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Prom 07: Faure, Stravinsky and Poulenc

Ian Skelly presents ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and Marc Minkowski with Julie Fuchs and Julien Behr in Poulenc's Stabat Mater, Stravinsky's Pulcinella and Faure's Shylock.

Live at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms: Marc Minkowski conducts the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Poulenc's Stabat Mater, Stravinsky's Pulcinella and Fauré's Shylock.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Fauré: Shylock
Stravinsky:Pulcinella Suite

c.20.15 INTERVAL - Proms Extra
Jeremy Sams and Richard Langham Smith introduce Poulenc's Stabat Mater. Highlights of a discussion hosted by Louise Fryer and recorded at the Imperial College Union earlier this evening.

c.20.35
Poulenc: Stabat Mater

Julie Fuchs, soprano
Julien Behr, tenor
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Marc Minkowski conductor

Paris was at the centre of the quest for new clarity and order in music around the start of the 20th century, and tonight's Prom presents some of the most delicious fruits of that quest. Our Shakespeare anniversary celebrations continue with a suite drawn from Fauré's incidental music for The Merchant of Venice.
In his ballet score Pulcinella, Stravinsky dusted down Baroque melodies then believed to be by Pergolesi, lending them an ear-teasing bite.
Spare simplicity and urbane wit usually meet in the works of Poulenc; but in his Stabat mater - a portrait of the mother of Christ beholding her crucified son - Poulenc finds a mode of disarming tenderness and contemplation.

2 hours

Last on

Wed 20 Jul 2016 19:30

Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Shylock

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone

    Performer: Alan Civil. Performer: John Wilbraham. Performer: John Iveson.
    • EMI.

Credits

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

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Jul 2016 19:30

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