Performances of Felix Mendelssohn at BBC Proms
(See all works in BBC Proms by Felix Mendelssohn)Thu 15 Aug 2019
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
The sea rolls through both Mendelssohn’s overture The Hebrides and Elgar’s sumptuous orchestral song-cycle Sea Pictures. Mussorgsky’s colourful Pictures at an Exhibition and a world premiere by Errollyn Wallen complete the programme.
The sea rolls through both Mendelssohn’s overture The Hebrides and Elgar’s sumptuous orchestral song-cycle Sea Pictures. Mussorgsky’s colourful Pictures at an Exhibition and a world premiere by Errollyn Wallen complete the programme.
Programme
- Overture 'The Hebrides' ('Fingal's Cave')(10 mins)
- Sea Pictures, Op 37(23 mins)
- interval
- This Frame Is Part of the Painting(10 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Pictures at an Exhibition (orch Maurice Ravel)(35 mins)
Performers
- Catriona Morisonmezzo-soprano
- Elim Chanconductor
Seats £7.50 to £41 (plus booking fee)
Fri 16 Aug 2019
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
The OAE celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth with music by her favourite composer Mendelssohn (including a piano concerto played on Victoria’s own piano, loaned by HM The Queen from the Royal Collection).
The OAE celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth with music by her favourite composer Mendelssohn (including a piano concerto played on Victoria’s own piano, loaned by HM The Queen from the Royal Collection).
Programme
- Victoria and Merrie England – suite(15 mins)
- Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor(21 mins)
- interval
- Songs(12 mins)
- Symphony No. 3 in A minor, 'Scottish'(40 mins)
Performers
- Alessandro Fishertenor
- Stephen Houghpiano
- Ádám Fischerconductor
Seats £14 to £62 (plus booking fee)
Mon 19 Aug 2019
- 13:00Royal Albert Hall
Praised for a ‘radiant’ performance in Handel’s Theodora at the 2018 Proms, soprano Louise Alder returns to give a recital of songs from across Europe, including Lieder by both Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny Hensel, and songs by Rossini and Chopin.
Praised for a ‘radiant’ performance in Handel’s Theodora at the 2018 Proms, soprano Louise Alder returns to give a recital of songs from across Europe, including Lieder by both Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny Hensel, and songs by Rossini and Chopin.
Programme
- Gretchen am Spinnrade(4 mins)
- Nacht und Träume(3 mins)
- Die Forelle(2 mins)
- Auf Flügeln des Gesanges(4 mins)
- Der Mond(2 mins)
- Neue Liebe(2 mins)
- Bergeslust(2 mins)
- Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass(2 mins)
- Nach Süden(2 mins)
- Freudvoll und leidvoll(3 mins)
- O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst(5 mins)
- S'il est un charmant gazon(2 mins)
- Oh! quand je dors(5 mins)
- Comment, disaient-ils(3 mins)
- Życzenie(2 mins)
- Śliczny chłopiec(3 mins)
- Canzonetta spagnuola(3 mins)
Performers
- Louise Aldersoprano
- Gary Matthewmanpiano
Seats £13/£16 (plus booking fee)
