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Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

Part of the BBC Proms 2016

Add to my Calendar 15-07-2016 19:00 15-07-2016 21:00 36 Prom 1: First Night of the Proms Tchaikovsky’s ravishing 'Romeo and Juliet' overture launches our celebrations marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare. Argentine soloist Sol Gabetta makes her Proms debut in Elgar’s hauntingly lyrical Cello Concerto, the first in a series of works throwing a spotlight on the instrument. Prokofiev delivered a score of new directness and clarity for his friend Sergey Eisenstein’s patriotic film Alexander Nevsky: the cantata he fashioned from it features the dramatic ‘Battle on the Ice’. Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

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Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England

Friday 15th July 2016
7:00 PM

Programme

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Fantasy Overture 'Romeo and Juliet'
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85
~ Interval ~
Sergei Prokofiev – Cantata 'Alexander Nevsky'

Performers

Sakari Oramo – Conductor
Sol Gabetta – cello
Olga Borodina – mezzo-soprano

BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Chorus

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Programme Note

Tchaikovsky’s ravishing 'Romeo and Juliet' overture launches our celebrations marking 400 years since the death of Shakespeare.

Argentine soloist Sol Gabetta makes her Proms debut in Elgar’s hauntingly lyrical Cello Concerto, the first in a series of works throwing a spotlight on the instrument.

Prokofiev delivered a score of new directness and clarity for his friend Sergey Eisenstein’s patriotic film Alexander Nevsky: the cantata he fashioned from it features the dramatic ‘Battle on the Ice’.

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Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

Part of the BBC Proms 2016

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