Prom 7: Vaughan Williams, Respighi and Mendelssohn
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This event took place on Wednesday 4 August 2021.
- Wednesday 4 August 2021
- Royal Albert Hall
Prom 7: Vaughan Williams, Respighi and Mendelssohn
Wed 4 Aug 2021
Need to know
Repertoire
- Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Respighi Concerto Gregoriano
- Mendelssohn Symphony No.5 in D Major, 'Reformation'
Features
- Vasily Petrenko Conductor
- Sayaka Shoji Violin
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore,
South Kensington,
London SW7 2AP
United Kingdom
Vasily Petrenko appears for the first time at the BBC Proms in his new role as Music Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Joined by Japanese violinist Sayaka Shoji for Respighi’s Concerto gregoriano – a spiritual serenade in which the soloist becomes a wordless cantor, whose plainsong-inspired melodies soar over the orchestra.
Two more tributes to the musical past complete the programme: Vaughan Williams’s haunting Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis takes inspiration from Tudor polyphony, while Mendelssohn’s youthful ‘Reformation’ Symphony climaxes in Martin Luther’s stirring chorale ‘A mighty fortress is our God’.
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