Fri 23 Aug 2019

• 17:45

  Proms Plus Talk

  Imperial College Union

  A discussion about the relationship between music and architecture with broadcaster and writer Stephen Johnson.

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• 19:30

  Prom 47: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

  Royal Albert Hall

  The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Andris Nelsons explore scale in a programme that sets Bruckner鈥檚 vast Symphony No. 8 against the meticulous detail of Bach鈥檚 organ works, including the popular chorale 鈥榃achet auf鈥�.

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  The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Andris Nelsons explore scale in a programme that sets Bruckner鈥檚 vast Symphony No. 8 against the meticulous detail of Bach鈥檚 organ works, including the popular chorale 鈥榃achet auf鈥�.

  Programme

  • • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542(4 mins)
      • Cantata No. 147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', BWV 147 鈥� Chorale 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude' (transcr. Schmidt-Mannheim)(3 mins)
      • Prelude in E flat major, BWV 552(7 mins)
      • Chorale Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645(3 mins)
      • Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552(7 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Anton Bruckner
      • Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version, ed. Nowak)(80 mins)

  Performers

  • Michael Sch枚nheit

    organ
    organ
  • Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Andris Nelsons

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Anton Bruckner

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