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Prom 28: Beethoven & Stravinsky
Part of the Proms 2015 Series
Add to my Calendar 07-08-2014 19:30 07-08-2014 21:30 36 Prom 28: Beethoven & Stravinsky Sakari Oramo conducts one of the great 20th-century dramatic showpieces - Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio Oedipus rex. Driving with powerful inevitability to its climax, this monumental work matches Sophocles’s tragedy in its visceral horror. Please note this event contains an update to the concert from that in BBC Proms 2014: The Official Guide. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven – Egmont, Op.84: Overture
Brett Dean – Electric Preludes
~ Interval ~
Igor Stravinsky – Oedipus rex
Performers
Francesco D'Orazio – electric violin
Allan Clayton – tenor
Hilary Summers – mezzo-soprano
Juha Uusitalo – baritone
Brindley Sherratt – Bass
Duncan Rock – baritone
Samuel Boden – tenor
Sakari Oramo – Conductor
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Other concerts in this Series
Programme Note
Sakari Oramo conducts one of the great 20th-century dramatic showpieces - Stravinsky’s opera-oratorio Oedipus rex. Driving with powerful inevitability to its climax, this monumental work matches Sophocles’s tragedy in its visceral horror.
Please note this event contains an update to the concert from that in BBC Proms 2014: The Official Guide.