Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius

17 Jul 2012, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 17 Jul 2012 Next Event

Proms 2012 Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius

19:30 Tue 17 Jul 2012 Royal Albert Hall

Lush Strauss favourites (Four Last Songs and Also sprach Zarathustra) feature alongside music by Finns Sibelius and Saariaho.

Programme

- - Richard Strauss
  - Also sprach Zarathustra(32 mins)
  - Four Last Songs(22 mins)
- - interval
- - Kaija Saariaho
  - Laterna magica(22 mins)UK premiere
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Symphony No. 7 in C major(23 mins)

Performers

Anne Schwanewilms
soprano
soprano
成人快手 Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

Making his Proms debut as the 成人快手 Philharmonic's Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena explores Strauss the impatient visionary, whose Also sprach Zarathustra was famously used on the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strauss's Four Last Songs exude a sense of calm resignation suffused with autumn light.

After the interval, a major UK premiere from Kaija Saariaho, whose own music is lit by atmosphere and mood. Inspired by the autobiography of Ingmar Bergman, the Swedish film director, Laterna magica includes sections in which players whisper extracts over an instrumental murmur. To conclude, the hard-won luminescence of Sibelius's (unintended) symphonic farewell.

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Discover the music Download a 3 minute guide to Sibelius's Symphony No.7