Sun 4 Aug 2019

• 11:00

  Prom 21: Olivier Latry

  Royal Albert Hall

  Celebrated French organist Olivier Latry returns to the Proms for the first time in over a decade. The organist of Paris鈥檚 Notre-Dame Cathedral roams through 250 years of music in a wide-ranging recital that stretches from Bach to de Falla.

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  Celebrated French organist Olivier Latry returns to the Proms for the first time in over a decade. The organist of Paris鈥檚 Notre-Dame Cathedral roams through 250 years of music in a wide-ranging recital that stretches from Bach to de Falla.

  Programme

  • • • Aram Khachaturian
      • Gayane 鈥撀燬abre Dance (transcr. Kiviniemi)(3 mins)
    • • Manuel de Falla
      • El amor brujo 鈥� Ritual fire dance (transcr. Latry)(5 mins)
    • • Ludwig van Beethoven
      • Adagio in F major (for mechanical clock)(5 mins)
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
    • • Eug猫ne Gigout
      • Air c茅l猫bre de la Pentec么te(3 mins)
    • • Franz Liszt
      • Prelude and Fugue on the name BACH, S 260(14 mins)(arr. Guillou)
    • • Charles鈥怣arie Widor
      • Bach's Memento 鈥� No. 4: Marche du veilleur de nuit(4 mins)
    • • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
      • Danse macabre (arr. Lemare)(8 mins)

  Performers

  • Olivier Latry

    organ
    organ

  Composers

  • Aram Khachaturian
  • Manuel de Falla
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Eug猫ne Gigout
  • Franz Liszt
  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

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• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  A short discussion of the wide views and long legends of the Nordic countries between fairytale expert Nicole Schmidt and New Generation Thinker Leah Broad.

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• 19:30

  Prom 22: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich & Outi Tarkiainen

  Royal Albert Hall

  A ghostly ferryman transports departed souls in Rachmaninov鈥檚 Isle of the Dead, while Shostakovich鈥檚 bitterly passionate Symphony No. 11 emerges from the violence of Russia鈥檚 鈥楤loody Sunday鈥� massacre. Music by Outi Tarkiainen offers hope and new life.

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  A ghostly ferryman transports departed souls in Rachmaninov鈥檚 Isle of the Dead, while Shostakovich鈥檚 bitterly passionate Symphony No. 11 emerges from the violence of Russia鈥檚 鈥楤loody Sunday鈥� massacre. Music by Outi Tarkiainen offers hope and new life.

  Programme

  • • • Sergey Rachmaninov
      • The Isle of the Dead(21 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1915
    • • Outi Tarkiainen
      • Midnight Sun Variations(10 mins)麻豆社 co-commission with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa: world premiere
    • • interval
    • • Dmitry Shostakovich
      • Symphony No 11 in G minor 'The Year 1905'(58 mins)

  Performers

  • 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
  • John Storg氓rds

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Sergey Rachmaninov
  • Outi Tarkiainen
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

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