Prom 50: Orchestre de Paris

26 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 26 Aug 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 50: Orchestre de Paris

19:30 Mon 26 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall

Town or country? That鈥檚 the choice offered by Daniel Harding and the Orchestra de Paris. Widmann鈥檚 explosive Babylon Suite invites listeners into the sonic chaos of the city, while Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 6 offers an evocative portrait of pastoral life.

Programme

- - Robert Schumann
  - Genoveva 鈥� overture(9 mins)
- - J枚rg Widmann
  - Babylon Suite(30 mins)London premiere
- - interval
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 6 in F major, 鈥楶astoral鈥�(39 mins)

Performers

Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie
Daniel Harding
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Town or country? That's the choice offered here by Daniel Harding and the Orchestre de Paris.

Scored for a 90-strong orchestra, J枚rg Widmann鈥檚 explosive Babylon Suite (adapted from his 2012 opera) invites listeners into the all-consuming sonic chaos of the city 鈥� a babel of sound and sensation.

Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 6, by contrast, takes listeners through fields and past brooks in its evocative portrait of pastoral life.

The concert opens with the gathering storm-clouds of the overture to Schumann鈥檚 only opera, Genoveva.

Approx. end time: 21:30

Image: Daniel Harding 漏 Julian Hargreaves