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Prom 17: Tchaikovsky's Path茅tique

大象传媒 Proms 2017

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, the 大象传媒 Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's oratorio The Immortal and Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall: The 大象传媒 Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena in the London premiere of Mark Simpson's 'The Immortal' and Tchaikovsky's 'Path茅tique' Symphony.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Mark Simpson: The Immortal

8.10 INTERVAL - Proms Extra
Composer Mark Simpson talks to presenter Kate Molleson. Highlights of a discussion recorded at the Imperial College Union earlier this evening.

8.30
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, 'Path茅tique'

Christopher Purves (baritone)
London Voices
Crouch End Festival Chorus
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

Life and death collide in a concert that explores what lies beyond the limits of human existence. In his passionate Sixth Symphony, which Tchaikovsky described as 'the best thing I ever composed or shall compose', he re-imagined what the symphony could be, daring to face death with uncertainty. The 大象传媒 Philharmonic's Composer in Association, a former 大象传媒 Young Musician winner and 大象传媒 Radio 3 New Generation Artist, Mark Simpson, also looks to the afterlife in his critically acclaimed oratorio 'The Immortal'. Inspired by Victorian seances, he conjures up eerie visions of a world beyond.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 27 Jul 2017 19:30
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Music Played

  • Part 1

  • Mark Simpson

    The Immortal

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Choir: London Voices. Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.

  • Interval

  • Part 2

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, 'Path茅tique' (Proms 2017)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.

  • Post-concert

    • James McMillan

      Miserere

      Choir: Platinum Consort. Singer: Emma Walshe. Singer: Zoe Brown. Singer: Raffaele P茅. Singer: Simon Ponsford. Singer: Oliver Jones. Singer: Michael Solomon Williams. Singer: Timothy Murphy. Singer: Nick Ashby. Conductor: Scott Inglis-Kidger.
      • In The Dark: Platinum Consort, Scott Inglis-Kidger.
      • Resonus.

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Theme and Variations in F major, Op.19 No.6

      Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
      • MELODIYA.

    • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      Cherubic Hymn no.1 (9 Sacred pieces)

      Choir: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir. Conductor: 袧懈泻芯谢邪泄 袣芯褉薪械胁.
      • DG.

    • Anders Hillborg

      Oh those eyes

      Singer: Hannah Holgersson. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

    • Anders Hillborg

      Liquid Marble

      Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
      • ONDINE.

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Performer 大象传媒 Philharmonic

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  • Thu 27 Jul 2017 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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