Tue 15 Aug 2017

• 17:15

  Proms Extra: Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Ahead of tonight's premiere of Thomas Larcher's Insomnia, a discussion on the subject of sleep. With novelist AL Kennedy and sports sleep expert Nick Littlehales.

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• 19:00

  Prom 40: Brahms, Berg, Larcher and Schumann

  Royal Albert Hall

  Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Schumann鈥檚 Third Symphony 鈥� the climax of a Prom also including Brahms鈥檚 Tragic Overture and Thomas Larcher鈥檚 Nocturne 鈥� Insomnia. Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist in Berg鈥檚 Violin Concerto.

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  Robin Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Schumann鈥檚 Third Symphony 鈥� the climax of a Prom also including Brahms鈥檚 Tragic Overture and Thomas Larcher鈥檚 Nocturne 鈥� Insomnia. Christian Tetzlaff is the soloist in Berg鈥檚 Violin Concerto.

  Programme

  • • • Johannes Brahms
      • Tragic Overture(14 mins)
    • • Alban Berg
      • Violin Concerto(27 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Thomas Larcher
      • Nocturne 鈥� Insomnia(15 mins)UK premiere
    • • Robert Schumann
      • Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 鈥楻henish鈥�(32 mins)

  Performers

  • Christian Tetzlaff

    violin
    violin
  • Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Robin Ticciati

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Johannes Brahms
  • Alban Berg
  • Thomas Larcher
  • Robert Schumann

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• 22:15

  Prom 41: Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar

  Royal Albert Hall

  Blending Glass鈥檚 American Minimalism with traditional Hindustani classical music, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar joins the Britten Sinfonia for the first complete live performance of Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar鈥檚 1964 concept album Passages.

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  Blending Glass鈥檚 American Minimalism with traditional Hindustani classical music, sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar joins the Britten Sinfonia for the first complete live performance of Philip Glass and Ravi Shankar鈥檚 1964 concept album Passages.

  Programme

  • • • Philip Glass
      • Ravi Shankar
      • Passages(65 mins)(first complete live performance)

  Performers

  • Alexa Mason

    soprano
    soprano
  • Anoushka Shankar

    sitar
    sitar
  • Ravichandra Kulur

    bansuri
    bansuri
  • Gaurav Mazumdar

    sitar
    sitar
  • Britten Sinfonia
  • Karen Kamensek

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Philip Glass
  • Ravi Shankar

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