In the first half of his second Prom Myung-Whun Chung pairs works by German Romantics from opposite ends of the 19th century, including the meltingly beautiful Brahms Double Concerto with Renaud and Gautier Capuçon.
After the interval comes a piece with French connections which swept away that old order. A sensational succès de scandale in 1913 for Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes, The Rite of Spring not only prompted the most famous riot in musical history but sounds sensational still, rediscovering rhythm as music's primal driving force.
Tuesday 19 July
7.00pm – c. 9.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Classical for starters
Weber
Oberon - overture (9 mins)
Brahms
Concerto in A minor for Violin and Cello (Double Concerto) (32 mins)
INTERVAL
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (33 mins)
Renaud Capuçon violin
Gautier Capuçon cello
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung conductor
