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Afternoon Concert: Prom 26/BBCNOW - Fischer

Prom 26/BBCNOW - Fischer

11/08/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Prom 26/BBCNOW - Fischer

BBCNOW in Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto. Plus Holliger and Prokofiev.

BBC Proms 2009: Another chance to hear the BBCNOW in Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1; Violin Concerto. Holliger: (S)irato. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts). Plus chamber music.

Presented by Penny Gore.

BBC Proms 2009:

Another chance to hear Felix Mendelssohn's First Symphony, written when he was only 15, and his lyrical Violin Concerto in a performance given at the Royal Albert Hall. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales under principal conductor Thierry Fischer also perform music by distinguished Swiss composer Heinz Holliger - (S)irato is an anguished lament for Holliger's Hungarian teacher Sandor Veress, to whom the piece is dedicated.

The Prom concludes with Prokofiev's ballet score for Romeo and Juliet - selected by the conductor - which reveals all the intimacy, tragedy and tenderness of Shakespeare's drama.

Isabelle Faust (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1 in C minor; Violin Concerto in E minor
Heinz Holliger: (S)irato
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)

4.30pm
Chamber music from the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, including:

Brahms: Sonata in E flat for clarinet or viola and piano, Op 120, No 2
Paul Meyer (clarinet)
Eric Le Sage (piano).

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