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BBC Proms: 2011: Prom 42

BBC Proms: 2011: Prom 42: Part 1: Swan Lake - Act 1

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2011

Swan Lake - Act 1

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The Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre performs Act 1 of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch, from the Royal Albert Hall. Valery Gergiev conducts the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre in Act 1 of Tchaikovsky's ballet music for Swan Lake.

BBC PROMS 2011

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Valery Gergiev brings the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre to the Proms with music from their homeland. Two years ago their performance of Tchaikovsky's ballet-score The Sleeping Beauty was a highlight of the season. This year they bring another of Tchaikovsky's great dance works, Swan Lake.

Swan Lake tells the story of Prince Siegfried and his love for the Swan Queen, Odette. She and her swan retinue are human beings under the spell of an evil sorcerer - swans by day, human beings by night. The story of how the terrible spell is eventually broken and Siegfried and Odette united for ever is one of the most romantic and passionate tales told in the world of ballet. Tchaikovsky's score is both vivid and subtle, especially when, as this evening, it is heard complete, rather than in the more often heard suite.

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Act 1

Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev (conductor).

BBC Proms: 2011

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The Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre in the complete score of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a performance of the complete score for Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, with Valery Gergiev leading the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

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