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BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius

BBC Proms: 2008: Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius: Prom 62 - Repeat

Prom 62: Beethoven, Sibelius

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Prom 62 - Repeat

2008

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BBC Proms 2008: Colin Davis conducts Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Nikolaj Znaider.

Presented by Catherine Bott. BBC Proms 2008: The Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Colin Davis in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with violinist Nikolaj Znaider. Plus Sibelius.

Presented by Catherine Bott.

Another chance to hear a 2008 Prom in which by the young players of the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra, are led by Colin Davis in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider, as well as Sibelius' much-loved symphony.

Nikolaj Znaider (violin)
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Colin Davis (conductor)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D
Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D

Plus music from a Proms Chamber Music concert from 1999, with the baritone David Wilson-Johnson and members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment:

RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe: Aquilon et Orinthie -cantata for bass, violin and continuo  
Catherine MACKINTOSH (Violin)
Richard TUNNICLIFFE (Viola da gamba)
John TOLL (Harpsichord)
David WILSON-JOHNSON (Baritone)  

LA BARRE, Michel de: Suite for flute and continuo no. 2 in G major 
Lisa BEZNOSIUK (Flute)
Richard TUNNICLIFFE (Viola da gamba) 
John TOLL (Harpsichord)  

RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe: Thetis - cantata for bass, violin and continuo 
Catherine MACKINTOSH (Violin)
Richard TUNNICLIFFE (Viola da gamba)
John TOLL (Harpsichord)
David WILSON-JOHNSON (Baritone)  

DVORAK, Antonin: 4 Romantic pieces for violin and piano (Op.75)Ivan ZENATY - Violin
Antonin KUBALEK - Piano  
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BBC Proms: 2008

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Selected coverage from the classical concerts of the Proms 114th season.

Colin Davis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in works by Sibelius and Beethoven

Colin Davis conducts the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Sibelius's much-loved Symphony No 2 and Beethoven's Violin Concerto, with Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider

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