Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bart贸k & Tavener

23 Jul 2014, Royal Albert Hall

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成人快手 Orchestras and Singers at the Proms Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bart贸k & Tavener

Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bart贸k & Tavener

18:30 Wed 23 Jul 2014 Royal Albert Hall

Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek conducts the 成人快手 SO, soprano Sarah Connolly and violinist Isabelle Faust

Programme

- - John Tavener
  - Gnosis成人快手 commission: world premiere
- - B茅la Bart贸k
  - Violin Concerto No. 2
- - Dmitry Shostakovich
  - Symphony No. 10 in E minor

Performers

Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek
conductor
conductor
Michael Cox
alto-flute
alto-flute
Sarah Connolly
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Isabelle Faust
violin
violin
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra

Composers

Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bart贸k & Tavener

Shostakovich鈥檚 Tenth Symphony 鈥� a violent portrait of the horrors of Stalin鈥檚 Russia 鈥� is the centrepiece of this concert from the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra and Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek. They are joined by German violinist Isabelle Faust for Bart贸k鈥檚 folk-inflected Second Violin Concerto, and the concert opens with the first of this summer鈥檚 two posthumous premieres by John Tavener.

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