Original version

BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

BBC Radio 3

Radio 3

BBC Proms

Music: Classical

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: 2014 Season: Prom 14

BBC National Chorus of Wales

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC Proms: 2014: Prom 14: Part 1: Prom 14 (part 1): Durufle, Ravel and Simon Holt

Performances & Events

2014 Season

Part 1 Part 1: Prom 14 (part 1): Durufle, Ravel and Simon Holt

2014

Prom 14 (part 1): Durufle, Ravel and Simon Holt

BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2014, Prom 14, Prom 14 (part 1): Durufle, Ravel and Simon Holt

BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer in music by Ravel and Simon Holt.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales. Simon Holt: Morpheus Wakes. Ravel: La valse.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thierry Fischer live at the BBC Proms with music by Ravel, Duruflé's Requiem and a new flute concerto from Simon Holt for Emmanuel Pahud.

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Simon Holt: Morpheus Wakes (BBC commision: world premiere)
Ravel: La valse

8.15pm Interval

8.35pm
Duruflé: Requiem

Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Emmanuel Pahud (flute)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
National Youth Choir of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Ravel's La Valse turns the Viennese waltz into a darkly tinged rhapsody, while his Valses nobles et sentimentales reflects the iconic dance in softer tones. Duruflé's Requiem is the musical cousin of Fauré's more familiar Requiem and anchors its warm 20th-century harmonies even more strongly in arching plainchant melody. Flute virtuoso Emmanuel Pahud joins the orchestra for the world premiere of Simon Holt's flute concert Morpheus Wakes - written for Pahud himself, who represents the god of dreaming 'as if slowly waking from a deep, troubled sleep'.

This Prom will be repeated on Tuesday 29th July at 2pm.

BBC Proms: 2014

BBC Proms: 2014: Prom 14

Prom 14

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 120th season of the BBC Proms.

Thierry Fischer conducts the BBC NOW in music by Ravel, Simon Holt and Durufle

A Prom featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer. With music by Ravel, Durufle's Requiem and a new flute concerto from Simon Holt for Emmanuel Pahud

Accessibility links

Programme Index

BBC Proms

2014

Prom 14

Part 1: Prom 14 (part 1): Durufle, Ravel and Simon Holt

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

Series

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3