Prom 8: Invitation to the Dance

24 Jul 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 24 Jul 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 8: Invitation to the Dance

19:30 Wed 24 Jul 2019 Royal Albert Hall

Dance 鈥� whether in the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky鈥檚 Firebird suite, the exotic pulse of Bart贸k鈥檚 Dance Suite, or the languorous, sensual stretches of Debussy鈥檚 faun 鈥� runs right through this concert featuring three orchestral classics.

Programme

- - Claude Debussy
  - Pr茅lude 脿 l鈥檃pr猫s-midi d鈥檜n faune(10 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1904
- - P茅ter E枚tv枚s
  - Alhambra (violin concerto)(20 mins)大象传媒 co-commission with Festival Internacional de M煤sica y Danza de Granada, Orchestre de Paris and Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker: UK premiere
- - interval
- - B茅la Bart贸k
  - Dance Suite(17 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1925
- - Igor Stravinsky
  - The Firebird 鈥� suite (revised version, 1919)(23 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere (Suite No. 1), 1913

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About This Event

Dance 鈥� whether in the exotic pulse of Bart贸k鈥檚 Dance Suite, the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky鈥檚 The Firebird or the languorous ballet of Debussy鈥檚 faun 鈥� runs right through tonight鈥檚 Prom.

Peter E枚tv枚s conducts his new violin concerto Alhambra 鈥� performed here by the work鈥檚 original soloist, award-winning German violinist Isabelle Faust.

Approx. end time: 22:00

Image: Isabelle Faust 漏 Felix Broede