Prom 31: Walton, Rubbra, Bruch & Korngold

6 Aug 2013, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Tue 6 Aug 2013 Next Event

19:30 Tue 6 Aug 2013 Royal Albert Hall

John Storgårds directs the BBC Philharmonic in Korngold’s Symphony, drawn in part from the film music for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Rubbra’s Ode to the Queen and Walton’s Orb and Sceptre. Vilde Frang plays Bruch’s much-loved Violin Concerto.

Programme

- - William Walton
  - March 'Orb and Sceptre'(7 mins)
- - Edmund Rubbra
  - Ode to the Queen(13 mins)
- - Max Bruch
  - Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor(24 mins)
- - interval
- - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  - Symphony in F sharp(50 mins)

Performers

Susan Bickley
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Vilde Frang
violin
violin
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds
conductor
conductor

Composers

About this event

The BBC Philharmonic and its Principal Guest Conductor return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first Proms performance of Erich Korngold’s Symphony. Dedicated to the memory of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the symphony refers back to Korngold’s score for the 1939 Errol Flynn and Bette Davis romance The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex.

Rubbra’s Ode to the Queen and Walton’s Orb and Sceptre celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation, while Vilde Frang joins Storgårds and the orchestra for Bruch’s ever-popular Violin Concerto.