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BBC Proms: 2011: Prom 10

BBC Proms: 2011: Prom 10: Part 1: Debussy, Ravel

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Debussy, Ravel

Part 1 Part 1: Debussy, Ravel

2011

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Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in music by Debussy and Ravel.

Franco-Spanish Prom featuring the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena. Debussy: Gigues (Images). Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole. Debussy: Rondes de printemps (Images).

BBC PROMS 2011

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Juanjo Mena, the new Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, makes his Proms debut with a glittering and inventive Franco-Spanish programme. Debussy's three evocative Images are interspersed with equally colourful impressions of Spain by Ravel, while Falla supplies the authentic Spanish experience with his haunting depiction of the sights, sounds and scents of Andalusia and the gardens of the Alhambra in Granada.

Debussy: Images - Gigues
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Debussy: Images - Rondes de printemps

Steven Osborne (piano)
BBC Philharmonic 
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

This Prom will be repeated on Monday 25 July at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2011

Prom 10

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

All broadcasts from the 117th season of the BBC Proms.

Juanjo Mena conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a Franco-Spanish programme of music

Juanjo Mena, chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, makes his Proms debut with a Franco-Spanish programme of music

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