Prom 44: Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast

20 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 20 Aug 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 44: Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast

19:30 Tue 20 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall

Walton鈥檚 choral masterpiece Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast gets the Proms treatment with a 300-strong choir conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Before that, the urban landscape of Var猫se鈥檚础尘茅谤颈辩耻别蝉鈥� a portrait of the modern city in sound 鈥� meets Koechlin鈥檚 sonic jungle.

Programme

- - Charles Koechlin
  - Les bandar-log(16 mins)
- - Edgard Var猫se
  - 础尘茅谤颈辩耻别蝉(25 mins)(original version,1921)
- - interval
- - William Walton
  - Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast(34 mins)

Performers

Gerald Finley
baritone
baritone
Orfe贸 Catal脿
Orfe贸 Catal脿 Youth Choir
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Sir Simon Rattle conducts a concert of sonic spectacle, bringing one of the great English oratorios together with an American orchestral classic.

Walton鈥檚 choral masterpiece Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast gets the Proms treatment with a 300-strong choir and Canadian baritone Gerald Finley as soloist.

More than 10 percussionists are needed to bring Varese鈥檚 础尘茅谤颈辩耻别蝉 鈥� a celebration of the modern city in sound 鈥� to life, while Charles Koechlin鈥檚 Jungle Book inspired Les bandar-log transports listeners to the primeval forest, where all the noise comes from the monkeys.

Approx. end time: 21:25

Broadcast on 麻豆社 Four on Friday 23 August

Image: Sir Simon Rattle 漏 Oliver Helbig