Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Foulds, John (1880-1939) | Avatara, Op.61: Three Mantras | |
| Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992) | Turangalîla-Symphonie |
Performers
| Steven Osborne | Piano | |
| Valérie Hartmann-Claverie | Ondes Martenot | |
| London Symphony Chorus | Women's Voices | |
| BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| Juanjo Mena | Conductor |
Hindu philosophy is the guiding thread through this Prom of music by one of the 20th century’s undisputed masters and one of its neglected mavericks. Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony translates the ‘curious, exquisite, unexpected melodic contours’ of the Hindu tradition for Western ears. John Foulds’s music was heavily influenced by his spiritual fascination with India; his style shifts in his Three Mantras from the rhythmic violence of Stravinsky to meditative loveliness and the sleek modernism of Ravel.
Tickets from £7.50 - £38.
