Fri 19 Jul 2019

• 17:00

  In Tune

  Imperial College Union

  A live Proms edition of BBC Radio 3’s In Tune, presented by Sean Rafferty.

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• 19:30

  Prom 1: First Night of the Proms

  Janáček’s monumental Glagolitic Mass launches the BBC Proms with thunderous spiritual drama. Karina Canellakis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in one of the 20th century’s great choral masterpieces.

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  Janáček’s monumental Glagolitic Mass launches the BBC Proms with thunderous spiritual drama. Karina Canellakis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus in one of the 20th century’s great choral masterpieces.

  Programme

  • • • Zosha Di Castri
      • Long Is the Journey – Short Is the Memory(15 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
    • • Antonín Dvořák
      • The Golden Spinning Wheel(28 mins)
    • • interval
    • • Leos Janáček
      • Glagolitic Mass(43 mins)Final version 1928 Henry Wood Novelties: UK premiere, 1930

  Performers

  • Asmik Grigorian

    soprano
    soprano
  • Jennifer Johnston

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • Ladislav Elgr

    tenor
    tenor
  • Jan Martiník

    bass
    bass
  • Peter Holder

    organ
    organ
  • BBC Singers
  • BBC Symphony Chorus
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Karina Canellakis

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Zosha Di Castri
  • Antonín Dvořák
  • Leos Janáček

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