Name: Proms 2014 Prom 26: Shostakovich & Berio
Start: 2014-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2014-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Admin

BBC Proms

Conductor

Vasily Petrenko

Others

London Voices

Orchestra

European Union Youth Orchestra

Proms 2014 Prom 26: Shostakovich & Berio

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Proms 2014 Prom 26: Shostakovich & Berio: Sinfonia Berio (+1 More)

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Symphony

Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43

Arshiya Banu

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

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Bass

Tenor

Contralto

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

This concert from the European Union Youth Orchestra opens with Berio’s 20th-century classic, Sinfonia – a witty, whistle-stop tour through centuries of Western culture, from Bach to The Beatles. Shostakovich’s embattled Fourth Symphony attempts to reconcile the same conflicts and contradictions as Berio, but finds only Babel and madness, in one of the composer’s most confrontational works.

A contemporary classic opens this concert from the European Union Youth Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko. Berio’s Sinfonia is a witty, whistle-stop tour through centuries of Western culture – a high-water mark of 1960s experimentalism, with musical references extending from Bach and Brahms to Boulez and The Beatles. The orchestra and eight amplified soloists muse their way through an intricate and joyous web of quotations that frustrate interpretation even as they invite it.

Shostakovich’s embattled Fourth Symphony asks the same questions as Berio, trying to reconcile the same conflicts and contradictions and finding only Babel and madness in one of the composer’s most confrontational works.

English

Proms 2014 Prom 26: Shostakovich & Berio by Berio, Shostakovich, From (2014/2014), Conductor Vasily Petrenko, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues