Prom 68: Wagner Night

9 Sep 2019, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Mon 9 Sep 2019 Next Event

Proms 2019 Prom 68: Wagner Night

19:30 Mon 9 Sep 2019 Royal Albert Hall

An evening dedicated to the music of Wagner. Dramatic soprano Christine Goerke and tenor Stephen Gould join the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a concert of sweeping operatic drama, including music from the culmination of the Ring cycle, 骋枚迟迟别谤诲盲尘尘别谤耻苍驳.

Programme

- - Carl Maria von Weber
  - Der Freisch眉tz 鈥� overture(10 mins)
- - Richard Wagner
  - Siegfried 鈥� Forest Murmurs(9 mins)
- - C茅sar Franck
  - Le chasseur maudit(14 mins)
- - interval
- - Richard Wagner
  - 骋枚迟迟别谤诲盲尘尘别谤耻苍驳鈥� Dawn and Siegfried鈥檚 Rhine Journey
  - 骋枚迟迟别谤诲盲尘尘别谤耻苍驳鈥� Duet 'Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde'
  - 骋枚迟迟别谤诲盲尘尘别谤耻苍驳鈥� Siegfried's Death and Funeral March
  - 骋枚迟迟别谤诲盲尘尘别谤耻苍驳鈥� Br眉nnhilde's Immolation Scene

Performers

Christine Goerke
soprano
soprano
Stephen Gould
tenor
tenor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Marc Albrecht
conductor
conductor

Composers

About This Event

Composer-themed evenings were a distinctive and popular feature of Henry Wood鈥檚 early Proms seasons: if it was Monday, it was Wagner Night.

We revive this tradition with a concert whose first half explores the enchanted forest (both beguiling and darkly supernatural) 鈥� a key symbol of the German Romantic movement.

The second half presents pivotal scenes from 骋枚迟迟别谤诲盲尘尘别谤耻苍驳, the climax of Wagner鈥檚 four-opera magnum opus The Ring of the Nibelung 鈥� including Siegfried鈥檚 Death and Funeral Music and the vocal tour de force of Br眉nnhilde鈥檚 Immolation Scene.

Approx. end time: 21:45

Image: Christine Goerke 漏 Arielle Doneson