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Prom 55: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 27-08-2016 19:30 27-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 55: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra makes its first London appearance with young Lithuanian Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, who becomes the orchestra’s Music Director next season. While Mozart’s overture combines infectious energy with Masonic symbolism, Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fourth Symphony explores the shadow cast by Fate. Hans Abrahamsen’s Grawemeyer Award-winning song-cycle for Barbara Hannigan centres on Shakespeare’s Ophelia, using only words allotted to her in Hamlet. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – The Magic Flute: Overture
Hans Abrahamsen – Let me tell you
~ Interval ~
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No 4 in F minor
Performers
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla – Conductor
Barbara Hannigan – soprano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra makes its first London appearance with young Lithuanian Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, who becomes the orchestra’s Music Director next season.
While Mozart’s overture combines infectious energy with Masonic symbolism, Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fourth Symphony explores the shadow cast by Fate.
Hans Abrahamsen’s Grawemeyer Award-winning song-cycle for Barbara Hannigan centres on Shakespeare’s Ophelia, using only words allotted to her in Hamlet.