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Fri 12 Jul 2013

• 16:30

  Proms Plus In Tune

  Royal College of Music

  Suzy Klein presents a live Proms edition of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3’s In Tune, featuring artists from the season.

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• 19:30

  Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

  Royal Albert Hall

  The festival opens with a choir of 450 and two great portraits of the sea: Sakari Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes as well as the world premiere of Julian Anderson’s Harmony. Pianist Stephen Hough plays Paganini variations by Rachmaninov and by featured composer Lutosławski.

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  The festival opens with a choir of 450 and two great portraits of the sea: Sakari Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony and Britten’s Four Sea Interludes as well as the world premiere of Julian Anderson’s Harmony. Pianist Stephen Hough plays Paganini variations by Rachmaninov and by featured composer Lutosławski.

  Programme

  • • • Julian Anderson
      • Harmony(4 mins)´óÏó´«Ã½ commission: world premiere
    • • Benjamin Britten
      • Four Sea Interludes from ‘Peter Grimes’(17 mins)
    • • Sergey Rachmaninov
      • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini(23 mins)
    • • Witold LutosÅ‚awski
      • Variations on a Theme by Paganini(8 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Ralph Vaughan Williams
      • A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)(66 mins)

  Performers

  • Sir Stephen Hough

    piano
    piano
  • Sally Matthews

    soprano
    soprano
  • Roderick Williams

    baritone
    baritone
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Proms Youth Choir
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Chorus
  • ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
  • Sakari Oramo

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Julian Anderson
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Sergey Rachmaninov
  • Witold LutosÅ‚awski
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

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