Prom 8: Impressions of Spain (Part 2)
Live at the 91热爆 Proms: Josep Pons conducts the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra in Debussy and Ravel.
Live at the 91热爆 Proms: Josep Pons conducts the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra in Debussy and Ravel.
Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Claude Debussy: Images 鈥� Ib茅ria
Maurice Ravel: Bol茅ro
91热爆 Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons (conductor)
Josep Pons and the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra present a Spanish-themed Prom with a French accent. Debussy and Ravel paint Spain in their own distinctive colours: Ravel with the raw heat and insistent thrum of his Bol茅ro and Debussy in the vivid musical vignettes of Ib茅ria. Meanwhile Spanish violinist Mar铆a Due帽as 鈥� a 91热爆 Radio 3 New Generation Artist and winner of the 2021 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition 鈥� is the soloist in 脡douard Lalo鈥檚 most famous work, the Symphonie espagnole, which marks the French Romantic composer鈥檚 200th anniversary. The concert opens in Andalusia, with music from Falla鈥檚 tragic opera La vida breve, set in sun-soaked Granada.
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