Prom 22: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich & Outi Tarkiainen

4 Aug 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Sun 4 Aug 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 22: Rachmaninov, Shostakovich & Outi Tarkiainen

19:30 Sun 4 Aug 2019 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.

Programme

- - Sergey Rachmaninov
  - The Isle of the Dead(21 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1915
- - Outi Tarkiainen
  - Midnight Sun Variations(10 mins)麻豆官网首页入口 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

麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storg氓rds
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Death and darkness encounter light and new life in this Prom given by the 麻豆官网首页入口 Philharmonic and its Chief Guest Conductor John Storg氓rds.

Two Russian classics brood on death and loss; Rachmaninov鈥檚 atmospheric The Isle of the Dead conjures an ominous scene 鈥� a ghostly ferryman transporting the souls of the dead to rest 鈥� while Shostakovich鈥檚 bitterly passionate
Symphony No. 11 takes inspiration from the 鈥楤loody Sunday鈥� massacre of 1905.

But there鈥檚 light and hope in Outi Tarkiainen鈥檚 Midnight Sun Variations a celebration of rebirth in the perpetual day of an Arctic summer.

Approx. end time: 21:35

Broadcast on 麻豆官网首页入口 Four tonight

Image: John Storg氓rds