Proms 2017
Proms 2017 Calendar
By Date
Sat 2 Sep 2017
- 15:00Wilton's Music Hall
The world鈥檚 oldest surviving music hall provides an atmospheric backdrop for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies鈥檚 Eight Songs for A Mad King. Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with Marcus Farnsworth as soloist.
The world鈥檚 oldest surviving music hall provides an atmospheric backdrop for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies鈥檚 Eight Songs for A Mad King. Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with Marcus Farnsworth as soloist.
Programme
- songbirdsongs(14 mins)excerpts
- Le merle noir(6 mins)
- Mad Maudlin's Search for Her Tom O'Bedlam(5 mins)
- Molly's Song 3(11 mins)
- Rinaldo 鈥� 'Augelletti, che cantate'(5 mins)
- Eight Songs for a Mad King
Performers
- Marcus Farnsworthbaritone
- Jennifer Francesoprano
- Tom McKinneyguitar
- Sian Edwardsconductor
- Olivia Fuchsstage director
- 17:45Imperial College Union
An interview with Booker Prize-winning novelist Alan Hollinghurst about his forthcoming novel, The Sparsholt Affair.
Also part ofProms Extra - 19:30Wilton's Music Hall
The world鈥檚 oldest surviving music hall provides an atmospheric backdrop for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies鈥檚 Eight Songs for A Mad King. Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with Marcus Farnsworth as soloist.
The world鈥檚 oldest surviving music hall provides an atmospheric backdrop for a staged performance of Peter Maxwell Davies鈥檚 Eight Songs for A Mad King. Sian Edwards conducts the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with Marcus Farnsworth as soloist.
Programme
- songbirdsongs(14 mins)excerpts
- Le merle noir(6 mins)
- Mad Maudlin鈥檚 Search for Her Tom O鈥橞edlam(5 mins)
- Molly's Song 3(11 mins)
- Rinaldo 鈥� 'Augelletti, che cantate'(5 mins)
- Eight Songs for a Mad King(32 mins)
Performers
- Marcus Farnsworthbaritone
- Jennifer Francesoprano
- Tom McKinneyguitar
- Sian Edwardsconductor
- Olivia Fuchsstage director
Also part ofProms Across the UK - 19:30Royal Albert Hall
For their second concert, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti pair two of the repertoire鈥檚 sunniest symphonies: Mahler鈥檚 song-filled Fourth and Haydn鈥檚 ebullient No. 82, nicknamed 鈥楾he Bear鈥�.
For their second concert, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti pair two of the repertoire鈥檚 sunniest symphonies: Mahler鈥檚 song-filled Fourth and Haydn鈥檚 ebullient No. 82, nicknamed 鈥楾he Bear鈥�.
Programme
- Symphony No. 82 in C major, 'The Bear'(26 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 4 in G major(56 mins)
Performers
- Chen Reisssoprano
- Daniele Gatticonductor
Composers
Also part ofClassical for Starters 2018-19
