Prom 18

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

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957)	Sea Hawk Overture
Hillborg, Anders (b. 1954)	Sirens (UK première)
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908)	Scheherazade, Op.35

Performers

Hannah Holgersson	Soprano
Ida Falk Winland	Soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan	Conductor

Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade tells magical tales from the Thousand and One Nights in music suffused with oriental colour and seafaring drama. Swashbuckling battles are played out on the high seas in Korngold’s stirring score to the 1940 lm The Sea Hawk, while danger also lurks in the waters of Anders Hillborg’s Sirens, inspired by the mythical seductresses of Homer’s Odyssey.

Tickets £7.50 - £40.

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