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BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 38: Ravel, Chin, Stravinsky

BBC Proms: 2009: Prom 38: Ravel, Chin, Stravinsky: Part 1

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Ravel: La valse and Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov perform Ravel's Diaghilev commission La valse and Unsuk Chin's new Cello Concerto.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Christopher Cook.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Ilan Volkov perform works spanning almost a century.

Begun as a homage to the Viennese waltz but twisted by his wartime experiences into a darker vision of a society whirling to disaster, Ravel's La valse was actually rejected by Diaghilev  - who commissioned it - and only finally staged in the year of his death, choreographed by Nijinsky's sister Bronislava. 

Unsuk Chin's new Cello Concerto was written specially for Alban Gerhardt, an early member of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme.

Alban Gerhardt (cello)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Ravel: La valse
Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto (BBC commission: world premiere).

BBC Proms: 2009

Prom 38: Ravel, Chin, Stravinsky

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The BBC SSO under Ilan Volkov perform two classic 20th century scores and a world premiere

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov perform two classic 20th century scores and a world premiere

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