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BBC Proms 2001

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Tonight the latest work from Esa-Pekka Salonen, inspired by his time in America, is performed for the first time in this country, alongside a selection from Mahler's beguiling songs based on popular 16th- and 17th-century German folk songs and Sibelius's two dramatic final symphonies.
Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Katarina Karneus (mezzo), Dietrich Henschel (baritone),
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Esa-Pekka Salonen Foreign Bodies (first UK performance)
Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn
(excerpts)

8.20 Twenty Minutes: Slow: 2: Gardening
Prize-winning gardener and author of the best-selling "Tulip", Anna Pavord describes the importance of time in creating and enjoying a garden.

8.40 Sibelius Symphony No 6; Symphony No 7

(Repeated next Monday at 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Fiona Talkington
Mezzo:
Katarina Karneus
Baritone:
Dietrich Henschel
Musicians:
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Composer:
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Anna Pavord
Source: Radio Times

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