大象传媒

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

A typically thought-provoking programme from the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra's Artist in Association, Oliver Knussen, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside 20th-century classics.

All the composers are masters of orchestral colour, and each creates a unique and concentrated soundworld. Arthur Honegger's depictions of a steam locomotive and pastoral idyll are followed by Frank Bridge's quietly anguished Shakespearean scene of death by drowning (from Hamlet) and the splintered, wintry fluidity of Italian composer Niccol貌 Castiglioni.

Soprano Claire Booth (who made her professional debut in the music of Knussen) sings Berg's heady paean to the restorative powers of fermented grape juice. And the concert closes with Debussy's astonishing, inspirational evocation of shifting seas.

Honegger: Pacific 231

Honegger: Pastorale d'茅t茅

Bridge: There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook

Berg: Der Wein

Claire Booth (soprano)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 1st August at 2pm.