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| Friday 16-Aug-13 06:30pm |
Royal Albert Hall, LondonProm 45 BBC Proms |
Tippett, The Midsummer Marriage (concert performance) Paul Groves, Tenor: Mark Erin Wall, Soprano: Jenifer Peter Sidhom, Baritone: King Fisher Ailish Tynan, Soprano: Bella Allan Clayton, Tenor: Jack Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano: Madame Sosostris David Soar, Bass: He-Ancient Madeleine Shaw, Soprano: She-Ancient BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor |
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| Royal Albert Hall, London, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP, United Kingdom Friday 16-Aug-13 06:30pm Prom 45 Last heard at the Proms in 1977, The Midsummer Marriage is Tippett’s answer to Mozart’s The Magic Flute, an opera rich in symbolism and psychology, trials and transformations. Paul Groves and Erin Wall are Mark and Jenifer, Ailish Tynan and Allan Clayton, Bella and Jack, two couples tested by a series of supernatural interventions on the shortest night of the year. One of today’s leading Tippett exponents, Sir Andrew Davis conducts the centrepiece of this summer’s Proms focus on Tippett’s music alongside Britten’s centenary.Tickets £9.50 - £46. Tippett, Michael (1905-1998), The Midsummer Marriage (concert performance) Paul Groves, Tenor: Mark Erin Wall, Soprano: Jenifer Peter Sidhom, Baritone: King Fisher Ailish Tynan, Soprano: Bella Allan Clayton, Tenor: Jack Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano: Madame Sosostris David Soar, Bass: He-Ancient Madeleine Shaw, Soprano: She-Ancient BBC Singers BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor | ||
| Sunday 10-Nov-13 11:00am |
Concertgebouw: Main Hall, AmsterdamDrama: Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet |
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| Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 10-Nov-13 11:00am Drama: Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ![]() Image credit: Groot Omroepkoor © Hans van der Woerd | ||
| Friday 17-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Sage: Hall One, GatesheadCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
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| Sage: Hall One, Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Friday 17-Jan-14 07:30pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons and the CBSO come to Sage Gateshead for music of beauty both sumptuous and raw. Richard Strauss’s late songs shot through with tearful resignation, a resigned goodbye to the world, are heard after his rollicking rollercoaster ride ‘Don Juan’ from 60 years earlier. They finish with Stravinsky’s ‘Petrushka’ – a playful yet disturbing score in which the composer returned to his roots, depicting Russia with, in his own words, “quick tempos, major keys, smells of Russian food, sweat and glistening leather boots.” With a pre-concert talk. Buses from Alnwick and Hexham. Tickets: £13-£36 | ||