Name: Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets
Start: 2024-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-08-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Admin

Conductor

Sakari Oramo

Orchestra

Sibelius Academy Orchestra

RCM Symphony Orchestra

Others

RCM Chamber Choir

Singer

Anu Komsi

Soprano

BBC Proms

Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Prom 46: Holst’s The Planets: Laulut Maaseudulta (Songs From The Countryside) Lara Poe (+2 More)

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Laulut Maaseudulta (Songs From The Countryside)

The Wood Nymph, op. 15

The Planets

Paul Koneri

Approved

About This Event
Some phenomena only music can depict. From an age before space travel, Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite evoking the astrological associations of the planets represents one of classical music’s most extraordinary acts of imagination. Before heading into space, we are lured into the wilderness courtesy of music from conductor Sakari Oramo’s home country of Finland. The looping repetitions of Sibelius’s The Wood Nymph lead us shaman-like into a seductive woodland, while Lara Poe’s brand-new work for soprano and orchestra channels haunting Nordic cow-calling traditions. Student musicians from Helsinki and London unite for a Prom all about music’s conjuring power.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble