London Symphony Orchestra Gergiev Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty 20 8 8

Music : Classical : Lossless

Anton Bruckner the towering symphonist of the late 19th century is absent from the Proms this year for the first time in over 50 years. However a bright spot is this this first ever Proms performance of the complete Sleeping Beaty by the other late 19th century genius- Peter Tchaikovsky.



Prom 46: London Symphony Orchestra





Date Wednesday 20 August 2008

Time 7.00pm - c10.30pm

Venue Royal Albert Hall

Tickets £7-£44 price band B or Prom for £5

Broadcast Live on BBC Radio 3. Available as audio on demand for the following week.

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Valery Gergiev comes to the Proms with music from his native Russia - music with more than a whiff of the greasepaint that brings out the best in this charismatic maestro.



The Sleeping Beauty is one of Tchaikovsky's most delicate and melodically rich ballet scores - a perennial favourite that tells the story of a handsome prince awakening a beautiful princess, Aurora, thereby breaking the spell of the wicked fairy Carabosse.



Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty (c177 mins)

There will be one interval



London Symphony Orchestra

Valery Gergiev conductor