| Main Performers | Steven Osborne -piano,
Cynthia Millar - ondes martenot |
| Performance Notes | The composer and critic Virgil Thomson described Olivier Messiaens music as convulsive, ecstatic, cataclysmic, terrifying and unreal. All converge in the most vibrant and unignorable symphony of the 20th century: Messiaens Turangalîla Symphony.
Nicholas Collon and the BBC Philharmonic perform a work that opens up the heavens even as it brings down the house, after the tantalising prospect of a world premiere by Anna Clyne. The Gorgeous Nothings, written specially for the Proms, is the composers response to the spellbinding wordsmithery of American poet Emily Dickinson, scored for orchestra, amplified voices and real-time electronic processing.
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Broadcast on BBC FOUR and BBC iPlayer this season. |
| Related Archival Material | Prom Guide (RAHE/1/2024),
Programme (RAHE/1/2024) |
| Ticket Prices | £10-150, promming tickets £8 |