Prom 37: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia & Sir Antonio Pappano

10 Aug 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 10 Aug 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 37: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia & Sir Antonio Pappano

19:30 Fri 10 Aug 2018 Royal Albert Hall

Bernstein鈥檚 emotive First Symphony is the work that put the young composer on the map. Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra of Santa Cecilia here pair it with another symphonic debut 鈥� Mahler鈥檚 arresting, visionary First Symphony.

Programme

- - Joseph Haydn
  - The Creation 鈥� Chaos(6 mins)
- - Leonard Bernstein
  - Symphony No. 1 'Jeremiah'(25 mins)
- - interval
- - Gustav Mahler
  - Symphony No. 1 in D major(56 mins)

Performers

Elizabeth DeShong
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome
Sir Antonio Pappano
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

The Bernstein centenary celebrations continue in a programme that pairs his 鈥楯eremiah鈥� Symphony with music by two composers he admired and championed.

Appearing at the Proms for the first time in five years, Rome鈥檚 Santa Cecilia Orchestra (of which Bernstein was Honorary President for almost a decade) and its Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano perform Bernstein鈥檚 youthful First Symphony, charged with political anxiety and dread, alongside another symphonic debut, Mahler鈥檚 dramatic First.

The evening opens with Haydn鈥檚 arresting musical vision of primordial chaos.

Image: Sir Antonio Pappano 漏 Musacchio & Ianniello/EMI Classics