Prom 16: Elgar, Bantock, Walton & Tchaikovsky

24 Jul 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Wed 24 Jul 2013 Next Event

Proms 2013 Prom 16: Elgar, Bantock, Walton & Tchaikovsky

19:30 Wed 24 Jul 2013 Royal Albert Hall

Two portraits of Sir John Falstaff and a rare performance of Granville Bantock鈥檚 Sapphic Poem with cellist Raphael Wallfisch. Jac van Steen conducts the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales in a programme that climaxes with Tchaikovsky鈥檚 heady Fourth Symphony.

Programme

- - Edward Elgar
  - Falstaff(33 mins)
- - Granville Bantock
  - Sapphic Poem(15 mins)
- - interval
- - William Walton
  - Two Pieces for Strings from "Henry V": Touch her soft lips and part
  - Two Pieces for Strings from "Henry V": Passacaglia: Death of Falstaff(5 mins)
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Symphony No. 4 in F minor(42 mins)

Performers

Composers

About this event

Jac van Steen and the 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales launch the Proms cycle of Tchaikovsky symphonies with the baleful fanfare of the Fourth.

Celebrating his 60th birthday this year, Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist in the 麻豆社 Proms premiere of Granville Bantock鈥檚 Sapphic Poem, launching our focus on the composer this summer. Rich, lyrical and lushly orchestrated, it is framed by two very different portraits of Sir John Falstaff, by Edward Elgar and William Walton.

Watch and listen to more music from Tchaikovsky from the Proms.