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22 Aug 2012, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2012 Prom 52: Prokofiev – Cinderella

Prom 52: Prokofiev – Cinderella
19:00 Wed 22 Aug 2012 Royal Albert Hall
Few conductors are as steeped in the Russian ballet repertoire as Valery Gergiev – he conducts the LSO in Prokofiev’s Cinderella.
Few conductors are as steeped in the Russian ballet repertoire as Valery Gergiev – he conducts the LSO in Prokofiev’s Cinderella.

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A rare opportunity to hear Prokofiev’s generously melodic fairy-tale ballet score in its full glory. The composer began work on Cinderella in the spring of 1940 but, with the onset of war, his compositional priorities changed and he did not tackle the orchestration for another four years. It proved to be one of the music’s most original features, evoking an alluringly strange, ‘silvery’ sound-world.

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Discover the Music Download a short audio guide published on the day about a key work in tonight’s Prom: Andrew McGregor talks about Prokofiev's Cinderella.Ìý Latest: This guide is now available. Sorry for any disappointment caused by the delay. On the page listing all the downloadable guides you can find it near the top of the list, therefore out of sequence with the other guides in the list.

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Proms 2012