Prom 56

This listing is in the past

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

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Goehr, Alexander (b. 1932)	Metamorphosis / Dance
Knussen, Oliver (1952-2018)	Symphony no. 3
Grime, Helen (b. 1981)	Night Songs (BBC commission, world première)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Le Martyre de saint Sébastien (The Martyrdom of St Sebastien)

Performers

Claire Booth	Soprano
Polly May	Mezzo-soprano
Clare McCaldin	Mezzo-soprano
New London Chamber Choir
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen	Conductor

After an 80th-birthday revival of Goehr’s imaginary
ballet, Knussen’s Third Symphony prefaces Helen
Grime’s 60th-birthday tribute to him. Debussy’s
incidental music for a mystery play appears complete
for the first time in Proms history.

Map

Prom 56: Knussen conducts Knussen

Madelaine Jones, 27th August

In days gone by, if you went to see a Mahler Symphony, you wouldn't feel you’d had the full experience unless Gustav himself was waving the baton. Nowadays the privilege of watching a composer conduct his own work is a somewhat rarer one, though fortunately not yet a completely extinct practice, and watching Knussen’s Symphony No.

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