Prom 46: Vaughan Williams 鈥� Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6

16 Aug 2012, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Thu 16 Aug 2012 Next Event

Proms 2012 Prom 46: Vaughan Williams 鈥� Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6

19:30 Thu 16 Aug 2012 Royal Albert Hall

A triple helping of differently powerful symphonies by Vaughan Williams 鈥� Andrew Manze conducts the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth.

Programme

- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - Symphony No. 4 in F minor(30 mins)
  - Symphony No. 5 in D major(39 mins)
- - interval
- - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  - Symphony No. 6 in E minor(31 mins)

Performers

麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze
conductor
conductor

Composers

Ralph Vaughan Williams

About this event

Over the next few seasons Andrew Manze directs all nine Vaughan Williams symphonies with the 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, of which he is Associate Guest Conductor: 鈥榁aughan Williams is one of those composers some people have fixed ideas about 鈥� I鈥檓 on a bit of a mission to rehabilitate him in people鈥檚 minds as an important figure in the musicmaking of this country.鈥�

Tonight he tackles three differently powerful works of the 1930s and 1940s, which, whatever their own emotional back stories, may still be seen as chronicling our national life in troubled times.

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Discover the Music Download a short audio guide published on the day about a key work in tonight鈥檚 Prom: Stephen Johnson talks about Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 5 in D major.

Part of

Proms 2012 Proms on TV

Other Events on 16 Aug 2012

Proms Plus Literary
17:45 Royal College of Music

Discover the Music

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