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Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series

Add to my Calendar 15-07-2016 19:00 15-07-2016 21:00 36 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms Tchaikovsky’s ravishing 'Romeo and Juliet' overture launches our celebrations marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare. Argentine soloist Sol Gabetta makes her Proms debut in Elgar’s hauntingly lyrical Cello Concerto, the first in a series of works throwing a spotlight on the instrument. Prokofiev delivered a score of new directness and clarity for his friend Sergey Eisenstein’s patriotic film Alexander Nevsky: the cantata he fashioned from it features the dramatic ‘Battle on the Ice’. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Programme

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85
~ Interval ~
Sergei Prokofiev – Cantata 'Alexander Nevsky'

Performers

Sakari Oramo – Conductor
 Sol Gabetta – Cello
 Olga Borodina – mezzo-soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
 BBC National Chorus of Wales
 BBC Symphony Chorus

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Programme Note

Tchaikovsky’s ravishing 'Romeo and Juliet' overture launches our celebrations marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare.

Argentine soloist Sol Gabetta makes her Proms debut in Elgar’s hauntingly lyrical Cello Concerto, the first in a series of works throwing a spotlight on the instrument.

Prokofiev delivered a score of new directness and clarity for his friend Sergey Eisenstein’s patriotic film Alexander Nevsky: the cantata he fashioned from it features the dramatic ‘Battle on the Ice’.

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