Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	20th July 2016
To	20th July 2016
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 18 Apr 16 - T0818068758

Prom 7 - Faure, Stravinsky and Poulenc

Work:: Prom 7 (S369)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Faure, Stravinsky and Poulenc (T0818068758)

Paris was at the centre of the quest for new clarity and order in music around the start of the 20th century, and tonight's Prom presents some of the most delicious fruits of that quest. Our Shakespeare anniversary celebrations continue with a suite drawn from Faure's incidental music for The Merchant of Venice. In his ballet score Pulcinella, Stravinsky dusted down Baroque melodies then believed to be by Pergolesi, lending them an ear-teasing bite. Spare simplicity and urbane wit usually meet in the works of Poulenc; but in his Stabat mater - a portrait of the mother of Christ beholding her crucified son - Poulenc finds a mode of disarming tenderness and contemplation.

Performer	Julie Fuchs (soprano)
Performer	Julien Behr (tenor)
Company	BBC Singers
Company	BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor	Marc Minkowski

Listing:: L1584210221

Faure, Stravinsky and Poulenc

Paris was at the centre of the quest for new clarity and order in music around the start of the 20th century, and tonight's Prom presents some of the most delicious fruits of that quest. Our Shakespeare anniversary celebrations continue with a suite drawn from Faure's incidental music for The Merchant of Venice. In his ballet score Pulcinella, Stravinsky dusted down Baroque melodies then believed to be by Pergolesi, lending them an ear-teasing bite. Spare simplicity and urbane wit usually meet in the works of Poulenc; but in his Stabat mater - a portrait of the mother of Christ beholding her crucified son - Poulenc finds a mode of disarming tenderness and contemplation.

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