Prom 14: Sibelius, Schubert & Zimmermann

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Die junge Nonne; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Lied der Mignon; Erlkönig (orch. Liszt)
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (1918-1970)	Symphony in One Movement
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Fantasy in C major, D760, ‘Wanderer’ (orch. Liszt)
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105

Performers

Elizabeth Watts	Soprano
Louis Lortie	Piano
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
John Storgårds	Conductor

Sibelius’s genre-bending Seventh unfolds in a continuous musical gesture of expansive, if characteristically enigmatic, nobility. Centenary composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Symphony in One Movement is another assault on tradition that kicks against Wagner’s rousing overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. Four popular Schubert songs and his technically formidable ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy get a colourful orchestral upscaling.

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Whole in one: Sibelius’ Seventh

Matthew Rye, 24th November

Cast in a single span lasting little more than 20 minutes, Sibelius’ Seventh Symphony is a miracle of compression and defies conventional analysis.

Prom 14: Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic go for contrasts

Alexander Hall, 25th July

Contrasts are fine but they don’t always work: in a programme with a strongly Germanic flavour John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic stretch the boundaries.

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