Proms 2013
Proms 2013 Calendar
By Date
Mon 12 Aug 2013
- 13:00Cadogan Hall
Late-15th-century motets from the Eton Choirbook alternate with music by Gustav Holst and his daughter Imogen and the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Moth Requiem in an alluring programme from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and the Nash Ensemble under Nicholas Kok.
Late-15th-century motets from the Eton Choirbook alternate with music by Gustav Holst and his daughter Imogen and the UK premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s The Moth Requiem in an alluring programme from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and the Nash Ensemble under Nicholas Kok.
Programme
- Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda(14 mins)Group 3
- Hallo, my fancy, whither wilt thou go?(7 mins)
- The Moth Requiem(20 mins)ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ co-commission with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble: UK premiere
Performers
- Nicholas Kokconductor
- 17:15Royal College of Music
Louise Fryer talks to Stephen Johnson and musicologist Kate Kennedy about Vaughan Williams and introduces A London Symphony.
Also part ofProms Plus - 19:00Royal Albert Hall
David Atherton conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales in Holst’s tone-poem Indra, the world premiere of Nishat Khan’s new Sitar Concerto No. 1 and Vaughan Williams’s bittersweet portrait of the capital’s parks and pavements, A London Symphony.
David Atherton conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales in Holst’s tone-poem Indra, the world premiere of Nishat Khan’s new Sitar Concerto No. 1 and Vaughan Williams’s bittersweet portrait of the capital’s parks and pavements, A London Symphony.
Programme
- Indra(12 mins)
- The Gate of the Moon (Sitar Concerto No 1)(40 mins)ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ commission: world premiere
- interval
- Symphony No. 2 (A London Symphony)(45 mins)
Performers
- Nishat Khansitar
- David Athertonconductor
Also part ofJazz and Popular - 22:15Royal Albert Hall
Cerys Matthews, Laura Marling and The Stranglers join London Sinfonietta for an eclectic Late Night Prom including 20th-century classics by Berio, Varèse and Xenakis, plus a live remix mash-up by composer Anna Meredith.
Cerys Matthews, Laura Marling and The Stranglers join London Sinfonietta for an eclectic Late Night Prom including 20th-century classics by Berio, Varèse and Xenakis, plus a live remix mash-up by composer Anna Meredith.
Programme
- No More Heroes (arr. Anna Meredith)(4 mins)
- Ionisation(6 mins)
- Twm Sion's Medley(4 mins)
- Blueberry Hill(5 mins)
- Principia(3 mins)
- I Was an Eagle(5 mins)
- You Know(3 mins)
- Breathe (arr. Anna Meredith)(5 mins)
- O-Mega(4 mins)
- O King(4 mins)
- Duchess(4 mins)
- Always the Sun(4 mins)
- Golden Brown (arr. Anna Meredith)(5 mins)
Performers
- Andrew Gourlayconductor
- Cerys Matthewssinger
- Laura Marlingsinger
- Anna Stéphanymezzo-soprano
- Tom Servicepresenter
- Steve Lamacqpresenter
