19:30 Friday 28 July 2017
Royal Albert Hall
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk – overture
Anders Hillborg: Sirens UK première
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Hannah Holgersson soprano
Ida Falk Winland soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan conductor
James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a maritime journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade to the siren-filled waters of Homer's Odyssey as imagined by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg - with two Swedish sopranos and the BBC Symphony Chorus - and the stormy seas of Korngold's stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.
Royal Albert Hall
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk – overture
Anders Hillborg: Sirens UK première
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Hannah Holgersson soprano
Ida Falk Winland soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan conductor
James Gaffigan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra take you on a maritime journey from the exotic oceans of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade to the siren-filled waters of Homer's Odyssey as imagined by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg - with two Swedish sopranos and the BBC Symphony Chorus - and the stormy seas of Korngold's stirring film score for The Sea Hawk.
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