The BBC Proms Pocket Guide to Great Symphonies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571216889 ISBN 13: 9780571216888

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2003

Synopsis

Explore the masterpieces of classical music in depth with the BBC Proms Pocket Guides.

Classical music is more available to all than ever. On the radio, the internet, on CDs, on television and at concerts - the great masterpieces of music can be heard in countless different performances. But where can you find out more about the music you hear?

The BBC Proms Pocket Guides provide all the background and information you need about some of the most popular works in the repertory. As one of the world's leading music festivals, the BBC Proms has, over the years, published unrivalled and highly-praised programme notes by some of today's leading writers on music.

This first volume in the series provides an accessible and authoritative guide to some of the greatest symphonies. From Haydn and Mozart to the masters of the twentieth century, including the complete symphonies of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Sibelius, these are works which have shown their continual power to move and engage audiences, and which have remained central to our concert-going, broadcasting and record listening over generations. If you want to know more about how the great symphonies were written and what to listen out for as you encounter these remarkable pieces, this is the place to start.

About this title

About the Author

Nicholas Kenyon has been Managing Director of the Barbican Centre since 2007. He was Director of the BBC Proms from 1996 to 2007, and Controller, BBC Radio 3, from 1992 to 1998. He read History at Balliol College, Oxford, and his first post was with the English Bach Festival 1973-6. He was a music critic for The New Yorker, The Times, and the Observer, and has written the history of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the biography of Simon Rattle, edited the influential volume Authenticity and Early Music, and co-edited The Proms: A New History. He is a member of the boards of English National Opera and Sage Gateshead, a Trustee of Dartington Hall and a member of Arts Council England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571216889
• ISBN 13: 9780571216888
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Kenyon CBE Sir Nicholas