Prom 49 (part 2): Russian Fairy Tales
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo. Szymanowski: Songs of a Fairytale Princess (with Anu Komsi: soprano). Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Penny Gore
The ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra & Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo live at the ±«Óătv Proms. Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, atmospheric Szymanowski songs & Ravel's Mother Goose Suite.
Princes, princesses, sailors, a sultan, Tom Thumb and the Sleeping Beauty form some of the cast of this concert based around story-telling. The ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra is joined by soprano Anu Komsi for Szymanowski's Songs of a Fairytale Princess, and Jukka Tiensuu's Voice Verser, a virtuosic challenge for its singer. In Ravel's Mother Goose and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade it's the orchestra that turns storyteller.
Ravel: Mother Goose - Suite
Jukka Tiensuu: Voice verser (UK premiere)
20.20pm Interval
8.40pm
Szymanowski: Songs of a Fairytale Princess (with three additional songs orchestrated by Sakari Oramo - UK premiere)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Anu Komsi (soprano)
±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
This Prom will be repeated on Friday 5th September at 2pm.
Last on
More episodes
Next
You are at the last episode
Full information about this Prom and the rest of the 2014 season.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Catherine Bott explores of Scheherazade, a work inspired by Tales of the Arabian Nights.
Music Played
-
Karol Szymanowski
Songs of a Fairy Princess
Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
Extra
-
Leos Janáček
The Cunning Little Vixen Suite (2nd mvt)
Orchestrator: Václav Talich. Music Arranger: Václav Smetáček. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiřà Bělohlávek.- Janacek: Various.
- Chandos.
- 3-4.
-
Credit
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Performer | ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra |
Broadcast
- Sat 23 Aug 2014 20:40±«Óătv Radio 3
The home of classical music and the Proms on the ±«Óătv
Every Proms concert is broadcast live on Radio 3 - don't miss a single one.