prom 19: Honegger, Bridge, Berg, Castiglioni & Debussy
19:30 Fri 29 Jul 2011 Royal Albert Hall
A typically thought-provoking programme from the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra’s Artist in Association, Oliver Knussen, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside established 20th-century classics.
A typically thought-provoking programme from the ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra’s Artist in Association, Oliver Knussen, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside established 20th-century classics.

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A typically thought-provoking programme from Oliver Knussen, the ±«Óãtv SO's Artist in Association, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside established 20th-century classics.

Arthur Honegger's depiction of a train and pastoral idyll are followed by Frank Bridge's quietly anguished Shakespearean scene of death by drowning and the splintered, wintry fluidity of Italian composer Niccolò Castiglioni.

Soprano Claire Booth (who made her professional debut in the music of Knussen) sings Berg's heady paean to the restorative powers of fermented grape juice. And the concert closes with Debussy's astonishing, inspirational evocation of shifting seas.