Prom 17: Parry, Vaughan Williams & Holst

27 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Fri 27 Jul 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 17: Parry, Vaughan Williams & Holst

19:00 Fri 27 Jul 2018 Prom 17

Vaughan Williams鈥檚 The Lark Ascending and Pastoral Symphony sit alongside music by Holst and Parry鈥檚 stirring Fifth Symphony in this centenary celebration of Hubert Parry 鈥� father of 20th-century English music. Martyn Brabbins conducts the 大象传媒 NOW.

Performances & Interviews

02:26

Sound of the summer - The Lark Ascending

Violinist Tai Murray depicts a skylark singing an impossibly beautiful song.

Aug '18大象传媒 Radio 3

Programme

- - Hubert Parry
  - Symphony No. 5 in B minor(27 mins)
- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - The Lark Ascending(15 mins)
- - interval
- - Hubert Parry
  - Hear my words, ye people(15 mins)
- - Gustav Holst
  - Ode to Death(12 mins)
- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3)(35 mins)

Performers

Tai Murray
violin
violin
Francesca Chiejina
soprano
soprano
Ashley Riches
bass-baritone
bass-baritone
大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

As well as being the composer of that Last Night favourite, Jerusalem, Hubert Parry (died 1918) was in many ways the father of contemporary English music, teaching both Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst.

Tonight鈥檚 celebration of his legacy features Parry鈥檚 own hope-filled Fifth Symphony alongside Vaughan Williams鈥檚 elegiac The Lark Ascending and two memorials inspired by the First World War: Holst鈥檚 Ode to Death and Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Pastoral Symphony.

Broadcast live on 大象传媒 Four

Image: Tai Murray 漏 Julia Wesely