Name: Prom 70: Bridge, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Holst
Start: 2011-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2011-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

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BBC Proms

Direction d'orchestre

David Robertson

Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Instrument

Christian Tetzlaff

Violon

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Holst Singers

Prom 70: Bridge, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Holst

Londres

Royaume-Uni

Royal Albert Hall

Public

Concert

Oratorio

Isabella

Concerto For Violin And Orchestra

Les Planètes

Paul Koneri

Valide

About this event
Frank Bridge is at his most romantic and Lisztian in the Keats-inspired Isabella, given its world premiere at the Proms by founder-conductor Henry Wood.

Sir Harrison Birtwistle's concerto, his first for a string instrument, was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Christian Tetzlaff and unveiled by him in March to rave reviews.

The composer himself studied the clarinet, although he says, 'I had some violin lessons at school, so I have a memory of the physical feel of the instrument, in a sense. It's rather like remembering how to bowl a leg break in cricket, even if I couldn't do it now.'

Holst's planetary survey displays astonishing verve in its orchestration and in the radicalism of much of its content for its time.

English

Prom 70: Bridge, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Holst by Bridge, Frank, Birtwistle, Holst, Du (2011/2011), Chef d'orchestre David Robertson, Royal Albert Hall, Londres, Royaume-Uni

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