Prom 17: Parry, Vaughan Williams & Holst

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

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Programme

Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings (1848-1918)	Symphonic Fantasia in B minor, "1912" (Symphony no. 5)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	The Lark Ascending
Tárrega, Francisco (1852-1909)	Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings (1848-1918)	Hear my words, ye people
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)	Ode to Death, H.144, Op.38
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)	Symphony no. 3, "Pastoral"

Performers

Tai Murray	Violin
Francesca Chiejina	Soprano
Ashley Riches	Bass-baritone
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins	Conductor

As well as being the composer of that Last Night favourite, Jerusalem, Hubert Parry (died 1918) was in many ways the father of contemporary English music, teaching both Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. Tonight’s celebration of his legacy features Parry’s own hope-filled Fifth Symphony alongside Vaughan Williams’s elegiac The Lark Ascending and two memorials inspired by the First World War: Holst’s Ode to Death and Vaughan Williams’s Pastoral Symphony.

Tickets £7.50 - £41

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Fight or flight? Violinists on tackling The Lark Ascending

Kevin W Ng, 5th October

Often dismissed on account of its popularity, The Lark Ascending divides audiences... and players. Our own Kevin Ng is a violinist and avoided it for years, but took advice from three violinists when adding it to his repertoire.

Purity and passion in first class British music

Chris Garlick, 28th July

Even if Hubert Parry was overshadowed by Holst and Vaughan Williams, this was a splendid concert of British music.

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