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Prom 72: Nielsen & Ives
Part of the Proms 2015 Series
Add to my Calendar 09-09-2015 19:30 09-09-2015 21:30 36 Prom 72: Nielsen & Ives Ives’s Fourth Symphony demands massive orchestral forces and quotes from his own earlier works as well as from traditional American hymns. Completing this year’s Nielsen concerto cycle is the Violin Concerto - a work that wears its technical demands with great delicacy. Nielsen also provides the concertopener, the folk-inspired choral cantata Springtime on Funen. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Carl Nielsen – Springtime on Funen
Carl Nielsen – Violin Concerto, Op.33
~ Interval ~
Joseph Philbrick Webster – In the Sweet By and By
Charles Zeuner – Ye Christian Heralds
Simeon B. Marsh – Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Lowell Mason – Bethany
Charles Ives – Symphony no. 4
Performers
Malin Christensson – soprano
Ben Johnson – tenor
Neal Davies – bass-baritone
Andrew Litton – Conductor
Henning Kraggerud – violin
William Wolfram – piano
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Tiffin Girls' Choir
BBC Singers
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Ives’s Fourth Symphony demands massive orchestral forces and quotes from his own earlier works as well as from traditional American hymns. Completing this year’s Nielsen concerto cycle is the Violin Concerto - a work that wears its technical demands with great delicacy. Nielsen also provides the concertopener, the folk-inspired choral cantata Springtime on Funen.