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Thu 2 Aug 2018

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Composer Joby Talbot discusses his new guitar concerto which is receiving its world premiere this evening and is joined by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon to look at the relationship between music and dance,

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• 17:15

  Proms Family Workshop

  Imperial College Union

  Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!

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• 19:00

  Prom 25: Tchaikovsky, Glinka & Joby Talbot

  Royal Albert Hall

  Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić is the soloist in a new concerto by Joby Talbot, whose dancing rhythms take inspiration from Karadaglić’s Balkan heritage. The dance continues with Act I of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet The Nutcracker.

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  Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić is the soloist in a new concerto by Joby Talbot, whose dancing rhythms take inspiration from Karadaglić’s Balkan heritage. The dance continues with Act I of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet The Nutcracker.

  Programme

  • • • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
      • Summer Night in Madrid (Spanish Overture No 2)(10 mins)
    • • Joby Talbot
      • Ink Dark Moon for guitar and orchestra(25 mins)´óÏó´«Ã½ commission: world premiere
    • • interval
    • • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      • The Nutcracker – Act 1(50 mins)

  Performers

  • MiloÅ¡ Karadaglić

    guitar
    guitar
  • Finchley Childrens Music Group

    ensemble
    ensemble
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
  • Alexander Vedernikov

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
  • Joby Talbot
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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• 22:15

  Prom 26: Late Night Serpent and Fire

  Royal Albert Hall

  Two great queens – Cleopatra and Dido – are the inspiration for this concert by Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska and period ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. Operatic arias by Handel and Cavalli are framed by instrumental works from the period.

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  Two great queens – Cleopatra and Dido – are the inspiration for this concert by Austrian soprano Anna Prohaska and period ensemble Il Giardino Armonico. Operatic arias by Handel and Cavalli are framed by instrumental works from the period.

  Programme

  • • • Henry Purcell
      • Dido and Aeneas(15 mins)excerpts
      • The Fairy Queen – Chaconne: Dance for Chinese Man and Woman(3 mins)Dance for Chinese Man and Woman
    • • Christoph Graupner
      • Dido, Queen of Carthage(8 mins)excerpts
    • • Antonio Sartorio
      • Julius Caesar in Egypt(3 mins)excerpts
    • • Matthew Locke
      • The Tempest – Curtain Tune(5 mins)
    • • George Frideric Handel
      • Julius Caesar in Egypt – ‘Che sento? Oh Dio! … Se pietà di me non senti’(8 mins)
    • • Dario Castello
      • Sonata No. 15 in D minor(5 mins)
    • • Francesco Cavalli
      • Dido – 'Rè de' Getuli altero … Il mio marito'(3 mins)
    • • Johann Adolf Hasse
      • Mark Antony and Cleopatra – ‘Morte col fiero aspetto’(4 mins)
    • • George Frideric Handel
      • Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 6 No. 8(15 mins)

  Performers

  • Anna Prohaska

    soprano
    soprano
  • Il Giardino Armonico
  • Giovanni Antonini

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Henry Purcell
  • Christoph Graupner
  • Antonio Sartorio
  • Matthew Locke
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Dario Castello
  • Francesco Cavalli
  • Johann Adolf Hasse

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