Prom 15: Smetana, Prokofiev & Dvo艡谩k

25 Jul 2012, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 25 Jul 2012 Next Event

Proms 2012 Prom 15: Smetana, Prokofiev & Dvo艡谩k

19:30 Wed 25 Jul 2012 Royal Albert Hall

Jir藝铆 Be藝lohl谩vek conducts works by two Czech compatriots; Vadim Gluzman is the soloist in Prokofiev鈥檚 Violin Concerto No. 1.

Programme

- - Bedrich Smetana
  - String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, 'From My Life' (orch. Szell)(28 mins)
- - Sergey Prokofiev
  - Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major(22 mins)
- - interval
- - Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
  - Symphony No. 7 in D minor(35 mins)
- - Eug猫ne Ysa每e
  - Violin Sonata No. 2, 鈥楯acques Thibaud鈥� 鈥� No 1, 鈥極bsession鈥�(8 mins)Encore

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About this event

After last year鈥檚 sensational complete *M谩 vlas*t comes Smetana鈥檚 autobiographical E minor quartet, in George Szell鈥檚 orchestration, another first for the Proms. Its finale is suddenly interrupted by a graphic illustration of the onset of deafness, a sustained high E, here on piccolo as well as violin, imitating the tinnitus that afflicted the composer. By contrast Prokofiev鈥檚 concerto is one of his magical fairy-tale pieces, championed tonight by Proms debut artist, Vadim Gluzman.

Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 dark, passionate Seventh Symphony was commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London, the composer himself crossing the Channel to direct the premiere.

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