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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.

BBC Proms: 2013 Season: Prom 16

BBC Proms: 2013: Prom 16: Part 1: Prom 16 (part 1): Elgar, Bantock, Walton and Tchaikovsky

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Prom 16

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 16 (part 1): Elgar, Bantock, Walton and Tchaikovsky

2013

Prom 16 (part 1): Elgar, Bantock, Walton and Tchaikovsky

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The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Raphael Wallfish perform Elgar and Bantock.

Martin Handley presents from the Royal Albert Hall. Elgar: Falstaff. Bantock: Sapphic Poem. Raphael Wallfisch (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen (conductor).

BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jac van Steen launch the Proms Tchaikovsky cycle, and cellist Raphael Wallfisch celebrates his 60th birthday with Bantock's Sapphic Poem.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley


Elgar: Falstaff
Bantock: Sapphic Poem

8.20pm Interval

8.40pm
Walton: Henry V - Touch Her Soft Lips and Part; Death of Falstaff
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

The baleful fanfare of Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony heralds the BBC Proms complete cycle of his symphonies. For conductor Jac van Steen, it's a realisation of extreme opposites, and overcoming the contrasts: "The first movement is born out of the chaos that is an inevitable part of this process, it is concerned with darkness and fate, leading to a euphoric finale, where the energy turns to light and joy". Celebrating his 60th birthday this year, Raphael Wallfisch is the soloist in the Proms premiere of Granville Bantock's Sapphic Poem, launching the Proms focus on the composer this summer. Rich, lyrical and lushly orchestrated, it is framed by two very different portraits of Sir John Falstaff by Edward Elgar and William Walton.

BBC Proms: 2013

BBC Proms: 2013: Prom 16

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 119th season of the BBC Proms.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jac van Steen launch the Proms Tchaikovsky cycle.

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jac van Steen launch the Proms Tchaikovsky cycle, and cellist Raphael Wallfisch celbrates his 60th birthday with Bantock's Sapphic Poem.

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