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Beethoven鈥檚 Eroica

Sakari Oramo conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven鈥檚 3rd Symphony, Copland鈥檚 Quiet City and a world premiere by Hannah Kendall in the first live Prom of the 2020 season.

Sakari Oramo conducts the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra in the first live Prom of the 2020 season. Beethoven鈥檚 epic Third Symphony sits alongside Copland鈥檚 Quiet City and a Basquiat-inspired world premiere from Hannah Kendall. The 成人快手 Singers perform Eric Whitacre's Sleep.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Georgia Mann and Petroc Trelawny

Hannah Kendall: Tuxedo: Vasco 鈥榙e鈥 Gama (成人快手 commission: world premiere)

Eric Whitacre: Sleep*

Aaron Copland: Quiet City

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, 鈥楨roica鈥

成人快手 Singers*
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Chalmers (conductor)*
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Sakari Oramo and the 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra kick off this season鈥檚 live offering with a specially-commissioned work by English composer Hannah Kendall. Tuxedo: Vasco 鈥榙e鈥 Gama takes as its title a quote from American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat鈥檚 matrix of hieroglyphs, symbols and words, and it launches a voyage across the Atlantic that takes us via Eric Whitacre鈥檚 tender Sleep, sung by the 成人快手 Singers, to the expansive, desolate sound-world of Copland鈥檚 Quiet City.

For the concert鈥檚 climax we plunge into the stormy waters of Beethoven鈥檚 revolutionary 鈥楨roica鈥 Symphony, noted by one early reviewer for its 鈥榮trange modulations and violent transitions鈥 鈥 a passionate musical vision of heroism.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 28 Aug 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Hannah Kendall

    Tuxedo: Vasco 鈥榙e鈥 Gama

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Ensemble: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 'Eroica'

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Sonata No 2 in F major, Op 123

    Performer: Mats Lidstr枚m. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Camille Saint-Saens: Music for Cello: Lidstrom/Forsberg.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 12 in F major, K 332

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Thomas Klug. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

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Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Aug 2020 19:30

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