Prom 7: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

19 Jul 2017, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 19 Jul 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Prom 7: Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique

19:30 Wed 19 Jul 2017 Royal Albert Hall

Take a musical thrill-ride from the chaos of creation to wild witches鈥� dances. Joshua Weilerstein conducts Berlioz鈥檚 phantasmagoric Symphonie fantastique, and is joined by his sister, cellist Alisa Weilerstein for Pascal Dusapin鈥檚 concerto Outscape.

Performances & Interviews

02:00

Listen to Pascal Dusapin: Outscape 鈥� excerpt

A 麻豆社 co-commission with the Casa da M煤sica Foundation. Performed by Alisa Weilerstein.

Jul '17麻豆社 Radio 3

Programme

- - Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel
  - Les 茅l茅mens 鈥� Le cahos(7 mins)
- - Pascal Dusapin
  - Outscape(28 mins)麻豆社 co-commission with the Casa da M煤sica Foundation (Porto), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Op茅ra de Paris and Stuttgart Opera: UK premiere
- - interval
- - Hector Berlioz
  - Symphonie fantastique(50 mins)

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About This Event

Visions of chaos give way to a diabolical scene in a musical thrill-ride that takes us from creation itself to the wild dances of a Witches' Sabbath. Jean-F茅ry Rebel's suite The Elements is one of Baroque music's most unusual works, opening with a vivid portrait of Chaos. The same audacity surfaces a century later in Berlioz鈥檚 quasi-autobiographical Symphonie fantastique, whose large orchestral forces and colourful textures make it a perfect fit for the Royal Albert Hall.

Star cellist Alisa Weilerstein is soloist for the UK premiere of Pascal Dusapin鈥檚 nature-inspired concerto Outscape 鈥� a work written for her 鈥� while her brother, rising young star Joshua Weilerstein, conducts.

Image: Joshua Weilerstein 漏 Felix Broede