Name: Proms 2011 Prom 21: Strauss, Walton & Prokofiev
Start: 2011-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2011-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

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BBC Proms

Orchestra

CBSO

Conductor

Andris Nelsons

Instrumentalist

Midori Goto

Violin

Singer

Nadezhda Serdiuk

Voice

Others

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

Proms 2011 Prom 21: Strauss, Walton & Prokofiev

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Public

Concert

Don Juan, op. 20

Violin Concerto

Alexander Nevsky (cantata), Op.78

Dance Of The Seven Veils From The Opera 'Salome'

Arshiya Banu

Approved

Accordionist

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

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Choir

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Soprano

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Countertenor

Baritone

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Tenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

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Strauss at his most passionate (and lascivious!) bookends a concert full of spectacle and panache.

At its heart is the patriotic cantata Prokofiev drew from his music for Eisenstein's epic film about a medieval Russian hero's defeat of the Teutonic invader. That score had quite an impact on Walton's own wartime work for the cinema but it is the subtler brio of his Violin Concerto that is heard before the interval.

Midori is one of relatively few international superstars to have taken up a piece whose formidable technical challenges were actively encouraged by Jascha Heifetz, its original soloist, but whose lyricism is all pervasive to

English

Proms 2011 Prom 21: Strauss, Walton & Prokofiev by Strauss, Walton, Prokofiev, From (2011/2011), Conductor Andris Nelsons, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

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