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BBC Proms 2001

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall.
Ligeti's Requiem brought him international fame when its haunting vocal clusters were used by Stanley Kubrick in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Two concertos fill the second half of tonight's Prom - Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra, written in New York in 1943, and Stravinsky's neoclassical showpiece, written in Paris in 1931. Presented by Chris de Souza.

Caroline Stein (soprano), Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo), Thomas Zehetmair (violin), London Voices, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

Ligeti Requiem
8.05 Twenty Minutes
Writer Bonnie Greer delivers another talk on the experience of exile, reflecting one of the themes of this season's Proms.
8.25 Stravinsky Violin Concerto
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra

(Repeated next Tuesday at 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris de Souza
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Bonnie Greer
Soprano:
Caroline Stein
Mezzo:
Charlotte Hellekant
Violinist:
Thomas Zehetmair
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Singers:
London Voices
Conductor:
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Source: Radio Times

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