| Main Performers | Francesco D'Orazio - electric violin,
Rory Kinnear - speaker
Allan Clayton - Oedipus,
Hilary Summers - Jocasta,
Juha Uusitalo - Creon,
Brindley Sherratt - Tiresias,
Duncan Rock - Messenger,
Samuel Boden - Shepherd |
| Choirs | BBC Singers (men's voices),
BBC Symphony Chorus (men's voices) |
| Set List | 'Egmont Overture', Beethoven,
'Electric Preludes', Brett Dean
INTERVAL
'Oedipus Rex', Stravinsky |
| Performance Notes | Sakari Oramo conducts one of the great 20th century dramatic showpieces Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex.
Driving with powerful inevitability to its climax, this monumental work matches Sophocles's tragedy in its visceral horror.
In the violin concerto Duende The Dark Notes, written for tonight's soloist Leila Josefowicz, Luca Francesconi summons the dark, magical force believed by some to be the demon of flamenco.
UK premiere of 'Electric Preludes', Brett Dean.
The event was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2014/53),
Programme (RAHE/1/2014/80),
Posters (RAHE/2/2014/41),
Proms Mini-Guide |