Proms 2019
Performances of Edgard Varèse at BBC Proms
(See all works in BBC Proms by Edgard Varèse)Tue 20 Aug 2019
- 19:30Royal Albert Hall
Walton’s choral masterpiece Belshazzar’s Feast gets the Proms treatment with a 300-strong choir conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Before that, the urban landscape of Varèse’s Amériques – a portrait of the modern city in sound – meets Koechlin’s sonic jungle.
Walton’s choral masterpiece Belshazzar’s Feast gets the Proms treatment with a 300-strong choir conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Before that, the urban landscape of Varèse’s Amériques – a portrait of the modern city in sound – meets Koechlin’s sonic jungle.
Programme
- Les bandar-log(16 mins)
- Amériques(25 mins)(original version,1921)
- interval
- Belshazzar's Feast(34 mins)
Performers
- Gerald Finleybaritone
- Orfeó Català Youth Choir
- Sir Simon Rattleconductor
