Name: Prom 70: Bridge, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Holst
Start: 2011-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2011-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Albert Hall

Admin

BBC Proms

Conductor

David Robertson

Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Christian Tetzlaff

Violin

Others

Holst Singers

Prom 70: Bridge, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Holst

London

United Kingdom

Royal Albert Hall

Public

Concert

Oratorio / Orchestral

Isabella

Concerto For Violin And Orchestra

The Planets

Paul Koneri

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

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage 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

Bass-baritone

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Tenor

Bass

Soprano

Countertenor

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

About this event
Frank Bridge is at his most romantic and Lisztian in the Keats-inspired Isabella, given its world premiere at the Proms by founder-conductor Henry Wood.

Sir Harrison Birtwistle's concerto, his first for a string instrument, was commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Christian Tetzlaff and unveiled by him in March to rave reviews.

The composer himself studied the clarinet, although he says, 'I had some violin lessons at school, so I have a memory of the physical feel of the instrument, in a sense. It's rather like remembering how to bowl a leg break in cricket, even if I couldn't do it now.'

Holst's planetary survey displays astonishing verve in its orchestration and in the radicalism of much of its content for its time.

English

Prom 70: Bridge, Sir Harrison Birtwistle & Holst by Bridge, Frank, Birtwistle, Holst, From (2011/2011), Conductor David Robertson, Royal Albert Hall, London, United Kingdom

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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