Synopsis
The whole of tonight's concert from the Royal Albert Hall, London, in which composers from America, France, Russia, Denmark and Finland are represented in music full of vivid imagery. Concert suites from ballets by Shostakovich and Prokofiev underline the dance theme running through this year's Proms. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, led by Felix Kok, conducted by Simon Rattle with the celebrated Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom in evocative folk songs from the Auvergne and a rarely-heard setting by Sibelius of a fantastic Finnish legend. Introduced by Michael Berkeley Gershwin Cuban Overture Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne (selection) Shostakovich The Age of Gold (suite)