Performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams at BBC Proms
(See all works in BBC Proms by Ralph Vaughan Williams)Tue 13 Aug 2019
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations provides both model and inspiration for a new set of variations by 14 living composers premiered here to mark conductor Martyn Brabbins’s 60th birthday. The concert also includes Vaughan Williams’s exquisite Serenade to Music.
Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations provides both model and inspiration for a new set of variations by 14 living composers premiered here to mark conductor Martyn Brabbins’s 60th birthday. The concert also includes Vaughan Williams’s exquisite Serenade to Music.
Programme
- Kalevi Aho
- Sally Beamish
- Sir Harrison Birtwistle
- Richard Blackford
- Gavin Bryars
- Brett Dean
- Dai Fujikura
- Wim Henderickx
- Colin Matthews
- Anthony Payne
- John Pickard
- David Sawer
- Iris ter Schiphorst
- Judith Weir
- Pictured Within: Birthday Variations for M. C. B.(30 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
- Serenade to Music(13 mins)Henry Wood Novelties: world premiere, 1938
- interval
- Song of Destiny(18 mins)
- Enigma Variations(29 mins)
Performers
- Idunnu Münchmezzo-soprano
- William Morgantenor
- Nadine Benjaminsoprano
- David Irelandbass-baritone
- Martyn Brabbinsconductor
Seats £7.50 to £41 (plus booking fee)
Sat 17 Aug 2019
- 15:00Holy Sepulchre London
The BBC Singers take the Proms to London’s ‘Musicians’ Church’ for a concert of English choral pieces spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.
The BBC Singers take the Proms to London’s ‘Musicians’ Church’ for a concert of English choral pieces spanning the 20th and 21st centuries.
Programme
- Where does the uttered music go?(6 mins)
- Sacred and Profane(16 mins)
- The Holy Boy(3 mins)
- Rorate coeli(11 mins)
- Three Donne Songs – No. 1: A Hymn to God the Father(4 mins)
- Valiant-for-truth(6 mins)
- Missa del Cid(20 mins)
- At this man’s hand(3 mins)BBC commission: world premiere
Performers
- Sofi Jeanninconductor
Seats £6 to £16 (plus booking fee)
Thu 29 Aug 2019
- 19:00Royal Albert Hall
Elgar’s great choral work, The Music Makers, is the musical culmination of a career, drawing together quotations from many of the composer’s best-loved pieces. Vaughan Williams’s luminous ‘Tallis’ Fantasia and Hugh Wood’s Comus complete the programme.
Elgar’s great choral work, The Music Makers, is the musical culmination of a career, drawing together quotations from many of the composer’s best-loved pieces. Vaughan Williams’s luminous ‘Tallis’ Fantasia and Hugh Wood’s Comus complete the programme.
Programme
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis(16 mins)
- Scenes from Comus(28 mins)
- interval
- The Music Makers(38 mins)
Performers
- Stacey Tappansoprano
- Dame Sarah Connollymezzo-soprano
- Anthony Gregorytenor
- Sir Andrew Davisconductor
Part ofProms 2019Seats £9.50 to £52 (plus booking fee)
