| Orchestra or Band | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
| Set List | 'In-Schrift', Wolfgang Rihm
INTERVAL
'Symphony No.9 in D Minor', Bruckner |
| Performance Notes | Amsterdams mighty Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is regularly named as one of the worlds finest orchestras. Here it returns to the Proms for the first time in almost a decade, under its new Chief Conductor Daniele Gatti.
The main work on their programme is Bruckners Ninth Symphony the composers great, unfinished farewell to the form, and his final testament of faith.
Written in 1995 for St Marks Basilica in Venice, Rihms In-Schrift is an exploration of space and its sonic possibilities. With no high strings and additional low brass, Rihm creates a sound-world of striking darkness, illuminated only by the piercing brilliance of percussion. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2017/47a),
Programme (RAHE/1/2017/109),
Mini Guide (RAHE/6/2017/36),
Posters (RAHE/2/2017/28, 32) |