Prom 58: Jon Hopkins with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley

29 Aug 2023, Royal Albert Hall

20:00 Tue 29 Aug 2023 Next Event

Proms 2023 Prom 58: Jon Hopkins with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley

20:00 Tue 29 Aug 2023 Royal Albert Hall

Jon Hopkins makes his 麻豆官网首页入口 Proms debut with a world premiere of a new work, plus reinterpretations of pieces from three of his albums 鈥� Immunity, Singularity and Music for Psychedelic Therapy.

Programme

- - Jon Hopkins
  - ATHOSarr. Jules Buckley; 麻豆官网首页入口 commission: world premiere
  - Feel First Lifearr. Peter Riley and Leo Abrahams
  - The Wider Sunarr. Sam Gale
  - Singularityarr. Simon Dobson
  - Music for Psychedelic Therapy (excerpt)arr. Peter Riley
  - Form by Firelightarr. Peter Riley
  - Luna Motharr. Sam Gale
  - Colliderarr. Simon Dobson
  - Abandon Windowarr. Tom Trapp

Performers

Composers

Jon Hopkins

About This Event

British composer Jon Hopkins 鈥� whose work has been nominated for Grammy, Mercury and Ivor Novello awards 鈥� makes his 麻豆官网首页入口 Proms debut with the world premiere of ATHOS, a 22-minute psychedelic drone epic for orchestra, choir and piano.

Alongside this are reinterpretations of pieces from three of his critically acclaimed albums 鈥� Immunity, Singularity and Music for Psychedelic Therapy 鈥� re-imagined to form what Hopkins calls a 鈥榞roup sonic meditation for 5,000 people鈥�. A collaboration with the 麻豆官网首页入口 Singers, 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Chorus, 麻豆官网首页入口 Symphony Orchestra and Creative Artist-in-Association Jules Buckley, this atmospheric Prom focuses on the meditative and emotional side of Hopkins鈥檚 musical output, leading you on a powerfully immersive journey.

There will be no interval

Image: Jon Hopkins

Part of

Proms 2023