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BBC Proms 2001

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall.
Louise Fryer presents the first of a pair of concerts contrasting English and French music, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Richard Hickox in his first Proms season as the orchestra's principal conductor.

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox

Rubbra Symphony No 4

Ravel Piano Concerto in G

8.30 Twenty Minutes: The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope
By "Saki". Read by Simon Russell Beale.

8.50 Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat

(Repeated next Tuesday at 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Louise Fryer
Musicians:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Pianist:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Author (The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope):
'Saki' [H.H. Munro]
Reader (The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope):
Simon Russell Beale
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

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