大象传媒

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12 Aug 2013, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2013 Prom 39: Holst, Nishat Khan & Vaughan Williams

Prom 39: Holst, Nishat Khan & Vaughan Williams
Prom 39: Holst, Nishat Khan & Vaughan Williams
19:00 Mon 12 Aug 2013 Royal Albert Hall
David Atherton conducts the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in Holst鈥檚 tone-poem Indra, the world premiere of Nishat Khan鈥檚 new Sitar Concerto No. 1 and Vaughan Williams鈥檚 bittersweet portrait of the capital鈥檚 parks and pavements, A London Symphony.
David Atherton conducts the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in Holst鈥檚 tone-poem Indra, the world premiere of Nishat Khan鈥檚 new Sitar Concerto No. 1 and Vaughan Williams鈥檚 bittersweet portrait of the capital鈥檚 parks and pavements, A London Symphony.

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Two visions of India and a portrait of London. Gustav Holst鈥檚 fascination with Sanksrit literature found early expression in the 1903 tone-poem Indra, composed before the first set of his Hymns from the Rig Veda (see PCM 5). David Atherton conducts the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in this and the world premiere of Nishat Khan鈥檚 Sitar Concerto No. 1, with the composer as soloist.

First performed in 1914, Vaughan Williams鈥檚 A London Symphony evokes the chimes of Westminster, a chill November in Bloomsbury and the bright lights of the Strand in a city that would soon be scarred by war.

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