91Èȱ¬

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.