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
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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.
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Music Played
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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.
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- 8.
Broadcast
- Mon 26 Aug 2019 19:3091Èȱ¬ Radio 3
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