Prom 14: Sibelius, Schubert & Zimmermann

24 Jul 2018, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 24 Jul 2018 Next Event

Proms 2018 Prom 14: Sibelius, Schubert & Zimmermann

19:30 Tue 24 Jul 2018 Prom 14

A concert of defiantly brilliant, genre-bending works pairs Sibelius鈥檚 enigmatic Seventh Symphony with Bern Alois Zimmermann鈥檚 Symphony in One Movement. Soprano Elizabeth Watts and pianist Louis Lortie join the 麻豆社 Philharmonic for music by Schubert.

Programme

- - Richard Wagner
  - The Mastersingers of Nuremberg 鈥� Prelude to Act 1(10 mins)
- - Franz Schubert
  - Die junge Nonne
  - Gretchen am Spinnrade
  - Lied der Mignon
  - 贰谤濒办枚苍颈驳
- - Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  - Symphony in One Movement(15 mins)
- - interval
- - Franz Schubert
  - Fantasy in C major, D760, 'Wanderer' (orch. Liszt)(22 mins)
- - Jean Sibelius
  - Symphony No. 7 in C major(22 mins)

Performers

Elizabeth Watts
soprano
soprano
Louis Lortie
piano
piano
麻豆社 Philharmonic
John Storg氓rds
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Sibelius鈥檚 genre-bending Seventh unfolds in a continuous musical gesture of expansive, if characteristically enigmatic, nobility.

Centenary composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann鈥檚 Symphony in One Movement is another assault on tradition that kicks against Wagner鈥檚 rousing overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg.

Four popular Schubert songs and his technically formidable 鈥榃anderer鈥� Fantasy get a colourful orchestral upscaling

Image: Louis Lortie 漏 Elias Photography