Name: Proms 2014 Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener
Start: 2014-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Admin

BBC Proms

Dirigat

Jiří Bělohlávek

Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sänger

Sarah Connolly

Mezzo Soprano

Instrument

Isabelle Faust

Violine

Proms 2014 Prom 7: Shostakovich, Bartók & Tavener

London

Vereinigtes Königreich

Royal Albert Hall

Public

Concert

Oratorium / Orchestral

Gnosis

Violinkonzert Nr. 2, Sz. 112

Sinfonie Nr. 10 in e-Moll, op. 93

Arshiya Banu

Genehmigt

Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony – a violent portrait of the horrors of Stalin’s Russia – is the centrepiece of this concert from Jiří Bělohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. They are joined by German violinist Isabelle Faust for the passionate nationalism of Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto, and the concert opens with the first of two posthumous premieres this season by John Tavener.

Isabelle Faust’s association with Bartók extends back to her very first recording. Now, fresh from an acclaimed disc of both the composer’s violin concertos, she joins the BBC SO and Conductor Laureate Jiří Bělohlávek for Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto. Written under the threat of Fascism, it’s a passionate national statement, lively with folk rhythms.

By the early 1950s and Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, threat had become reality. This violent, despairing work paints a vivid portrait ofthe horrors of Stalin’s Russia. The evening opens with the first of two posthumous premieres this season from the late John Tavener – some of the last works from England’s great musical mystic.

English

Aufführungskredite (Besetzung & Produktionsteam )

Besetzung

Ensemble