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Mon 1 Aug 2016

• 13:00

  PCM 3

  Cadogan Hall, London

  Actor and Erik Satie-fan Alistair McGowan presents an evening of music by the inimitable French composer, whose 150th anniversary falls this year. Pianist Alexandre Tharaud and singer Jean Delescluse perform.

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  Proms Around the UK

  
• 17:45

  Proms Extra

  Imperial College Union

  Veteran sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first man to circumnavigate the world non-stop single-handedly, talks about the sea, shipwrecks and sea captains depicted in Shakespeare’s plays.

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  Proms Extra

  
• 19:30

  Prom 23

  Royal Albert Hall

  John Storgårds conducts a varied programme, opening with the UK premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Armonica and including Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5.

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  John Storgårds conducts a varied programme, opening with the UK premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Armonica and including Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5.

  Programme

  • • • Jörg Widmann
      • Armonica(14 mins)UK premiere
    • • Robert Schumann
      • Violin Concerto in D minor(30 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Jean Sibelius
      • The Tempest – Prelude(8 mins)
    • • Carl Nielsen
      • Symphony No 5(35 mins)

  Performers

  • Christa Schönfeldinger

    glass harmonica
    glass harmonica
  • Teodoro Anzellotti

    accordian
    accordian
  • Thomas Zehetmair

    violin
    violin
  • ±«Óãtv Philharmonic
  • John StorgÃ¥rds

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Jörg Widmann
  • Robert Schumann
  • Jean Sibelius
  • Carl Nielsen

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