Tue 20 Aug 2019

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  The jungle of Rudyard Kipling鈥檚 reputation is explored by novelist Frances Hardinge and academic Sue Walsh, chaired by New Generation Thinker Anindya Raychaudhuri.

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• 19:30

  Prom 44: Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast

  Royal Albert Hall

  Walton鈥檚 choral masterpiece Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast gets the Proms treatment with a 300-strong choir conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Before that, the urban landscape of Var猫se鈥檚 础尘茅谤颈辩耻别蝉 鈥� a portrait of the modern city in sound 鈥� meets Koechlin鈥檚 sonic jungle.

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  Walton鈥檚 choral masterpiece Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast gets the Proms treatment with a 300-strong choir conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Before that, the urban landscape of Var猫se鈥檚 础尘茅谤颈辩耻别蝉 鈥� a portrait of the modern city in sound 鈥� meets Koechlin鈥檚 sonic jungle.

  Programme

  • • • Charles Koechlin
      • Les bandar-log(16 mins)
    • • Edgard Var猫se
      • 础尘茅谤颈辩耻别蝉(25 mins)(original version,1921)
    • • interval
    • • William Walton
      • Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast(34 mins)

  Performers

  • Gerald Finley

    baritone
    baritone
  • Orfe贸 Catal脿
  • Orfe贸 Catal脿 Youth Choir
  • London Symphony Chorus
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Simon Rattle

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Charles Koechlin
  • Edgard Var猫se
  • William Walton

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