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FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER
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5.45pm - 6.30pm: Proms Literary Festival An exploration of the world of Russian fairy tales.
Broadcast on Radio 3: Friday 5 September, 8.35pm
Prom 68: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Date Friday 5 September 2008
- Time 7.30pm - c9.55pm
- Venue Royal Albert Hall
- Tickets £6-£35 price band A or Prom for £5
- Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.
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Marking the centenary of Rimsky-Korsakov's death (see Prom 35), and concluding a trio of short operas at this year's Proms (see Prom 34 & Prom 47), Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Russian composer's rarely heard opera about the evil wizard Kashchey.
In the second half comes the ballet that Rimsky-Korsakov's pupil Igor Stravinsky wrote eight years later for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which also enters into Kashchey's magical realm.
- Rimsky-Korsakov Kashchey the Immortal (concert performance; sung in Russian) (60 mins)
- Interval
- Stravinsky The Firebird (complete) (46 mins)
Vyacheslav Voynarovsky Kashchey
Tatiana Monogarova Princess
Pavel Baransky Ivan Korolevich
Elena Manistina Kashcheyevna
Mikhail Petrenko Storm Knight
BBC Singers
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
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