Ryan Bancroft Conducts the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales

2 Aug 2021, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 2 Aug 2021 Next Event

Proms 2021 Ryan Bancroft Conducts the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales

19:30 Mon 2 Aug 2021 Royal Albert Hall

Ryan Bancroft and the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales reveal how composers as varied as Purcell, Brahms and Elizabeth Ogonek have turned to the hypnotic repeated pattern of the 鈥榗haconne鈥�.

Programme

- - Henry Purcell
  - Dido and Aeneas 鈥� 鈥榃hen I am laid in earth鈥� (Dido鈥檚 Lament)(4 mins)arr. Stokowski
- - Elizabeth Ogonek
  - Cloudline(15 mins)大象传媒 co-commission: world premiere
- - Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
  - Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor(19 mins)
- - interval
- - Johannes Brahms
  - Symphony No. 4 in E minor(39 mins)

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About This Event

Musical borrowings, reworkings and reinventions run through this season鈥檚 Proms. The invisible thread linking tonight鈥檚 concert really begins with Bach. A lilting chaconne from his Cantata No. 150 underpins the finale of Brahms鈥檚 Symphony No. 4, and the latter鈥檚 elegant synthesis of heart and head is itself the inspiration for American composer Elizabeth Ogonek鈥檚 Cloudline, a lyrical homage to ancient musical forms and techniques. The chaconne鈥檚 repeating patterns are echoed elsewhere in the circling bass line of Purcell鈥檚 powerful Lament from Dido and Aeneas. Cellist Guy Johnston is the soloist in anniversary-composer Saint-Sa毛ns鈥檚 Cello Concerto No .1.

Broadcast on 大象传媒 Four on Friday 6 August

Image: Guy Johnston 漏 Kaupo Kikkas

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