Prom 39: Elgar, Errollyn Wallen, Mendelssohn & Mussorgsky

15 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Thu 15 Aug 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 39: Elgar, Errollyn Wallen, Mendelssohn & Mussorgsky

19:00 Thu 15 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall

The sea rolls through both Mendelssohn鈥檚 overture The Hebrides and Elgar鈥檚 sumptuous orchestral song-cycle Sea Pictures. Mussorgsky鈥檚 colourful Pictures at an Exhibition and a world premiere by Errollyn Wallen complete the programme.

Programme

- - Felix Mendelssohn
  - Overture 鈥楾he Hebrides鈥� (鈥楩ingal鈥檚 Cave鈥�)(10 mins)
- - Edward Elgar
  - Sea Pictures(23 mins)
- - interval
- - Errollyn Wallen
  - This Frame Is Part of the Painting(10 mins)成人快手 commission: world premiere
- - Modest Mussorgsky
  - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch Maurice Ravel)(35 mins)

Performers

Catriona Morison
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales
Elim Chan
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Winner of Cardiff Singer of the World 2017, Catriona Morison makes her Proms debut in Elgar鈥檚 sumptuous Sea Pictures, a vivid musical portrait of the sea in its many moods.

Also hanging in this musical gallery are Mussorgsky鈥檚 colourful Pictures at an Exhibition, Mendelssohn鈥檚 much-loved overture The Hebrides and the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen鈥檚 homage to artist Howard Hodgkin, This Frame Is Part of the Painting.

Approx. end time: 21:00

Image: Catriona Morison 漏 Julie Howden