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Tue 12 Aug 2014

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Intro

  Royal College of Music

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• 19:00

  Prom 35: Sibelius, Walton & Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

  Royal Albert Hall

  The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms welcomes back Canadian violinist James Ehnes as soloist in Walton’s virtuosic yet intimate Violin Concerto. SøndergÃ¥rd and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW continue with a suite from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s ballet Caroline Mathilde and two great orchestral works by Sibelius – his soaring Fifth Symphony and the more delicate, mystical Swan of Tuonela.

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  The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms welcomes back Canadian violinist James Ehnes as soloist in Walton’s virtuosic yet intimate Violin Concerto. SøndergÃ¥rd and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ NOW continue with a suite from Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s ballet Caroline Mathilde and two great orchestral works by Sibelius – his soaring Fifth Symphony and the more delicate, mystical Swan of Tuonela.

  Programme

  • • • Peter Maxwell Davies
      • Caroline Mathilde(22 mins)– suite from Act 2
    • • William Walton
      • Violin Concerto(31 mins)
    • • Johann Sebastian Bach
      • Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor(3 mins)Andante (encore)
    • • interval
    • • Jean Sibelius
      • The Swan of Tuonela(9 mins)
      • Symphony No. 5 in E flat major(32 mins)

  Performers

  • Mary Bevan

    soprano
    soprano
  • Kitty Whately

    mezzo-soprano
    mezzo-soprano
  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales
  • Thomas SøndergÃ¥rd

    conductor
    conductor
  • James Ehnes

    violin
    violin

  Composers

  • Peter Maxwell Davies
  • William Walton
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Jean Sibelius

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