Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
Performers
| Claire Booth | Soprano |
| BBC Symphony Orchestra | |
| Oliver Knussen | Conductor |
A typically thought-provoking programme from Oliver Knussen, the BBC SO’s Artist in Association, showcasing pieces rarely heard in the concert hall alongside established 20th-century classics.
Arthur Honegger’s depiction of a train and pastoral idyll are followed by Frank Bridge’s quietly anguished Shakespearean scene of death by drowning and the splintered, wintry fluidity of Italian composer Niccolò Castiglioni. Soprano Claire Booth (who made her professional debut in the music of Knussen) sings Berg’s heady paean to the restorative powers of fermented grape juice. And the concert closes with Debussy’s astonishing, inspirational evocation of shifting seas.
Arthur Honegger’s depiction of a train and pastoral idyll are followed by Frank Bridge’s quietly anguished Shakespearean scene of death by drowning and the splintered, wintry fluidity of Italian composer Niccolò Castiglioni. Soprano Claire Booth (who made her professional debut in the music of Knussen) sings Berg’s heady paean to the restorative powers of fermented grape juice. And the concert closes with Debussy’s astonishing, inspirational evocation of shifting seas.
