Thu 27 Jul 2017

• 17:45

  Proms Extra: Talk

  Imperial College Union

  Composer Mark Simpson in conversation with Kate Molleson.

  
• 19:30

  Prom 17: Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

  Royal Albert Hall

  Life and death collide in a Prom that explores what lies beyond human existence. Tchaikovsky’s passionate final symphony dares to face death with hope, while Mark Simpson’s critically acclaimed The Immortal takes inspiration from Victorian seances.

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  Life and death collide in a Prom that explores what lies beyond human existence. Tchaikovsky’s passionate final symphony dares to face death with hope, while Mark Simpson’s critically acclaimed The Immortal takes inspiration from Victorian seances.

  Programme

  • • • Mark Simpson
      • The Immortal(34 mins)London premiere
    • • interval
    • • Pyotr Tchaikovsky
      • Symphony No. 6 in B minor, ‘Pathétique’(46 mins)

  Performers

  • Christopher Purves

    baritone
    baritone
  • London Voices
  • Crouch End Festival Chorus
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Juanjo Mena

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Mark Simpson
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

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