Prom 31: Elgar, Beethoven, Berlioz & Helen Grime

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

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Programme

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)	Le Corsaire, Op.21: Overture
Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934)	Sea Pictures, Op.37
Grime, Helen (b. 1981)	Near Midnight (London première)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55

Performers

Alice Coote	Mezzo-soprano
Hallé
Sir Mark Elder	Conductor

The sea lies the centre of tonight’s concert from Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé. The sunshine glitters on the waves of Berlioz’s swashbuckling overture Le corsaire, written while the composer was holidaying in Nice. A celebrated Elgar champion, Elder is joined by British mezzo-soprano Alice Coote for Sea Pictures: Elgar’s only orchestral song-cycle, which ebbs and flows evocatively as it explores the fascination and fear inspired by the sea. While Helen Grime’s Near Midnight explores a nocturnal theme, Beethoven created a storm of human drama in his ‘Eroica’ Symphony – a stirring musical meditation on heroism and valour.

Seats £7.50 to £38 (plus booking fee).

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The Hallé: an excellent orchestra, but a disappointing Prom

Nahoko Gotoh, 12th August

One of the pleasures of the BBC Proms is to survey the current state of our regional orchestras and I was really looking forward to the Hallé's visit with Mark Elder. Yet, at the end of the concert, I felt curiously unfulfilled.

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