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BBC Proms: 2010: Prom 71

BBC Proms: 2010: Prom 71: Part 1: Debussy, Stravinsky - Part 1

Prom 71

Part 1 Part 1: Debussy, Stravinsky - Part 1

2010

Debussy, Stravinsky - Part 1

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Orchestre National de France/Gatti in Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; La mer.

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Daniele Gatti conducts the Orchestre National de France in two vibrant Debussy masterpieces - Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune and La mer.

BBC PROMS 2010

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Suzy Klein

The Orchestre National de France and Music Director Daniele Gatti present three vibrant masterpieces with Parisian connections.

Debussy's subtly shifting impression of the sea, completed in Eastborne and first performed in Paris, is now one of his best-loved works. His earlier Prelude, inspired by a Mallarmé poem, alludes to the desires and dreams of the faun. Nijinsky danced his erotic choreography to Debussy's score for the Ballets russes in 1912, and this connection is followed through with Stravinsky's primeval Rite of Spring, which was performed by the Ballets russes in Paris the following year and provoked an even more sensational scandal for Diaghilev's company.

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Debussy: La mer

Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti (conductor).

BBC Proms: 2010

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All broadcasts from the 116th season of the BBC Proms

Daniele Gatti conducts the Orchestre National de France in works with a Parisian link

Daniele Gatti conducts the Orchestre National de France in masterworks with a Parisian connection, by Debussy and Stravinsky

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