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TUESDAY 26 AUGUST
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5.45pm - 6.30pm: Proms Intro Vaughan Williams anniversary discussion with conductor Andrew Davis.
Prom 54: Vaughan Williams Anniversary Prom
- Date Tuesday 26 August 2008
- Time 7.30pm - c10.05pm
- Venue Royal Albert Hall
- Tickets £6-£35 price band A or Prom for £5
- Broadcast Recorded for broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD on 30 August (except Job). Live on BBC Radio 3, and available as audio on demand for the following week.
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A high point of our tribute to Vaughan Williams, who died 50 years ago today. Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor Laureate of the BBC SO, returns for a programme that opens with the much-loved Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Its rich, string-dominated textures are followed by the ballet, Job, first staged by Ninette de Valois.
The Serenade to Music, to words by Shakespeare, was written for 16 leading British singers of the day and premiered by Henry Wood at his Jubiliee Concert 70 years ago. And, to close,VW's last symphony, originally conceived as a programmatic work based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
- Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (16 mins)
- Vaughan Williams Job - A Masque for Dancing (44 mins)
- Interval
- Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music (11 mins)
- Vaughan Williams Symphony No.9 (36 mins)
Sarah Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Sophie Bevan, Rachel Nicholls sopranos
Allison Cook, Louise Poole, Julia Riley, Catherine Hopper mezzo-sopranos
Ed Lyon, Joshua Ellicott, Peter Wedd, Nicholas Sharratt tenors
Mark Stone, Darren Jeffery, George von Bergen,Tim Mirfin basses
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor
BBC Radio 3
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