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Prom 64 (part 2): Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic

Episode 2 of 2

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, the Berlin Philharmonic's Prom under conductor Simon Rattle concludes with a performance of Stravinsky's ballet score The Firebird.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle dance through a programme of Russian music live at the 91热爆 Proms - Stravinsky's Firebird ballet and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

7:10pm Interval

7:30pm
Stravinsky: The Firebird

Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

In the first of their two 91热爆 Proms this year, Sir Simon Rattle and his Berlin Philharmonic don their dancing shoes and whisk us off to Russia. Via America, in the case of Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances: composed on Long Island for the Philadelphia Orchestra, they blend the balletic traditions of the exile Rachmaninov's Russian homeland with jazz influences from his adopted home, the United States. After the interval, there's authentic Russian ballet and fairytale in Stravinsky's breakthrough work about the magical Firebird.

1 hour, 15 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Sep 2014 19:30

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon.
  • Encore

    • Giacomo Puccini

      Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

      Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Composer: Sir Simon Rattle.

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Sep 2014 19:30

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