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Afternoon Concert: 11/08/2008

11/08/2008

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, 11/08/2008

The BBC SO in works by Messiaen, Stravinsky, Ravel and conductor George Benjamin.

Including BBC Proms 2008: The BBC SO in works by Messiaen, Stravinsky, Ravel and George Benjamin, who conducts. Plus Chamber Music: Pieces by Couperin and Ravel.

Presented by Ian Skelly.

BBC Proms 2008

British composer George Benjamin conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in his first orchestral work Ringed by the Flat Horizon, which was dedicated to his teacher Olivier Messiaen. The concert opens with Messiaen's four meditations on religious themes, L'ascension, and returns to France at its close with popular works by Ravel. German violinist Carolin Widmann makes her Proms debut with Stravinsky's neo-Classical violin concerto. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Carolin Widmann (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra 
George Benjamin (conductor)

Messiaen: L'ascension
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
George Benjamin: Ringed by the Flat Horizon
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte
Ravel: Bolero

Chamber Music

Couperin: Pieces de clavecin
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (excerpts)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano).

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