Prom 8 (part 1): Britten, Lutoslawski and Thomas Ades
Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, Thomas Ades conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem. Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto (soloist: Paul Watkins).
The 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra live at the 大象传媒 Proms perform music by Britten and Lutos艂awski, alongside the premiere of a new work by tonight's conductor, Thomas Ad猫s
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Katie Derham
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Lutos艂awski: Cello Concerto
8.20pm Interval
8.40pm
Ad猫s: Totentanz (world premiere)
Paul Watkins (cello)
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Ad猫s (condcutor)
Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem opens a programme of testimony and remembrance. Former 大象传媒 SO Principal Cellist Paul Watkins is the soloist in Lutos艂awski's bleak and beautiful Cello Concerto, composed for and dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich in a period of violent protest and political repression in Poland.
Thomas Ad猫s conducts the 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra and soloists Christianne Stotijn and Simon Keenlyside in the world premiere of his Totentanz, a commission in memory of Lutos艂awski, which sets an anonymous 15th-century text that accompanied a frieze destroyed when L眉beck's Marienkirche was bombed in the Second World War.
This Prom will be repeated on Sunday 21st July at 2pm.
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Thomas Ad猫s: Totentanz - Preview Clip
Duration: 01:00
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Lutos艂awski: Cello Concerto - Preview Clip
Duration: 01:06
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Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem - Preview Clip
Duration: 00:59
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Benjamin Britten
Sinfonia da Requiem
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Witold Lutos艂awski
Cello Concerto
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- Wed 17 Jul 2013 19:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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