A free curtain raiser for the 2018 Proms season showcasing the Royal Albert Hall as it has never been seen before!
This special event will be held outside the Royal Albert Hall on the 12th July at 10pm. In a unique coming together of music and projections, spectacular visuals will be projected onto the external fa莽ade of the Royal Albert Hall whilst new score by composer Anna Meredith will be transmitted from within the Royal Albert Hall.
Meredith鈥檚 music, accompanied by extraordinary visuals by innovative designers 59 Productions, will be performed by the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra, 成人快手 Proms Youth Ensemble, National Youth Choir of Great Britain and conductor, Sakari Oramo.
Five Telegrams is both an audio and visual work that draws upon contemporary responses to the communication infrastructure of the First World War as the 成人快手 Proms commemorates the end of the 鈥楪reat War鈥� in its centenary year.
The work is a joint commission for the 成人快手 Proms, 14-18 NOW and Edinburgh International Festival, in association with the Royal Albert Hall.
A truly international artist, Anna Meredith鈥檚 music has been performed worldwide including at the 成人快手 Proms鈥� iconic, Last Night of the Proms. 59 Productions are the company of artists behind the record-breaking 鈥楧avid Bowie is鈥� exhibition and the 鈥極pening Ceremony鈥� of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
