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Mon 20 Aug 2018

• 13:00

  Proms at ... Cadogan Hall 6 – The Sense of An Ending

  Cadogan Hall

  Endings – whether of a day, a relationship or a lifetime – are the theme of this choral recital by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Parry’s Songs of Farewell and music by Holst, Vaughan Williams and Parry complement a new work by Laura Mvula.

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  Endings – whether of a day, a relationship or a lifetime – are the theme of this choral recital by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Parry’s Songs of Farewell and music by Holst, Vaughan Williams and Parry complement a new work by Laura Mvula.

  Programme

  • • • Frank Bridge
      • Music, when soft voices die(3 mins)
    • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • Rest(4 mins)
    • • Gustav Holst
      • Nunc dimittis(4 mins)
    • • Laura Mvula
      • Love Like A Lion(8 mins)´óÏó´«Ã½ commission: world premiere
    • • Hubert Parry
      • Songs of Farewell(32 mins)

  Performers

  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Frank Bridge
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Gustav Holst
  • Laura Mvula
  • Hubert Parry

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  Proms Around the UK

  
• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Ahead of the UK premiere of Per Nørgård’s Third Symphony, broadcaster and writer Stephen Johnson and musicologist Daniel Grimley discuss the composer and his music with Tom Service.

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• 19:30

  Prom 51: Strauss, Wagner & Per Nørgård

  Royal Albert Hall

  Strauss’s luminous Four Last Songs and Wagner’s shimmering Prelude to Act I of Parsifal set the tone for a concert rich in melody and orchestral beauty, which climaxes in Danish composer Per Norgard’s extraordinary, eclectic Third Symphony.

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  Strauss’s luminous Four Last Songs and Wagner’s shimmering Prelude to Act I of Parsifal set the tone for a concert rich in melody and orchestral beauty, which climaxes in Danish composer Per Norgard’s extraordinary, eclectic Third Symphony.

  Programme

  • • • Richard Wagner
      • Parsifal – Prelude to Act I(12 mins)
    • • Richard Strauss
      • Four Last Songs(22 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Per NørgÃ¥rd
      • Symphony No 3(50 mins)UK premiere

  Performers

  • Malin Byström

    soprano
    soprano
  • London Voices
  • The National Youth Chamber Choir
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
  • Thomas Dausgaard

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Richard Wagner
  • Richard Strauss
  • Per NørgÃ¥rd

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  Classical for Starters 2018-19