Name: Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius
Start: 2012-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2012-07-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Admin

BBC Proms

Conductor

Juanjo Mena

Orchestra

BBC Philharmonic

Soprano

Anne Schwanewilms

Sopran

Prom 5: Strauss, Saariaho & Sibelius

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Thus spoke Zarathustra, op. 30

Four Last Songs

Laterna Magica

Symphony No. 7 in C Major Op. 105

Paul Koneri

Approved

About this event
Making his Proms debut as the BBC Philharmonic's Chief Conductor, Juanjo Mena explores Strauss the impatient visionary, whose Also sprach Zarathustra was famously used on the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strauss's Four Last Songs exude a sense of calm resignation suffused with autumn light.

After the interval, a major UK premiere from Kaija Saariaho, whose own music is lit by atmosphere and mood. Inspired by the autobiography of Ingmar Bergman, the Swedish film director, Laterna magica includes sections in which players whisper extracts over an instrumental murmur. To conclude, the hard-won luminescence of Sibelius's (unintended) symphonic farewell.

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Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble