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The Sunday Prom: The Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra performs Brahms's First Symphony and his Academic Festival Overture. Plus the UK premiere of a flute concerto by clarinettist and composer Jorg Widmann.

Katie Derham is live at the world's biggest classical music festival as the legendary Cleveland Orchestra perform at the 91热爆 Proms. This is a rare chance to hear one of America's best orchestras in a huge Proms favourite, Brahms's First Symphony. The concert opens with Brahms in a lighter mood in his Academic Festival Overture and also includes the UK premiere of an elegant, dance-like flute concerto by German clarinettist and composer Jorg Widmann.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
  • J枚rg Widmann

    Fl没te en suite (UK premiere)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 1 in C minor

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Katie Derham
Producer Peter Jones
Director Jonathan Haswell
Orchestra Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor Franz Welser-Most
Musician Joshua Smith
Composer Johannes Brahms
Composer J枚rg Widmann

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