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Prom 8: Invitation to the Dance

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms. Péter Eötvös conducts the 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra in Stravinsky's Firebird, Debussy, µþ²¹°ù³Ùó°ì and, with violinist Isabelle Faust, Eötvös's Alhambra Concerto.

Live at 91Èȱ¬ Proms: The 91Èȱ¬ SO conducted by Péter Eötvös in Stravinsky's Firebird, and works by Debussy and µþ²¹°ù³Ùó°ì. Violinist Isabelle Faust joins for Eötvös's Alhambra Concerto.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley

Debussy
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Péter Eötvös
Alhambra (violin concerto) UK premiere

INTERVAL: Proms Plus: Hannah Conway hosts a discussion about µþ²¹°ù³Ùó°ì with musicologist and broadcaster Erik Levi and Nigel Simeone, recorded earlier this evening at Imperial College Union. Producer Helen Garrison.

µþ²¹°ù³Ùó°ì
Dance Suite

Stravinsky
The Firebird – suite (revised version, 1919)

Isabelle Faust (violin)
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Péter Eötvös (conductor)

Dance – whether in the exotic pulse of µþ²¹°ù³Ùó°ì’s Dance Suite, the insistent Russian folk rhythms of Stravinsky’s The Firebird or the languorous ballet of Debussy’s faun – runs right through tonight’s Prom.

Peter Eötvös, celebrating his 75th birthday this year, conducts his new violin concerto Alhambra – performed here by the work’s original soloist, award-winning German violinist Isabelle Faust.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Péter Eötvös

    Alhambra - Violin concerto

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra.
  • Béla µþ²¹°ù³Ùó°ì

    Dance Suite

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Péter Eötvös.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Firebird Suite

    Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Péter Eötvös.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in E flat major for 2 trumpets

    Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Performer: Michael Laird. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Iona Brown.
    • Philips.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Klavierstücke, Op 119

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Brahms Handel Variations - Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Einsame, D 800

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
    • Schubert: Favourite Lieder.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 24 Jul 2019 19:30

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