Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	30th July 2009
To	30th July 2009
When	19:30
Prices	From £7.00. To £35.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Prom 19 - Berlioz/Mendelssohn

Work:: Prom 19 (S1712976992)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Berlioz/Mendelssohn (T93401510)

Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé launch our bicentenary cycle of Mendelssohn's orchestral symphonies with the grand 'symphony-cantata' he wrote for the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of movable type. Francophile Susan Graham returns to sing the dying Queen of Egypt in Berlioz's dramatic cantata, prefaced by the dazzling overture the composer wrote for his opera about the great Renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Approx end time: 21:50

Music	Berlioz (Benvenuto Cellini - Overture - 12 mins)
Music	Berlioz (La mort de Cleopatre - 22 mins)
Music	Mendelssohn (Symphony No 2 in B flat major - Lobgesang - 62 mins)
Performer	Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Performer	Sally Matthews (soprano)
Performer	Sarah Castle (mezzo-soprano)
Performer	Peter Auty (tenor)
Company	Halle Choir
Company	Halle Youth Choir
Company	Halle
Conductor	Mark Elder

Listing:: L755850329

Berlioz/Mendelssohn

Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé launch our bicentenary cycle of Mendelssohn's orchestral symphonies with the grand 'symphony-cantata' he wrote for the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of movable type. Francophile Susan Graham returns to sing the dying Queen of Egypt in Berlioz's dramatic cantata, prefaced by the dazzling overture the composer wrote for his opera about the great Renaissance sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Approx end time: 21:50

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