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Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Igor Stravinsky – Scherzo fantastique, Op.3
Sergei Rachmaninov – The Bells, Op.35
Igor Stravinsky – Concerto for Violin in D major
Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Overture '1812'
Performers
Luba Orgonášová – soprano
Stuart Skelton – tenor
Mikhail Petrenko – baritone
Edward Gardner – Conductor
Baiba Skride – violin
Crouch End Festival Chorus
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
Tonight’s all-Russian programme opens with the buzzing energy of Stravinsky’s Scherzo fantastique
and ends in a burst of cannon-fire, bells and brass as Tchaikovsky’s ‘1812’ Overture celebrates the defeat of Napoleon. This musical spectacle is more than matched by Rachmaninov’s choral symphony The Bells, chiming the journey from birth to death.
After making her Proms debut last year with Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto, young Latvian violinist Baiba Skride returns to perform Stravinsky’s neo-Classical Violin Concerto - lively with dance and invention.