Proms 2018
Proms 2018 Calendar
By Date
Mon 6 Aug 2018
- 13:00Cadogan Hall
Lullabies, dreams and sleep are themes that drift through this night-inspired concert of English song. Dame Sarah Connolly makes her Proms recital debut with music by Vaughan Williams and Howells as well as a world premiere by Benjamin Britten.
Lullabies, dreams and sleep are themes that drift through this night-inspired concert of English song. Dame Sarah Connolly makes her Proms recital debut with music by Vaughan Williams and Howells as well as a world premiere by Benjamin Britten.
Programme
- A Soft Day(2 mins)
- Weep you no more, sad fountains(3 mins)
- The House of Life 鈥� 'Love-Sight'(4 mins)
- Thou didst delight my eyes(2 mins)
- A Shropshire Lad 鈥撀�'Into my heart an air that kills'(2 mins)
- Come to me in my dreams(4 mins)
- Goddess of Night(2 mins)
- Journey's End(4 mins)
- A Sweet Lullaby(5 mins)world premiere
- Somnus(2 mins)world premiere
- Journey's End(4 mins)
- A Charm of Lullabies(11 mins)
- Farewell(2 mins)world premiere
- Sleeplessness ... Sails(6 mins)大象传媒 commission: world premiere
Performers
- Dame Sarah Connollymezzo-soprano
- Joseph Middletonpiano
Also part ofProms Around the UK
- 17:15Imperial College Union
An introduction to Ives' Symphony No. 2 with musicologist J.P.E. Harper Scott.
Also part ofFree Events - 17:15Imperial College Union
Join professional musicians for a family-friendly introduction to this evening's Prom. Bring your instrument and join in!
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
A great American orchestra marks Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 100th-anniversary year with a concert of 20th-century American classics including Bernstein鈥檚 exhilarating Candide overture and Ives鈥檚 lyrical Second Symphony.
A great American orchestra marks Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 100th-anniversary year with a concert of 20th-century American classics including Bernstein鈥檚 exhilarating Candide overture and Ives鈥檚 lyrical Second Symphony.
Programme
- Candide 鈥� overture(5 mins)
- Piano Concerto in F major(31 mins)
- interval
- Symphony No. 2(37 mins)
Performers
- Inon Barnatanpiano
- Osmo V盲nsk盲conductor
- 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Presenter Tom Service, Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra take their audience inside Shostakovich鈥檚 Ninth Symphony 鈥� taking it apart to reveal its intricate construction, before putting it back together again in a complete performance from memory.
Presenter Tom Service, Nicholas Collon and the Aurora Orchestra take their audience inside Shostakovich鈥檚 Ninth Symphony 鈥� taking it apart to reveal its intricate construction, before putting it back together again in a complete performance from memory.
Programme
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major(20 mins)
- Symphony No 9 in E flat major(20 mins)Tom Service and Nicholas Collon present Shostakovich鈥檚 Symphony No. 9, with live excerpts
Performers
- Denis Kozhukhinpiano
- Tom Servicepresenter
- Nicholas Collonconductor
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