Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Bach, Shakespeare and the Requiem Mass are all influences behind tonight's UK premiere by one of Britain's most exciting composers. Mark-Anthony Turnage 's A Relic of Memory is a kind of memorial frieze with tumultuous full orchestra and contrasting cool a cappella passages. The rest of the evening is distinctly Russian, with Prokofiev's virtuosic and ground-breaking piano concerto, which caused a near-riot at its premiere in 1913, followed by Rachmaninov's epic choral symphony. Presented by Martin Handley.
Tatiana Monogarova (soprano),
Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone),
Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Philharmonia Chorus, London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Jurowski
Mark-Anthony Turnage A Relic of Memory (first UK performance)
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2
8.30 TWenty Minutes: Poe the Poet
Taking his cue from Edgar Allan Poe 's The Bells, which inspired Rachmaninov, poet
Lemn Sissay goes in search of Poe the poet.
With readings by Kerry Shale.
8.50 Rachmaninov The Bells
Also broadcast on B8C4
This Prom is repeated on Wednesday 6 September at 2pm Kerry Shale's Face Behind the Voice: page 111