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Performance

VenueRoyal Albert Hall
Also: Elgar Room
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From30th July 2024
To30th July 2024
When19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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  • Date of change: 17 May 24 - T0295731440

Prom 15 - Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

Prom 15

Work:: Prom 15 (S342)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony (T0295731440)

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

Listing:: L02028266581




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

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