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30 Jul 2024, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2024 Prom 15: Messiaen鈥檚 Turangal卯la Symphony

Prom 15
Prom 15: Messiaen鈥檚 Turangal卯la Symphony
19:30 Tue 30 Jul 2024 Royal Albert Hall
Nicholas Collon and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic perform the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century, Messiaen鈥檚 Turangal卯la, after the world premiere of Anna Clyne鈥檚 The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms
Nicholas Collon and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic perform the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century, Messiaen鈥檚 Turangal卯la, after the world premiere of Anna Clyne鈥檚 The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms

Programme

      • The Gorgeous Nothings(22 mins)麻豆社 commission: world premiere
        • interval
        • Turangal卯la Symphony(77 mins)

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    About This Event

    The composer and critic Virgil Thomson described Olivier Messiaen鈥檚 music as 鈥榗onvulsive, ecstatic, cataclysmic, terrifying and unreal鈥�. All converge in the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century: Messiaen鈥檚 Turangali虃la Symphony. Nicholas Collon and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic perform a work that opens up the heavens even as it brings down the house, after the tantalising prospect of a world premiere by Anna Clyne. The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms, is the composer鈥檚 response to the 鈥榮pellbinding wordsmithery鈥� of American poet Emily Dickinson, scored for orchestra, amplified voices and real-time electronic processing.

    Broadcast live on 麻豆社 Radio 3

    Broadcast on 麻豆社 Four and 麻豆社 iPlayer this season

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