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Prom 50: Orchestre de Paris

Live at the 91Èȱ¬ Proms. Daniel Harding conducts the Orchestre de Paris in Schumann, Widmann and Beethoven.

Live at 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Daniel Harding conducts the Orchestre de Paris in Schumann, Widmann and Beethoven

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Tom Service

Robert Schumann: Genoveva – overture

Jörg Widmann: Babylon Suite
London premiere

c.8.15pm: Interval Proms Plus
Britons have always explored - and drawn creative inspiration from - their landscapes. But what does the ancient terrain mean in the modern world? Playwright and rapper Testament, whose play Black Men Walking was inspired by a group of Black British walkers based in Sheffield, discusses the hidden histories of the countryside with writer and broadcaster Horatio Clare – who has recorded several long walks for 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 and the Slow Radio podcast. Presented by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough. Produced by Zahid Warley.

c.8.35pm
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, 'Pastoral'

Orchestre de Paris
Daniel Harding, conductor

Town or country? That's the choice offered here by Daniel Harding and the Orchestre de Paris.
Scored for a 90-strong orchestra, Jörg Widmann’s explosive Babylon Suite (adapted from his 2012 opera) invites listeners into the all-consuming sonic chaos of the city – a babel of sound and sensation.
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, by contrast, takes listeners through fields and past brooks in its evocative portrait of pastoral life.
The concert opens with the gathering storm-clouds of the overture to Schumann’s only opera, Genoveva.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Genoveva - Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
  • Jörg Widmann

    Babylon Suite

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F major, 'Pastoral'

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
  • Fernando Sor

    Variations on a theme by Mozart, Op.9

    Performer: Julian Bream.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: The Horn Concertos - Halstead, The Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Aug 2019 19:30

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