Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	23rd July 2016
To	23rd July 2016
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 18 Apr 16 - T01980686546

Prom 11 - Wagner and Tippett

Work:: Prom 11 (S120999122)

Production:: Wagner and Tippett (T01980686546)

As Europe slipped towards Fascism, Michael Tippett felt solidarity with the downtrodden. Then, in 1938,a young Polish Jew, whose parents had been deported by the Nazis, shot a German diplomat in Paris. Tippett had the central figure for his ?oratorio of contemplation', A Child of Our Time - inspired by Bach's Passions, Handel's Messiah and American spirituals. Mark Wigglesworth also explores the theme of parent-child relationships in the final scene of Wagner's opera Die Walk?re, culminating in Wotan's poignant farewell to his daughter.

Performer	Tamara Wilson (soprano)
Performer	Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano)
Performer	Peter Hoare (tenor)
Performer	James Creswell (bass)
Company	BBC National Chorus of Wales
Company	BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor	Mark Wigglesworth

Listing:: L01989821183

Wagner and Tippett

As Europe slipped towards Fascism, Michael Tippett felt solidarity with the downtrodden. Then, in 1938,a young Polish Jew, whose parents had been deported by the Nazis, shot a German diplomat in Paris. Tippett had the central figure for his ?oratorio of contemplation', A Child of Our Time - inspired by Bach's Passions, Handel's Messiah and American spirituals. Mark Wigglesworth also explores the theme of parent-child relationships in the final scene of Wagner's opera Die Walk?re, culminating in Wotan's poignant farewell to his daughter.

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