Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: BBC PromsProgramme
Performers
| Ruby Hughes | Soprano |
| Jennifer Johnston | Mezzo-soprano |
| BBC Symphony Orchestra | |
| Osmo Vänskä | Conductor |
A series of farewells as Osmo Vänskä concludes
the season’s focus on Polish music and conducts
the premiere of Anthony Payne’s orchestration of
Vaughan Williams’s Four Last Songs. BBC Radio 3
New Generation Artists Ruby Hughes and Jennifer
Johnston are the soloists, Hughes singing the three
Polish texts of Henryk Górecki’s ‘Symphony of
Sorrowful Songs’, Johnston singing ‘Procris’,
‘Menelaus’, ‘Tired’ and ‘Hands, Eyes and Heart’
that make up the Vaughan Williams. Tchaikovsky’s
heartfelt ‘Pathétique’ is the penultimate instalment
of this summer’s cycle of his symphonies.Tickets £7.50 - £36.
the season’s focus on Polish music and conducts
the premiere of Anthony Payne’s orchestration of
Vaughan Williams’s Four Last Songs. BBC Radio 3
New Generation Artists Ruby Hughes and Jennifer
Johnston are the soloists, Hughes singing the three
Polish texts of Henryk Górecki’s ‘Symphony of
Sorrowful Songs’, Johnston singing ‘Procris’,
‘Menelaus’, ‘Tired’ and ‘Hands, Eyes and Heart’
that make up the Vaughan Williams. Tchaikovsky’s
heartfelt ‘Pathétique’ is the penultimate instalment
of this summer’s cycle of his symphonies.Tickets £7.50 - £36.
