Prom 15

T0295731440
Part of the BBC Proms.

Archive :: production:T0295731440, concert:S342, venue:V221

Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

The composer and critic Virgil Thomson described Olivier Messiaen's music as 'convulsive, ecstatic, cataclysmic, terrifying and unreal'. All converge in the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century: Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphony. Nicholas Collon and the BBC Philharmonic perform a work that opens up the heavens even as it brings down the house, after the tantalising prospect of a world premiere by Anna Clyne. The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms, is the composer's response to the 'spellbinding wordsmithery' of American poet Emily Dickinson, scored for orchestra, amplified voices and real-time electronic processing. No interval

Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Other spaces: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	30th July 2024
To	30th July 2024
When	19:30
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Reviews

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Company

Performer	The Swingles
Performer	Steven Osborne (piano)
Performer	Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)
Company	BBC Philharmonic
Conductor	Nicholas Collon

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