Name: Prom 69: Smetana, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky
Start: 2019-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2019-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Organization

Conductor

Semyon Bychkov

Singer

Elena Stikhina

Soloist

Orchestra

Czech Philharmonic

Prom 69: Smetana, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky

London

United Kingdom

BBC Proms

Royal Albert Hall

Prom 69: Smetana, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky: Prodaná nevěsta Smetana (+2 More)

Public

Private

The Bartered Bride

Eugene Onegin

Symphony No.8, Op.47

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Soprano

Bass

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Baritone

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Semyon Bychkov conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 – the most personal of the composer’s many confrontations with the horror of war. Love dominates the first half, in music from the operas Eugene Onegin and The Bartered Bride.

The dancing rhythms and swirling colours of Smetana’s opera The Bartered Bride launch a concert of big musical gestures and even bigger emotions.

First love blazes hot in the Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin, as Tatyana (sung here by soprano Elena Stikhina) pours out her heart in music as romantic as anything the composer ever wrote.

War, not love, drives the pulsing heartbeat of Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony – the most personal and direct of the composer’s many attempts ‘to express the terrible tragedy of war’.

English

Prom 69: Smetana, Shostakovich & Tchaikovsky by Smetana, Tchaikovsky, P. I., Shostakovich, From (2019/2019), Conductor Semyon Bychkov, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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