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12 Aug 2014, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2014 Prom 35: Sibelius, Walton & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Prom 35: Sibelius, Walton & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Prom 35: Sibelius, Walton & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
19:00 Tue 12 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms welcomes back Canadian violinist James Ehnes as soloist in Walton’s virtuosic yet intimate Violin Concerto. SøndergÃ¥rd and the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú NOW continue with a suite from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s ballet Caroline Mathilde and two great orchestral works by Sibelius – his soaring Fifth Symphony and the more delicate, mystical Swan of Tuonela.
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms welcomes back Canadian violinist James Ehnes as soloist in Walton’s virtuosic yet intimate Violin Concerto. SøndergÃ¥rd and the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú NOW continue with a suite from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s ballet Caroline Mathilde and two great orchestral works by Sibelius – his soaring Fifth Symphony and the more delicate, mystical Swan of Tuonela.

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Commissioned by Jascha Heifetz, Walton’s concerto extended the possibilities of what could be achieved on the violin, while at the same time maintaining a striking intimacy and emotional directness.

SøndergÃ¥rd and the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú NOW open with a suite from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s ballet Caroline Mathilde, in which the English princess is sent to an unhappy marriage in Denmark, and continue with two great orchestral works by Sibelius. A painting of a flight of swans hung on the wall of the composer’s study, and these birds inspired both the majestic ‘swan theme’ apotheosis of Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony and the more serene and mystical tone-poem The Swan of Tuonela.

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