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Prom 53: Stravinsky, Reich, Tippett and Elgar

Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms 2024

Live at the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms: the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, performs Elgar's Enigma Variations, Tippett's Ritual Dances and Steve Reich's Jacob's Ladder.

Live at the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms: the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins, performs Elgar's Enigma Variations, Tippett's Ritual Dances and Steve Reich's Jacob's Ladder.

Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Steve Reich: Jacob’s Ladder* (Â鶹ÊÓƵAV co-commission: UK premiere)

c.8.10pm
INTERVAL: With a career spanning 132 appearances at the Royal Albert Hall, Sir Andrew Davis clocked-up more First and Last Nights of the Prom than any other conductor in modern times. Ian Skelly reflects on Sir Andrew's presence at the festival, his famously good-humoured speeches, and among other things his place in the Proms' musical firmament.

c.8.30pm
Michael Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage – Ritual Dances
Edward Elgar: ‘Enigma’ Variations

Synergy Vocals*
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Sir Andrew Davis (1944–2024), the celebrated British conductor famed for delighting audiences at the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Proms with his sparkling wit and exquisite musicianship, is remembered in this Prom from the Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins. The centrepiece of the concert is Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder, the composer’s ‘dream of ascending and descending a ladder between heaven and earth’ that was deemed ‘energetic, meditative, light, graceful and refreshing’ when premiered in New York last spring. The second half will now include the ‘Ritual Dances’ from Tippet’s opera The Midsummer Marriage and Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations, two pieces close to Sir Andrew Davis’s heart.

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2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Aug 2024 19:30
Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony In Three Movements

    Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Steve Reich

    Jacob'S Ladder

    Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Ensemble: Synergy Vocals.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Cantate Domino

    Performer: Sir Andrew Davis. Performer: Christopher van Kampen. Performer: Simon Carrington. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Monteverdi & Gesualdo: Motets & Madrigals.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Michael Tippett

    A Child of our Time, Part III: Deep river

    Lyricist: Michael Tippett. Singer: Pumeza Matshikiza. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: Joshua Stewart. Singer: Ashley Riches. Choir: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Tippett: A Child of our Time.
    • Chandos.
    • 31.

  • Thomas Arne

    Rule Britannia!

    Music Arranger: Malcolm Sargent. Choir: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: No 2; Ging heut' morgen übers Feld

    Singer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Michael Tippett

    Ritual Dances From 'The Midsummer Marriage'

    Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Ensemble: Synergy Vocals.

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations On An Original Theme ('Enigma') Op.36

    Orchestra: Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 Aug 2024 19:30
    Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 3

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