First Night of the Proms 2024

19 Jul 2024, Royal Albert Hall

18:30 Fri 19 Jul 2024 Next Event

Proms 2024 First Night of the Proms 2024

18:30 Fri 19 Jul 2024 Royal Albert Hall

In her First Night of the Proms debut, conductor Elim Chan presents Beethoven鈥檚 iconic Fifth Symphony alongside Handel鈥檚 Music for the Royal Fireworks and Clara Schumann鈥檚 tender Piano Concerto, featuring star soloist Isata Kanneh-Mason.

Programme

- - George Frideric Handel
  - Music for the Royal Fireworks 鈥� overture(10 mins)arr. Mackerras
- - Anton Bruckner
  - Psalm 150(9 mins)
- - Clara Schumann
  - Piano Concerto in A minor(21 mins)
- - interval
- - Ben Nobuto
  - Hallelujah Sim.(7 mins)(大象传媒 commission: world premiere)
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Symphony No. 5 in C minor(31 mins)

Performers

Composers

About This Event

Beethoven railed against fate in his Symphony No. 5, capturing ideals of fortitude, defiance and bravery in an instant. In her First Night debut, conductor Elim Chan places Beethoven鈥檚 compelling score at the heart of a celebration that includes fireworks, jubilation and romance. The last comes with Clara Schumann鈥檚 tender and virtuosic Piano Concerto 鈥� performed by a pianist who has championed it tirelessly: Isata Kanneh-Mason, the eldest of the remarkable musical Kanneh-Mason siblings.

Broadcast live on 大象传媒 Radio 3

Broadcast on 大象传媒 Two and 大象传媒 iPlayer tonight

Image: Elim Chan 漏 Simon Pauly

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Proms 2024 Calendar

July
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	1	2	3	4

August
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
29	30	31	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31	1

September
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
26	27	28	29	30	31	1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	1	2	3	4	5	6

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