Prom 24

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

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Programme

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)	Von Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her (chorale variations) - chorale prelude in C Major, BWV769 (arr. Stravinsky)
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Shéhérazade
Adams, John (b. 1947)	Naive and Sentimental Music

Performers

Marianne Crebassa	Mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Voices
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen	Conductor

The celebrations of John Adams’s 70th birthday continue with his Naive and Sentimental Music, conducted by its dedicatee, Esa-Pekka Salonen. A symphony in all but name, the work glows with multi-layered textures. From meditative Minimalism to intricate counterpoint in Stravinsky’s Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her’ – a colourful ‘recomposition’ of Bach’s own chorale variations on the Lutheran hymn. Rising French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa is the soloist in Ravel’s heady song-cycle Shéhérazade, an exotic musical fantasy of distant lands and forbidden love.

Tickets £9.50 - £50.

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Marianne Crebassa: “I love telling stories”

Mark Pullinger, 9th January

The young French mezzo discusses Ravel's Shéhérazade, and reflects on the art of song and her approach to recitals.

Prom 24: A monumental assault on the senses

Mark Thomas, 3rd August

Staggering performances from Esa-Pekka Salonen and Philharmonia in John Adams’s sonic journey, Naïve and Sentimental Music, and Marianne Crebassa exquisite in Ravel’s Shéhérazade.

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