Prom 58: Tchaikovsky, Jan谩膷ek, Szymanowski and Linda Catlin Smith

1 Sep 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sun 1 Sep 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 58: Tchaikovsky, Jan谩膷ek, Szymanowski and Linda Catlin Smith

19:30 Sun 1 Sep 2019 Royal Albert Hall

A concert of folk songs and tales from the 麻豆社 SSO. Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Symphony No.2 takes a different Ukrainian folk melody as theme for each movement, while a gruesome Czech legend provides the starting point for Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 atmospheric The Fiddler鈥檚 Child.

Programme

- - Linda Catlin Smith
  - Nuages(15 mins)麻豆社 commission: world premiere
- - Leos Jan谩膷ek
  - The Fiddler's Child(12 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1924
- - Karol Szymanowski
  - Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 26(22 mins)
- - interval
- - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  - Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Little Russian'(32 mins)

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Composers

About This Event

Folk songs and folk tales run through this programme from the 麻豆社 SSO and Principal Guest Conductor Ilan Volkov.

A runaway success at its premiere, Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Symphony No.2 takes a different Ukrainian folk melody as the theme for each of its four movements, including the dizzyingly inventive finale, while a gruesome Czech legend provides the starting point for Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 atmospheric orchestral ballad The Fiddler鈥檚 Child.

Szymanowski鈥檚 exotic songs based on texts by the 14th-century Persian mystic poet Hafiz and a world premiere by Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith complete the concert.

Approx. end time: 21.30

The concert will be broadcast live on 麻豆社 Radio 3.

Image: Georgia Jarman 漏 Claire McAdams