Prom 33: Mark Simpson, Dutilleux and Elgar

9 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 9 Aug 2016 Next Event

Proms 2016 Prom 33

19:30 Tue 9 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall

Juanjo Mena and the 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic celebrate Dutilleux鈥檚 centenary with 'Tout un monde lointain 鈥�' for cello and orchestra, alongside Mark Simpson鈥檚 Israfel and Elgar鈥檚 Symphony No. 1.

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Proms interval talk: An Introduction to Elgar's First Symphony

Kate Kennedy and musicologist J.P.E. Harper Scott introduce Elgar's First Symphony.

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Programme

- - Mark Simpson
  - Israfel(12 mins)London premiere
- - Henri Dutilleux
  - 'Tout un monde lointain ...'(28 mins)
- - interval
- - Edward Elgar
  - Symphony No. 1 in A flat major(51 mins)

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About This Event

In his First Symphony, unveiled in Manchester in 1911, Edward Elgar saw beyond the recession in which Britain was languishing to express a 鈥榤assive hope for the future鈥�. The symphony鈥檚 noble main tune appears fragile at first. But when it returns at the end, it鈥檚 carried home by an ecstatic orchestra filled with a spirit of uplifting optimism.

The 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic and its Chief Conductor also present the London premiere of a work by its Composer in Association Mark Simpson and the marriage of modernity and beauty that is Dutilleux鈥檚 cello concerto 鈥楾out un monde lointain 鈥︹€�.