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Proms 2014 Prom 9: Brahms & Jan谩膷ek

Prom 9: Brahms & Jan谩膷ek
Prom 9: Brahms & Jan谩膷ek
19:30 Thu 24 Jul 2014 Royal Albert Hall
One of choral music鈥檚 greatest works, Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 Glagolitic Mass is a passionate, secular oratorio celebrating nationhood and peace. By contrast, conflict is to the fore in Brahms鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1, a work that distils the drama of the composer鈥檚 relationship with Schumann and his wife Clara. Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Barry Douglas.
One of choral music鈥檚 greatest works, Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 Glagolitic Mass is a passionate, secular oratorio celebrating nationhood and peace. By contrast, conflict is to the fore in Brahms鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1, a work that distils the drama of the composer鈥檚 relationship with Schumann and his wife Clara. Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra, with soloist Barry Douglas.

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鈥業n the tenor solo I hear a high priest,鈥 Jan谩膷ek said of his Glagolitic Mass, 鈥榠n the soprano solo a girlish angel and in the chorus our people.鈥 These elements,combined with organ and orchestra, yield a huge, passionate secular oratorio celebrating life, nationhood and peace.

In the first half Barry Douglas, whose relationship with the Proms goes back almost 20 years, returns with Brahms鈥檚 elemental First Piano Concerto 鈥 a work that distils all the conflict of the composer鈥檚 relationship with the troubled Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.

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