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2012

BBC Proms: 2012 Season

Charles Hazlewood

Vasily Petrenko

Helen Mansfield

Bridget Caldwell

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

BBC Proms: 2012: The National Youth Orchestra

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The National Youth Orchestra

23/08/2012

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2012, The National Youth Orchestra

The NYO perform works by Messiaen, Varese, Anna Meredith and Nico Muhly.

The National Youth Orchestra perform Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, Varese's musical parody Tuning Up, Anna Meredith's HandsFree and the London premiere of Nico Muhly's Gait.

From the Royal Albert Hall, the vast forces of the National Youth Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko perform Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, the composer's iconic musical celebration of love. The programme also includes Varese's musical parody Tuning Up, Anna Meredith's HandsFree featuring body percussion, and the London premiere of Nico Muhly's Gait, inspired by the motion of horses. Introduced by Charles Hazlewood.

BBC Proms: 2012

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