Prom 29: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

6 Aug 2016, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sat 6 Aug 2016 Next Event

Proms 2016 Prom 29

19:30 Sat 6 Aug 2016 Royal Albert Hall

Edward Gardner conducts the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the women of the City of Birmingham Youth Chorus in Strauss鈥� Also sprach Zarathustra and Holst鈥檚 The Planets. The programme opens with a new work by Iris ter Schiphorst.

Performances & Interviews

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With the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain conducted by Edward Gardner.

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Programme

- - Iris ter Schiphorst
  - Gravitational Waves(8 mins)大象传媒 co-commission with the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain: London premiere
- - Richard Strauss
  - Also sprach Zarathustra(34 mins)
- - interval
- - Gustav Holst
  - The Planets (incl. Colin Matthews's Pluto, the Renewer)(59 mins)

Performers

CBSO Youth Chorus (women's voices)
The National Youth Orchestra
Edward Gardner
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Film directors have reached for these works by Strauss and Holst in their attempts to explain the human condition against the infinite background of space.

The depiction of astrological characters in The Planets, from the cheeky gameplay of Mercury to the shattering impact of Mars, could be made for the resonance of the Royal Albert Hall. The power of Strauss鈥檚 Also sprach Zarathustra is no less cinematic.