Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Festival: BBC Proms
Dates/times in London time zone
| Sunday 21 August 2022 | 19:30 |
Programme
| Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847) | Hebrides Overture "Fingal's Cave", Op.26 | |
| Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) | Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53 | |
| Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | Symphony no. 3 in F major, Op.90 |
Performers
| Augustin Hadelich | Violin |
| WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne | |
| Cristian Măcelaru | Conductor |
The composers of the Romantic generation saw the world differently, and they heard it differently, too. A stormy voyage off the Scottish coast set music playing in Mendelssohn’s head: music that grew into the overture The Hebrides. Brahms launches his Third Symphony in heroic style – but brings it to a close in the most radiant of sunset glows. Dvořák, meanwhile, fused Classical forms with Czech folklore and his own deeply poetic spirit to create a violin concerto that dances as joyfully as it sings. Grammy Award-winner Augustin Hadelich is its champion tonight, as the Proms welcomes the Cologne-based WDR Symphony Orchestra and its energetic Chief Conductor Cristian Măcelaru.
£14–£62 (plus booking fee)
