Details

Part of the BBC Proms. With its 98 players dispersed among the audience, Xenakis's Nomos gamma should make a stunning Proms piece, not least as the final drumrolls from its eight percussionists ricochet around the Arena. Both Aïs – a searing setting of ancient Greek texts by Homer and Sappho, with a wildly wide-ranging vocal line – and Rachmaninov's Stygian tonepoem, composed a century ago, confront the transience of life and the finality of death, while Shostakovich's 1945 Ninth seems almost to laugh off the horrors of war. A former New Generation Artist, percussionist Colin Currie also appears in our NGA 10th-Anniversary Weekend (PCM 7) and in Prom 33.

Cast/Performers

Leigh Melrose (baritone), Colin Currie (percussion)

Creatives/Company

Company: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: David Robertson

Prom 63 - BBC Symphony Orchestra

Prom 63 - BBC Symphony Orchestra (Concert) production archive for QTIX code T0721513659. Details of all Prom 63 - BBC Symphony Orchestra archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S6000

Archive Listings

2 Sep 09

Royal Albert Hall
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

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