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BBC Proms

2009

Prom 30: Knussen Conducts Knussen

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

One of the towering forces in British music today, Oliver Knussen, conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a colourful programme that includes Stravinsky's musical poker-game Jeu de Cartes, Respighi's Fountains of Rome, the Proms premiere of Virga by the young Scot Helen Grime, Balakirev's oriental fantasy Islamey and Knussen's own Horn Concerto, performed by Martin Owen. Presented by Suzy Klein. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Suzy Klein
Presenter:
Zebedee Soanes
Director:
Rhodri Huw

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