Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
| Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | |
| Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918) | Psalm 130 “Du fond de l’abîme” | |
| Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) | Nocturnes, L 91 | |
| Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) | Boléro |
Performers
| Justina Gringytė | Mezzo-soprano |
| CBSO Youth Chorus | |
| CBSO Chorus | |
| City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | |
| Ludovic Morlot | Conductor |
The CBSO and Ludovic Morlot mark two major centenaries in this all-French programme. In the centenary of his death, Debussy is celebrated in the languorous beauty of Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, as well as the Nocturnes with their shifting, shimmering play of musical light. Lili Boulanger, whose death in 1918 at the age of just 24 cut short a career of extraordinary promise, is represented by her powerful setting of Psalm 130 – a musical howl of grief composed at the height of the First World War. Ravel’s Boléro closes the evening with its hypnotic Spanish dance rhythm and swirling orchestral colours.
Tickets £7.50 - £41
