Prom 28: Rachmaninov, Borodin & Huw Watkins

8 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:00 Thu 8 Aug 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 28: Rachmaninov, Borodin & Huw Watkins

19:00 Thu 8 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall

Rachmaninov鈥檚 choral symphony The Bells is a spectacular musical statement for large-scale forces. Soloists Natalya Romaniw and Oleg Dolgov join Tadaaki Otaka and 麻豆社 NOW for a concert that also includes Borodin鈥檚 vivacious Polovtsian Dances.

Programme

- - Toru Takemitsu
  - Twill by Twilight(13 mins)
- - Huw Watkins
  - The Moon(20 mins)麻豆社 commission: world premiere
- - interval
- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - The Bells(37 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1921
- - Alexander Borodin
  - Prince Igor 鈥� Polovtsian Dances(14 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1897

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About This Event

Sleigh bells, wedding bells, warning bells and mourning bells all peal through Rachmaninov鈥檚 choral symphony The Bells 鈥� which sets a text by Edgar Allan Poe with broad brushstrokes and bright colours.

Borodin鈥檚 exotically seductive Polovtsian Dances also features, alongside a world premiere by Huw Watkins inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first manned mission to the Moon.

Approx. end time: 21:05

Image: Natalya Romaniw 漏 operaomnia.co.uk