Programme
- Sinfonia da Requiem(21 mins)
- Symphony(24 mins)成人快手 commission: world premiere
- interval
- Flute Concerto(18 mins)
- Sinfonietta(23 mins)
Performers
- Andrew Wattscounter-tenor
- Emily Beynonflute
- Edward Gardnerconductor
About this event
Proms regular Edward Gardner continues this year鈥檚 Nielsen anniversary celebrations with the Flute Concerto 鈥 a work that expresses what Nielsen perceived as the instrument鈥檚 鈥楢rcadian鈥 quality. This gentle, pastoral quality battles, however, with darker forces, characterfully symbolised by the bass trombone. Both Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 Sinfonietta and Britten鈥檚 Sinfonia da Requiem are also vivid expressions of contrast 鈥 in mood, texture and colour. The five movements of the Sinfonietta are all scored for a different 鈥 and sometimes unlikely 鈥 combination of instruments, while the three episodes in Britten鈥檚 elegiac Sinfonia da Requiem paint different stages of mourning, from grief, to anger and finally an uneasy acceptance. Raymond Yiu's 成人快手 commission is a symphony which features the amazing countertenor voice of Andrew Watts, singing texts by Walt Whitman, Constantine Cavafy,Thom Gunn and John Donne on memories of love and loss.