Prom 19: Hallé July 27, 2007

The charismatic conductor of last year's Last Night weaves together our Shakespeare and Auden themes with his Hallé orchestra. Strauss's early Shakespearean tonepoem vividly depicts the murder of Duncan and Macbeth's descent to madness. There is antagonism, too, between the battling timpani in Nielsen's 'Inextinguishable' Symphony, but its overriding aim is to celebrate the unflagging spirit of the human life force.

Please note that 'Les Illuminations' replaces 'Our Hunting Fathers', which was previously billed.

R. Strauss
Macbeth (18 mins)
Britten
Les Illuminations (24 mins)

Interval

Nielsen
Symphony No.4, 'The Inextinguishable' (36 mins)

Joan Rodgers soprano
Hallé
Mark Elder conductor

Official Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2007/whatson/2707.shtml#prom19