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28 Aug 2013, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2013 Prom 61: Stravinsky, Brahms & Charlotte Seither

Prom 61: Stravinsky, Brahms & Charlotte Seither
Prom 61: Stravinsky, Brahms & Charlotte Seither
19:00 Wed 28 Aug 2013 Royal Albert Hall
Josep Pons conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Charlotte Seither’s Language of Leaving. Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Brahms’s Violin Concerto in a concert that contrasts Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka with a cappella motets.
Josep Pons conducts the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Charlotte Seither’s Language of Leaving. Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Brahms’s Violin Concerto in a concert that contrasts Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka with a cappella motets.

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German composer Charlotte Seither adapts the words of the 17th-century poet Francesco de Lemene in a new work for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, using voices and syllables as spots of ‘human colour’.

Josep Pons conducts this world premiere alongside the 1947 version of Stravinsky’s Petrushka, the a cappella motets Ave Maria and Pater noster, and the four-minute novelty Scherzo à la russe, written in Hollywood for the bandleader Paul Whiteman. Frank Peter Zimmermann is the soloist in Brahms’s much-loved Violin Concerto.