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Prom 72 (part 1): Nielsen and Ives

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, a choral Prom featuring the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton. Nielsen: Springtime on Funen; Violin Concerto (soloist: Henning Kraggerud).

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, massed choirs and conductor Andrew Litton, live at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms. There's Charles Ives' 4th Symphony and Henning Kraggerud plays Nielsen's Violin Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Fiona Talkington

Nielsen: Springtime on Funen
Nielsen: Violin Concerto

8.30 pm INTERVAL

8.50 pm
Webster: In the Sweet By and By
Zeuner: Ye Christian Heralds
Marsh: Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Mason: Nearer, My God, to Thee

Ives: Symphony No. 4

Henning Kraggerud (violin)
Malin Christensson (soprano)
Ben Johnson (tenor)
Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
William Wolfram (piano)
Tiffin Boys' Choir
Tiffin Girls' Choir
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
Crouch End Festival Chorus
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
Fergus Macleod (sub-conductor)

Ives's thrilling Fourth Symphony demands massive orchestral and choral forces, and it quotes from his own earlier works as well as from traditional American hymns. Completing this year's Nielsen concerto cycle at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms is the Violin Concerto - a work that wears its technical demands with great delicacy. Nielsen also provides the concert opener, the folk-inspired choral cantata Springtime on Funen - Funen (Fyn) being the Danish island where the composer was born and grew up.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 9 Sep 2015 19:30

Music Played

  • arr. Gordon Jacob

    The National Anthem

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
  • Nielsen

    Fynsk foraar [Springtime on Funen] - lyric humoresque Op.42

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Violin Concerto Op.33

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.

Credits

Role Contributor
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Performer ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Sep 2015 19:30

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