Prom 16: Stravinsky, Debussy & Wagner

26 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 26 Jul 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 16: Stravinsky, Debussy & Wagner

19:30 Thu 26 Jul 2018 Prom 16

Mark Elder conducts the 贬补濒濒茅 in Stravinsky's colourful symphonic poem The Song of the Nightingale and the fairy-tale ballet The Firebird. Wagner's 罢补苍苍丑盲耻蝉别谤 overture opens the Prom, which also features Debussy鈥檚 sensual cantata La damoiselle 茅lue.

Programme

- - Richard Wagner
  - 罢补苍苍丑盲耻蝉别谤鈥� overture(14 mins)
- - Claude Debussy
  - La damoiselle 茅lue(20 mins)
- - interval
- - Igor Stravinsky
  - Song of the Nightingale(20 mins)
  - The Firebird 鈥� suite (1945 version)(31 mins)

Performers

Sophie Bevan
soprano
soprano
Anna St茅phany
mezzo soprano
mezzo soprano
贬补濒濒茅 Choir
(female voices)
(female voices)
贬补濒濒茅 Youth Choir
(female voices)
(female voices)
贬补濒濒茅
Sir Mark Elder
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Sabine Devieilhe and Anna St茅phany are the soloists in centenary composer Claude Debussy鈥檚 Wagner-infused, mythical-fantasy cantata La damoiselle 茅lue.

Wagner鈥檚 relationship with Paris soured over his opera 罢补苍苍丑盲耻蝉别谤 but Stravinsky was practically adopted by the city. Tonight鈥檚 second half features two of the latter鈥檚 most colourful scores, whose striking resemblances result from the fact that Stravinsky broke off work on The Nightingale (the opera on which tonight鈥檚 symphonic poem is based) in order to write his first ballet, The Firebird.

Please note that Sabine Devieilhe has withdrawn from this Prom owing to illness. We are delighted to announce that Sophie Bevan will take her place in Debussy鈥檚 La demoiselle elue.

Image: Anna St茅phany 漏 Marco Borggreve