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Tue 25 Jul 2017

• 16:45

  Proms Extra: Talk

  Imperial College Union

  An introduction to the music in tonight's Prom with Kate Kennedy, Tony Palmer and Martin Handley.

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  Proms Extra

  
• 18:30

  Prom 14: Holst – The Planets

  Royal Albert Hall

  John Wilson directs the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SSO in this all-English programme. Holst’s vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 9 – the last that the composer would write.

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  John Wilson directs the ´óÏó´«Ã½ SSO in this all-English programme. Holst’s vividly atmospheric The Planets is set against the mellow loveliness of Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 9 – the last that the composer would write.

  Programme

  • • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • Symphony No. 9 in E minor(34 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Gustav Holst
      • The Planets(50 mins)

  Performers

  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • John Wilson

    conductor
    conductor
  • CBSO Youth Chorus (female voices)

  Composers

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Gustav Holst

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• 22:15

  Prom 15: The Songs of Scott Walker (1967–70)

  Royal Albert Hall

  A celebration of the extraordinary career of Scott Walker, whose music has influenced artists from David Bowie to Leonard Cohen. Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra pay tribute, with star guests including Jarvis Cocker and John Grant.

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