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The world's greatest classical music festival - stunning performances and collaborations.

The world's greatest classical music festival. Stunning performances, unique collaborations and the sheer joy of live music. Relive 2023's highlights before the new season begins.

2012

BBC Proms: 2012 Season

Petroc Trelawny

Juanjo Mena

Helen Mansfield

Matthew Woodward

BBC Philharmonic

Anne Schwanewilms

BBC Proms: 2012: Strauss and Sibelius

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19/07/2012

Strauss and Sibelius

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2012, Strauss and Sibelius

Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra and Four Last Songs, Sibelius's Symphony No 7.

The BBC Philharmonic perform Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra and Four Last Songs, Sibelius's Symphony No 7 and the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Laterna Magica.

From the Royal Albert Hall, the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Juanjo Mena open the Proms on BBC Four with two of Richard Strauss's best-loved works - Also Sprach Zarathustra, with its spectacular musical sunrise, followed by his serene Four Last Songs, sung by the German soprano Anne Schwanewilms. Also on the programme is Sibelius's majestic Symphony No 7 and the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho's Laterna Magica, her personal tribute to the films of Ingmar Bergman. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny.

BBC Proms: 2012

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