Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

14 Jul 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 14 Jul 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

19:30 Fri 14 Jul 2017 Royal Albert Hall

The 2017 麻豆社 Proms opens with a dance and a shout. Celebrate John Adams鈥檚 70th birthday with his masterpiece Harmonium. Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven鈥檚 ground-breaking Third Piano Concerto.

Performances & Interviews

03:31

Highlights of the First Night of the Proms 2017

Edward Gardener conducts Igor Levit, 麻豆社 Proms Youth Choir, 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus & 麻豆社 SO.

Aug '17麻豆社 Four

02:08

Beethoven: Ode to Joy 鈥� Liszt's transcription (excerpt) (2017)

Award-winning pianist Igor Levit's encore at First Night of the Proms 2017.

Aug '17麻豆社 Four

02:13

Tom Coult: St John鈥檚 Dance 鈥� excerpt (2017)

World premiere from a rising British composer.

Jul '17麻豆社 Four

Programme

- - Tom Coult
  - St John鈥檚 Dance(5 mins)麻豆社 commission: world premiere
- - Ludwig van Beethoven
  - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor(36 mins)
- - interval
- - John Adams
  - Harmonium(33 mins)

Performers

Igor Levit
piano
piano
麻豆社 Proms Youth Choir
麻豆社 Symphony Chorus
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

John Adams鈥檚 Harmonium is an intricate tapestry of sound, with bright vocal threads and driving brass and percussion rhythms. Marking the composer鈥檚 70th birthday this year, it features the 麻豆社 Proms Youth Choir.

Award-winning pianist Igor Levit is the soloist in Beethoven鈥檚 groundbreaking Third Piano Concerto, and this year鈥檚 First Night opens with the world premiere of St John鈥檚 Dance by rising British composer Tom Coult.

Tickets for this concert are now very limited. However we are celebrating John Adams鈥檚 70th birthday for the whole summer. See below for more details.

Image: Edward Gardner 漏 Benjamin Ealovega