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Wed 5 Sep 2018

• 17:45

  Proms Reading

  Imperial College Union

  Broadcaster and classicist Bettany Hughes and presenter Alex Clarke introduce readings from contemporary fictional incarnations of the epic stories behind Berlioz’s grand opera Les Troyens.

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• 19:30

  Prom 71: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique perform Berlioz

  Royal Albert Hall

  An all-Berlioz programme from Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his orchestra. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato takes the role of Dido in scenes from the composer’s opera Les Troyens, while violist Antoine Tamestit is the soloist for the glorious Harold in Italy.

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  An all-Berlioz programme from Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his orchestra. Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato takes the role of Dido in scenes from the composer’s opera Les Troyens, while violist Antoine Tamestit is the soloist for the glorious Harold in Italy.

  Programme

  • • • Hector Berlioz
      • Overture ‘Le corsaire’(8 mins)
      • La mort de Cléopâtre(21 mins)
      • The Trojans – Royal Hunt and Storm(10 mins)
      • The Trojans – Dido’s death scene(7 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Hector Berlioz
      • Harold in Italy(42 mins)

  Performers

  • Antoine Tamestit

    viola
    viola
  • Joyce DiDonato

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
  • Sir John Eliot Gardiner

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Hector Berlioz

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