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Prom 19: Hallé

Time: 7.30pm - c9.30pm

Venue ROYAL ALBERT HALL

Tickets £6-£27.50 price code A or Prom for £5


Mark Elder

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The charismatic conductor of last year's Last Night weaves together our Shakespeare and Auden themes with his Hallé orchestra. Strauss's early Shakespearean tonepoem vividly depicts the murder of Duncan and Macbeth's descent to madness. There is antagonism, too, between the battling timpani in Nielsen's 'Inextinguishable' Symphony, but its overriding aim is to celebrate the unflagging spirit of the human life force.

Please note that 'Les Illuminations' replaces 'Our Hunting Fathers', which was previously billed.

R. Strauss
Macbeth (18 mins)
Britten
Les Illuminations (24 mins)

Interval

Nielsen
Symphony No.4, 'The Inextinguishable' (36 mins)

Joan Rodgers soprano
Hallé
Mark Elder conductor

Detailed notes about the music will be available one hour before the concert.



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05/08  PROM 31: STRAUSS'S OBOE CONCERTO & ROSENKAVALIER SUITE

29/08  PROM 60: SIBELIUS'S SYMPHONY NO.2



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