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Proms 2019 Prom 8: Invitation to the Dance

Prom 8
Prom 8: Invitation to the Dance
19:30 Wed 24 Jul 2019 Royal Albert Hall
Dance – whether in the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, the exotic pulse of Bartók’s Dance Suite, or the languorous, sensual stretches of Debussy’s faun – runs right through this concert featuring three orchestral classics.
Dance – whether in the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky’s Firebird suite, the exotic pulse of Bartók’s Dance Suite, or the languorous, sensual stretches of Debussy’s faun – runs right through this concert featuring three orchestral classics.

Programme

      • Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune(10 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1904
      • Alhambra (violin concerto)(20 mins)±«Óãtv co-commission with Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada, Orchestre de Paris and Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker: UK premiere
        • interval
        • Dance Suite(17 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1925
        • The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)(23 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere (Suite No. 1), 1913

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    Dance – whether in the exotic pulse of Bartók’s Dance Suite, the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky’s The Firebird or the languorous ballet of Debussy’s faun – runs right through tonight’s Prom.

    Peter Eötvös conducts his new violin concerto Alhambra – performed here by the work’s original soloist, award-winning German violinist Isabelle Faust.

    Approx. end time: 22:00

    Image: Isabelle Faust © Felix Broede

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