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Prom 54: Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen & Janáček

Part of the Proms 2015 Series

Add to my Calendar 25-08-2015 19:30 25-08-2015 21:30 36 Prom 54: Britten, Raymond Yiu, Nielsen & Janáček Proms regular Edward Gardner continues this year’s Nielsen anniversary celebrations with the Flute Concerto - a work that expresses what Nielsen perceived as the instrument’s ‘Arcadian’ quality. This gentle, pastoral quality battles, however, with darker forces, characterfully symbolised by the bass trombone. Both Janáček’s Sinfonietta and Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem are also vivid expressions of contrast - in mood, texture and colour. The five movements of the Sinfonietta are all scored for a different - and sometimes unlikely - combination of instruments, while the three episodes in Britten’s elegiac Sinfonia da Requiem paint different stages of mourning, from grief, to anger and finally an uneasy acceptance. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Programme

Benjamin Britten – Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20
Raymond Yiu – Symphony: BBC commission: world premiere
~ Interval ~
Carl Nielsen – Flute Concerto, FS 119
Leoš Janáček – Sinfonietta

Performers

Edward Gardner – Conductor
 Andrew Watts – countertenor
 Emily Beynon – flute

BBC Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

Proms regular Edward Gardner continues this year’s Nielsen anniversary celebrations with the Flute Concerto - a work that expresses what Nielsen perceived as the instrument’s ‘Arcadian’ quality. This gentle, pastoral quality battles, however, with darker forces, characterfully symbolised by the bass trombone. Both Janáček’s Sinfonietta and Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem are also vivid expressions of contrast - in mood, texture and colour. The five movements of the Sinfonietta are all scored for a different - and sometimes unlikely - combination of instruments, while the three episodes in Britten’s elegiac Sinfonia da Requiem paint different stages of mourning, from grief, to anger and finally an uneasy acceptance.

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