Prom 28: Beethoven & Stravinsky

7 Aug 2014, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 7 Aug 2014 Next Event

Proms 2014 Prom 28: Beethoven & Stravinsky

19:30 Thu 7 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall

Sakari Oramo conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Chorus and 大象传媒 Singers in one of the great 20th-century dramatic showpieces 鈥� Stravinsky鈥檚 vivid and visceral 鈥榦pera-oratorio鈥� Oedipus rex. The concert opens with Beethoven鈥檚 beloved Egmont overture.

Programme

- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Egmont - overture(9 mins)
- - Brett Dean
  - Electric Preludes(25 mins)UK premiere
- - Ivan Fedele
  - Suite Francese No. 6b(2 mins)Corrente No. 2 (encore)
- - interval
- - Igor Stravinsky
  - Oedipus rex(51 mins)

Performers

Francesco D'Orazio
electric violin
electric violin
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
conductor
conductor
Rory Kinnear
narrator
narrator
Allan Clayton
tenor (Oedipus)
tenor (Oedipus)
Hilary Summers
mezzo-soprano (Jocasta)
mezzo-soprano (Jocasta)
Juha Uusitalo
baritone (Creon)
baritone (Creon)
Brindley Sherratt
bass (Tiresias)
bass (Tiresias)
Duncan Rock
baritone (Messenger)
baritone (Messenger)
Samuel Boden
tenor (Shepherd)
tenor (Shepherd)
大象传媒 Singers
men's voices
men's voices
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
men's voices
men's voices

Composers

About this event

Sakari Oramo conducts one of the great 20th-century dramatic showpieces 鈥� Stravinsky鈥檚 opera-oratorio Oedipus rex. Driving with powerful inevitability to its climax, this monumental work matches Sophocles鈥檚 tragedy in its visceral horror.

Please note this event contains an update to the concert from that in聽*大象传媒 Proms 2014: The Official Guide*.

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