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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Season - Prom 36: A Space Odyssey
Performance Date11 August 2023
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersJennifer France,
Clare Presland - vocals,
Edvard Grieg Kor
Orchestra or BandLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
ChoirsRoyal Northern College of Music Chamber Choir,
London Philharmonic Choir
ConductorsEdward Gardner
Set List'Requiem', Ligeti
INTERVAL
'Lux Aeterna',
'Also Sprach Zarathustra', R Strauss
Performance NotesGyorgy Ligeti was one of the boldest voices of the 20th century – a composer whose radical vision brought wit as well as invention to the world of contemporary classical music. Tonight, we hear two of his most famous works – the dramatic Requiem paired with the shimmering Lux aeterna, both of which featured in Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Also featured in the film was Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra, with the iconic brass opening that calls to mind the image of the sun rising over the Earth and Moon.

The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
Related Archival MaterialProms Guide (RAHE/1/2023/ 31),
Programme (RAHE/1/2023/ 66),
Digital Photographs
Ticket Prices£8-£
URLhttps://rah.chorus.thirdlight.com/link/eh24im7coyfy-tshboo
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2023/66BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Season - Prom 36: A Space Odyssey11 August 2023
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work12976BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2023 - One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Season71
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/5593Gardner; Edward (1974-); OBE; English conductor
DS/UK/1004London Philharmonic Choir; 1947-; English choir
DS/UK/5157Royal Northern College of Music; 1973-; British music college
DS/UK/1129London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO); 1932-; British orchestra
DS/UK/21484France; Jennifer (fl 2014-); British soprano
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