Music of the Reformation Events
Sun 3 Sep 2017
- 13:00Royal Albert Hall
Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra bring authentic colour to some of Mendelssohnâs best-loved works, including the overture The Hebrides and the Fifth Symphony. Isabelle Faust is the soloist for the lyrical Violin Concerto.
Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra bring authentic colour to some of Mendelssohnâs best-loved works, including the overture The Hebrides and the Fifth Symphony. Isabelle Faust is the soloist for the lyrical Violin Concerto.
Programme
- Overture âThe Hebridesâ (âFingalâs Caveâ)(10 mins)
- Violin Concerto in E minor(27 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 5 in D major, 'Reformation'(27 mins)
Performers
- Isabelle Faustviolin
- Pablo HerasâCasadoconductor
Composers
Also part ofProms 2017
Sat 26 Aug 2017
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Rising star conductor Jakub HrĆŻĆĄa presents an all-Czech concert with the ±«Óătv SO and the ±«Óătv Singers. Smetanaâs evocative tone-poem Ma vlast sits alongside MartinĆŻâs Field Mass and Sukâs Prague. This is music of protest, anger and national pride.
Rising star conductor Jakub HrĆŻĆĄa presents an all-Czech concert with the ±«Óătv SO and the ±«Óătv Singers. Smetanaâs evocative tone-poem Ma vlast sits alongside MartinĆŻâs Field Mass and Sukâs Prague. This is music of protest, anger and national pride.
Programme
- Hussite Chorale 'KtoĆŸ jsĂș BoĆŸi bojovnĂci' (You Who Are Warriors of God)(2 mins)
- MĂĄ vlast â TĂĄbor
- MĂĄ vlast â BlanĂk
- Field Mass(26 mins)
- interval
- Hussite Overture(14 mins)
- The Excursions of Mr BrouÄek â Song of the Hussites(4 mins)
- Prague(25 mins)
Performers
- Svatopluk Sembaritone
- ±«Óătv Singers (men's voices)
- Jakub HrĆŻĆĄaconductor
Also part ofProms 2017
Sun 20 Aug 2017
- 15:30Royal Albert Hall
The ±«Óătv Singers and the City of London Sinfonia tell the Passion story as never before. Music from five centuries of Passion settings comes together, including works by SchĂŒtz, J. S. Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Arvo PĂ€rt and Sir James MacMillan.
Also part ofProms 2017 - 18:00Imperial College Union
An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with the Revd Lucy Winkett.
- 19:45Royal Albert Hall
Bach specialist John Butt and his award-winning Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut with a performance of Bachâs St John Passion, a work of almost operatic immediacy. The soloists include Tim Mead, Sophie Bevan and Nicholas Mulroy.
Bach specialist John Butt and his award-winning Dunedin Consort make their Proms debut with a performance of Bachâs St John Passion, a work of almost operatic immediacy. The soloists include Tim Mead, Sophie Bevan and Nicholas Mulroy.
Programme
- St John Passion(130 mins)
Performers
- Nicholas MulroyEvangelist
- Matthew BrookJesus
- Sophie Bevansoprano
- Tim Meadcounter-tenor
- Andrew Tortisetenor
- Konstantin Wolffbass
- John Buttharpsichord/director
Composers