Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
Performers
| Jonathan Lemalu | Bass-baritone |
| London Brass | |
| BBC Symphony Chorus | |
| BBC National Chorus of Wales | |
| BBC National Orchestra of Wales | |
| Tadaaki Otaka | Conductor |
Tadaaki Otaka, a notable enthusiast of British
music, opens with Vaughan Williams’s muchloved
classic before revisiting a BBC commission
that has fallen into neglect in the half-century
since its composer’s death: Ireland’s These Things
Shall Be is a mini-oratorio with a utopian text.
The massed choirs and the commanding
bass-baritone of former BBC Radio 3 New
Generation Artist Jonathan Lemalu return after
the interval to animate Walton’s brazen Old
Testament tale, but first we hear from another
anniversary composer, here at his most
poignant.
music, opens with Vaughan Williams’s muchloved
classic before revisiting a BBC commission
that has fallen into neglect in the half-century
since its composer’s death: Ireland’s These Things
Shall Be is a mini-oratorio with a utopian text.
The massed choirs and the commanding
bass-baritone of former BBC Radio 3 New
Generation Artist Jonathan Lemalu return after
the interval to animate Walton’s brazen Old
Testament tale, but first we hear from another
anniversary composer, here at his most
poignant.
